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CET Academic Programs Washington, DC Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City
Hanoi Foreign Languages University Honolulu, HI Hanoi Foreign Languages College
University of California, EAP Across CA Vietnam National University, Hanoi
University of London Russell Square, London University of London
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute Honolulu, HI Hanoi, Vietnam


CET Academic Programs

Vietnam Immersion

CET’s Vietnam Immersion is an intensive program designed for all students with an interest in Vietnamese Language & Vietnamese Studies. Offering the exciting opportunity to experience  the cultures of the north and the south, the program takes fall and spring term students to both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to engage in Vietnamese language and Vietnamese Studies.

Vietnam Immersion includes a four-week language module in Hanoi, a week-long study tour, and a twelve-week module in Ho Chi Minh City. Like CET’s January Term, the first module of the Vietnam Immersion includes four weeks of intensive language study (up to 25 hours each week). Students are based in Hanoi, the home of standard Vietnamese. These classes (offered at three levels) include small group classes, one-on-one tutorials, and structured "practica" to local sites of interest. 

Following the study tour, students move south to begin their Ho Chi Minh City module. Classes include continued Vietnamese study, a required seminar that surveys contemporary Vietnam, a required independent study course, and one other Vietnamese Studies class. This class may include Modern Vietnamese History, The War with America, Vietnam’s Economic Development, and Vietnamese Minorities. All courses are taught in English by American or Vietnamese faculty. There is no language prerequisite for the program.

The program operates each spring, summer, and fall term, beginning in spring 2001. For more information please visit http://www.cetacademicprograms.com/.

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Hanoi Foreign Languages University

Advanced Vietnamese Abroad Program

Study advanced Vietnamese and explore the culture of Vietnam through the Advanced Vietnamese Abroad Program at Hanoi Foreign Languages College, offered by Group of Universities for the Advancement of Vietnamese Abroad.  

The program in Ha Noi consists of several hours per day of intensive instruction in advanced Vietnamese in small classroom settings. There is a program fee of $1,750. However, most of the students (10-12 people) selected for VASI program are funded by VASI scholarships which cover round-trip airfare to Ha Noi, tuition fees, and accommodation. One other Group for the Advancement of Vietnamese Abroad (GUAVA) scholarship is available for foreign nationals studying in the US.

Applicants must be enrolled in or admitted to a college or university as a sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student, or employed as a teacher or an education administrator in the United States. At the time of application, applicants must be at least in their second year of instruction in Vietnamese (or equivalent) and be involved in some aspect of Vietnam studies. Students who attend non-GUAVA institutions are eligible to apply for participation and funding. Applicants must make themselves available for telephone interviews between February and March, 2002.

Program support is from the Department of Education, the Henry Luce Foundation and Ford Foundation.

Program Dates: June 20-August 16, 2002

Application Deadline: January 28, 2002

For more information about the program, application and program requirements, please contact: 

GUAVA/VASI 
Center for Southeast Asian Studies 
1890 East-West Road, Moore 416 
University of Hawai'i, Manoa
Honolulu, HI 96822

Phone: (808) 956-2688 
Fax:     (808) 956-2682
E-mail: vasi@hawaii.edu

Website: http://www.public.asu.edu/~ickpl/vasi.html   

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University of California, Education Abroad Program (EAP)

Fall Language and Area Studies Program, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

The general EAP website provides details on preparation, application procedures, and managing one's finances and schoolwork. The specific program pages introduce the unique features of the program, its location, fees, and so forth.

Courses taken earn credit towards satisfying UC graduation requirements.

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University of London

School of Oriental and African Studies

Easter and Summer School
April 2-April 13 and July 8-August 2, 2000

Each course concentrates on giving participants with no previous knowledge of the language, ability to communicate within a range of everyday situations. Attention also be given to the cultural context and socially appropriate forms of communication. The accent is on fluency, accuracy and building confidence in language use.

For more information, contact:
SOAS Language Centre,
School of Oriental & African Studies,
University of London, Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square, London WC1H OXG
Tel: +44 (0) 20-7898-4888
Fax: +44 (0) 20-7898-4889
E-mail: languages@soas.ac.uk
Website: www.soas.ac.uk/languagecentre

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University of Wisconsin-Madison

Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute

The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) is an eight-week intensive language training program for undergraduate and graduate students and professionals. For the summers 2002 through 2004, SEASSI will be held on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Instruction is offered in the following languages at the first, second and third year levels: Burmese, Hmong, Indonesian, Javanese, Khmer, Lao, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese. Scheduling of classes is contingent on sufficient enrollment, especially at the upper levels.

Each language course is equivalent to two semesters of study, with full academic year credit. Instruction is given in small individualized groups taught by a team consisting of a coordinator (usually a linguist specializing in Southeast Asian language pedagogy) and teachers who are native speakers of that language.

Dates: June 17-August 9, 2002

Deadlines to remember: 

February 1, 2002: FLAS Fellowship Application Deadline 

March 1, 2002: Heritage Language Fellowship Application Deadline 

April 1, 2002: Tuition Fellowship Application Deadline 

May 1, 2002: Final SEASSI Application Deadline

 

Contact information:

Mary Jo Studenberg, SEASSI Program Coordinator 

Room 207, 1155 Observatory Dr.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706

Phone:  (608) 263-1755
Fax:  (608) 263-3735
E-mail:  mjstuden@facstaff.wisc.edu

Website: www.wisc.edu/seassi  

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The Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute

2002 Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI)

The Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI) for 2002, administered by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, will be in Hanoi, northern Vietnam from June 20 - August 16

Applications are due January 28, 2002. The VASI homepage is http://www.public.asu.edu/~ickpl/vasi.html and contains complete information. Beginning this year,  students may submit their application online at this website: http://www.hawaii.edu/cseas/academic/abroad.html or, they may send an email request to vasi@hawaii.edu.

GUAVA/VASI Administrator Stephen O'Harrow
VASI Assistant Maggie Barnhill Bodemer
Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute 
c/o Center for Southeast Asia Studies 
1890 East-West Road, Moore 416 
University of Hawaii, Manoa 
Honolulu, HI 96822 
(808) 956-2688

Fax (808)956-2682 

E-mail: vasi@hawaii.edu

Website: http://www.hawaii.edu/cseas/academic/abroad.html

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updated: 1/28/2004

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