Group
Project Abroad
The Summer 2007 Intensive
Advanced Swahili Group Project Abroad will be held in Tanzania
June 15 - August 4, 2007. The GPA Intensive Swahili Program
is an eight-week program involving five to six hours of daily
intensive language instruction and interactions.
The Swahili GPA in East Africa
is part of the Fulbright- Hays Group Projects Abroad Program
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and coordinated
by the Association of African Studies Programs (AASP) and the
African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) in the U.S.
Dr. Lioba Moshi from The University
of Georgia is the 2007 in-country (Tanzania) GPA Director. The
program will be situated at the MS Training Center for Development
Cooperation, Arusha Tanzania. Home department will be the Department
of Kiswahili at the MS-TCDC center in Arusha.
Program evaluation will be completed
by the Department of Foreign Language and Linguistics at Tumaini
University, Makumira College, Tanzania. Course credit will be
assigned and transferred to the participant's home institution
by UGA no later than August 30, 2007. The program will include
travels to Museums, the Rwanda UN Tribunal, cultural center,
University of Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Bagamoyo, National Parks,
and non-governmental organizations in Arusha.
The program is funded by the USDE
to provide for instruction in intensive/advanced Kiswahili language
and culture. Students will have no time to pursue personal projects
related to their own educational programs. During the various
excursions, students will be given time to make contact with
local Tanzanian officials and scholars to discuss matters related
to their future research plans. MS Training Center funds non-governmental
organization programs that students can use for additional contacts
and future research projects conceptualizations. All communications
and questions about the program should be directed to Dr. Lioba
Moshi at UGA.
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