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MTSU Adult Summer Language Classes (Grade 7 through Adult)

 The MTSU Adult Summer Language Institute (through the Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition) will offer the following classes in the summer of 2008. (please visit www.acceleratedacquisition.com for general information and a video preview)


List of Adult Summer Language Institute Classes

*available for teens rising grades 7 up to adults
Cost:  $350 per adult class.  $325 for early bird registration before April 30

June 16-20, 2008

8:30 AM–1:00 PM

All Level I Courses:
Chinese, French, German, Scottish Gaelic, Spanish

 

Level II Courses: 

Spanish
 


June 23-27, 2008

8:30 AM–1:00 PM

All Level  I Courses: 

Arabic, Chinese, Scottish Gaelic


Level II Courses: 
Spanish


June 16 - 19 & June 23-26, 2008

Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm

TPR/TPRS Training, Coaching and Skill-Building for Instructors

$100.00/session
Description:    

Total Physical Response & Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling for World Language and ESL Teachers

Facilitator: Shelley Thomas, Ph.D., Founder and Director of the Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition and the MTSU Summer Language Institute. View and discuss DVD's of master teachers' lectures and demonstrations, TPR/TPRS methods, and brain-friendly learning material from Eric Jensen workshops.

Please Note: This class takes place Monday through Thursday


July 28 - August 1

8:30 AM – 1:00 PM


Spanish level I   8:30-1:00


Discounted and Affordable Lodging Available: For students of Adult classes needing lodging, please call the Scarritt Bennett Center for reservations  at  615 340-7500 and ask for the special rates for the MTSU Summer Language Institute.


*Please note: Language classes for children grades K-6 are offered as part of  USN Summer Camps. Find out more at www.usn.org/summer



The Center for Accelerated Language Acquisition (sponsoring the MTSU Adult Summer Language Institute)
Read more about the CALA and the Adult Summer Language Institute held at USN in the summer of 2008.


Story-telling. Games. Laughter: The lesson plan in the MTSU Summer  Language Institute classrooms.

Watch the video and see why Total Physical Response (TPR) and Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) are such effective methods for teaching  and learning languages. Go to :  www.acceleratedacquisition.com and click on "Interviews from SLI '07" at the bottom left of your screen to see the15-minute video filmed at the 2007 MTSU Summer Language Institute. 


  
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