The Flagship National Student Meeting
The Language Flagship is hosting the first Flagship National Student Meeting March 4-6, 2012 at The University of Maryland. This gathering aims to bring together all critical elements of The Language Flagship to further The Language Flagship's goal of creating a new breed of global professionals who are fluent and knowledgeable of the world's critical languages and cultures.
The Language Flagship has now opened a Student Video Competition for students currently enrolled in a Flagship program to submit videos addressing the following questions:
1. What makes your Flagship program special in and out of the classroom?
2. What does it mean to you to be a Flagship student?
3. What was your experience with The Language Flagship overseas program like?
4. Why did you choose to participate in The Language Flagship?
For more information on the Student Video Competition please see our Video Guidelines and Entry Form.
* Note the deadline for Student Video Competition submissions has been extended to February 14, 2012.
Results 2012
Join The Language Flagship on October 26, 2012 at the New York Marriott Downtown, New York, New York for a meeting on the results of the first decade of The Language Flagship and discussions on language teaching and learning and future directions.
Now Open- Call for Papers: The Language Flagship welcomes proposals for papers to be presented at Results 2012 in New York on October 26, 2012. Scholars are invited to submit 500-word abstracts of their proposed papers by January 20, 2012 - please click here for the Call For Papers.
News
The Language Flagship is a groundbreaking effort to change the way Americans think about and learn foreign languages. Here you will find a selection of national media coverage on our programs, language education, and more.
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2011
NGCSU receives $720K funding for Chinese instruction for cadets, from AccessNorthGa.com, November 3, 2011
IU Bloomington chosen to establish nation's first Turkish Flagship program, from IU News Room, October 6, 2011
National Security Education Program Awards Three Pilot Flagship/ROTC Initiatives to Increase Foreign Language Proficiency in ROTC Students, The National Security Education Program, September 30, 2011
WKU Graduate to Use Fulbright Grant for Research in China, from WBKO, June 16, 2011
Born in China, UO student will return to study under Boren Scholarship, Celebrating Champions, University of Oregon, May 26, 2011
College campuses add language immersion programs, from USA Today, April 29, 2011
R.I. Foundation honors 19 from URI as Inaugural class of Demers fellows, from URI News, April 22, 2011
Never Lost in Translation, from Military Advanced Education Magazine, April 6, 2011
Fluent in another language? The CIA wants you - Multilingual recruits at a premium; but, U.S. is a living lab for how we learn, from MSNBC, March 9, 2011
BYU and UVU students compete in Chinese speech contest, from BYU Daily Universe, March 6, 2011
Written words works of art: Chinese classes catching on, quoted in Master Chinese from Clarion Ledger, February 28, 2011
Buying fair: 'International reach' can be reality by supporting fair-trade, from WKU Herald, February 22, 2011
High school students to learn about Chinese language, culture, from ASU News, February 21, 2011
UM's Chinese language program in demand, from Mississippi Business Journal, February 21, 2011
Beginning Chinese class now using new software to learn characters, from College Media Network, February 1, 2011
Panel discusses Egyptian experiences, from The State News, February 27, 2011
University offers opportunity to study Chinese, travel to China, from The Good 5¢ Cigar, February 25, 2011
Ole Miss Chinese Language Program in Demand, from My Fox Memphsis, February 21, 2011
Seminar discusses challenges of teaching Arabic, from Gulf Times, February 10, 2011
Shortage of Chinese language teachers in Oregon prompts virtual classes with educators in China, from Oregonlive.com, February 6, 2011
U.S. College Students Return from Egypt, from ABC News, February 4, 2011
IU awarded graduate Flagship program for Chinese education, from IU News Room, February 2, 2011
Study abroad funded through Obama's "100,000 Strong Initiative, from SFSU State News, February 1, 2011
Ohio students learn Chinese with help from grants, from News and Sentinel, January 31, 2011
OU school under new title, from The Norman Transcript, January 27, 2011
Foreign Frenzy, from The State News, January 20, 2011
Indiana University creates advanced Swahili program, from WTHR Indianapolis, January 18, 2011
Arabic major receives online master’s program, from The State News, January 12, 2011
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