The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program 2014 Ankara and Bursa

20 Amerikalı üniversite öğrencisi, Kritik Diller Burs Programı (Critical Language Scholorship – CLS) kapsamında iki ay sürecek Türkçe dil egitimini tamamlamak üzere Ankara’ya geldi. ABD Dışişleri Bakanlığı, Eğitim ve Kültür İşleri Bürosu ve CLS ortak çalışmasının ürünü olan program yaz dönemlerinde düzenleniyor ve Amerikali öğrencilerine 13 farklı dilde eğitim alma imkanı sunuyor.
Haftalık 20 saat dil eğitimine ek olarak, CLS öğrencileri, kültürel aktivitelere, birebir konuşma egzersizlerine de katılarak, sadece Türkçe’yi öğrenmekle kalmıyor, aynı zamanda Türkiye’nin kültürü, politikası ve günlük yaşamı hakkında da bilgi sahibi oluyorlar.
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The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a program of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. In 2006, its inaugural year, the CLS Program offered intensive overseas study in the critical need foreign languages of Arabic, Bangla, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu. In 2013, approximately 600 scholarships were awarded for thirteen languages, including Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu.
CLS is an overseas, group-based program that takes place each summer. Program sites, dates, and overseas institutional partners may vary from year to year. Information for the most recent program year can be found in the institute profiles under the Languages tab
Program costs – airfare, tuition, room and board, cultural program expenses, overseas health benefits, and applicable visa fees – are fully covered for all participants. Participants receive a small stipend to cover incidental expenses and meals not provided by the program. The CLS Program provides undergraduate academic credit through Bryn Mawr College. Upon completion of the program, participants also receive a certified American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) score