Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute

VIETNAMESE ADVANCED SUMMER INSTITUTE

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
June 18th - August 10th 2007

APPLICATIONS DUE JANUARY 31, 2007

The Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute is funded by a grant from 
the US Department of Education. It is an intensive eight-week course 
of study in advanced Vietnamese to be conducted in Viet Nam with 
instruction provided by the Hanoi Vietnamese Language Center, under 
the auspices of the Hanoi University of Foreign Studies, and the 
Saigon Vietnamese Language School, under the aegis of the Viet Nam 
National Ministry of Education & Training.

Equivalent to a full year's academic work and providing benefits far 
beyond increased foreign-language proficiency, this overseas program 
will be offered to approximately 12 individuals selected nationally. 
Candidates are chosen on the basis of their need for and ability to 
absorb advanced training in Vietnamese, their readiness to benefit 
from in-country experiences, and their commitment and potential to 
become the next generation of Vietnamese language and area-studies 
scholars in the U.S. The communicative/interactive teaching approach, 
using authentic materials and carried out by experienced instructors, 
is enhanced by field trips to many famous sites across Viet Nam.

GUAVA Member Institutions

VASI is organized by the national Group of Universities for the 
Advancement of Vietnamese Abroad (GUAVA). The member institutions are 
Arizona State University, the University of California at Berkeley, 
Cornell University, Texas Tech University, the University of Hawaii, 
Harvard University, the University of Michigan, the University of 
Washington, the University of Wisconsin, Yale University, University 
of Florida and Temple University

See http://streamingmedia.org/vasi/