SUMMER ACCEL Language Dual Enrollment PURPOSE To provide a pilot concept for a summer Accel program for regional students without access to dual enrollment programs for languages AGENDA Economic value of language proficiency ID: 764010
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SUMMER ACCELLanguage Dual Enrollment
PURPOSE To provide a pilot concept for a summer Accel program for regional students without access to dual enrollment programs for languages.
AGENDAEconomic value of language proficiency The UNG Language Experience Dual Enrollment Research Access ChallengesLanguage Learning ChallengesPathways to SuccessWhat We Can Accomplish
ECONOMIC VALUE LANGUAGE LEARNING Speaking a foreign language is rewarded in the labor market Earnings of college graduates who speak a foreign language are higher than the earnings of those who don’t Speaking a foreign language provides a general return on investment of 2-4% (MIT study) Certain career fields require foreign language proficiency Intelligence services (CIA, NSA, FBI) Military (an increasing expectation) International affairs Other career fields provide additional employment opportunities not available to monolingual graduates International Business Cyber-security
UNG CRITICAL LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS UNG is a DOD Chinese Mandarin Flagship Critical Language enrollments are significant SUBJECT AREA CIV ROTC TOTAL ARABIC 53 56 109 CHINESE 8273155KOREAN292150RUSSIAN334073TOTAL197190387 UNG practices intensive and immersion language learning and has extensive experience with Summer L anguage I nstitutes.
FEDERAL SERVICE LANGUAGE ACADEMY TEACHERS Arabic: Ibraheem Ananzeh ( U. Northern Iowa) Arabic: Sarah Rangwala (Maryland HS)Chinese: Ling Rao (UGA)Chinese: Yi Zeng (World Language Academy)Russian: Natalia Shakina (Valdosta State)Russian: Irina Kruchinina (UGA)German: Serap Zorba (Berlin)German: Sabine Grauhan (Berlin)Korean: Sooji Lee (U. Southern California)STUDENTSFSLA 2011-2014447 students250 still in high school29 now attend UNG (15%)Summer 2014 (126) 19 states 2 countriesEthnic Breakdown:Caucasians: 98African-American: 17Asian: 1Latino: 3Multicultural: 7FSLA is a three week residential intensive language program for high school students. The program will offer its first study abroad immersion in Berlin in 2015.
UNG LANGUAGE PROGRAM GOALS ACTFL (American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages) ILR (Interagency Language Roundtable) Novice Low S0 no proficiency Novice Mid Novice High 6 Weeks S0+ memorized proficiency Intermediate Low S1 Elementary proficiency Intermediate Mid Intermediate High S1+ Elementary proficiency, plus Advanced Low S2 Limited working proficiency Advanced Mid 54 WeeksAdvanced HighS2+Limited working proficiency, plusSuperior 72 WeeksS3General professional proficiencyS3+General professional proficiency, plusS4Advanced professional proficiencyS4+Advanced professional proficiency, plusS5Functionally native proficiency DLI Basic Course Proficiency 7 Language Enabled
LANGUAGE LEARNING TIME REQUIREMENTS CATEGORY I French, Spanish CATEGORY II German CATEGORY III Russian CATEGORY IV Arabic, Chinese, Japanese Korean 8 It takes over three times the amount of instruction to achieve an equivalent level of proficiency in a Category IV language than it does to learn Spanish.
DUAL ENROLLMENT RESEARCH Motivates students to attend college Acclimatizes students to college expectations Facilitates alignment of standards and expectationsStudents benefit from taking multiple college coursesInstructor selection is important Tuition and fees an obstacle (~3% attrition/$1000 increase) Especially attractive for underrepresented populations Best experience is in regular college classroom
ACELL ACCESS CHALLENGES HOPE 2017 Access Requirements Four Course Requirements (foreign language can fulfill) AP, IB, Dual Enrollment (Accel) Availability (Rural Regions)North Georgia Geographic AccessCounties without any post –secondary campus (7) Counties without a University System Campus (19) Foreign language not a TCSG mission Student transportation a personal requirement Financial Access Students do not qualify for Federal Financial Aid Accel only pays tuition; Fees and book costs are student’s Room and board not funded…but on campus most effective Dual Enrollment Access to Critical Languages Critical languages not available outside major metropolitan areasCritical languages take significantly longer to acquire proficiencyLearning a critical language must begin as early as possibleAccess is a University of North Georgia Mission.
PIONEER & NORTHEAST GEORGIA RESA LANGUAGE CAPABILITY GERMAN GERMAN
REGIONAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS BY TYPESECONDARY INSTITUTIONS MINIMAL PRESENCE OF CRITICAL LANGUAGES IN REGION ARABIC AND KOREAN NOT TAUGHT IN THE REGION
HIGHER EDUCATION LANGUAGES REGIONAL POST-SECONDARY CAPABILITY ONLY HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ARE AUTHORIZED TO DELIVER ACCEL LANGUAGE COURSES
UNG ACCEL APPROVED LANGUAGES Elementary French I&II Intermediate French I&II Elementary Spanish I&IIIntermediate Spanish I&IIElementary Italian I&IIIntermediate Italian I Elementary German I&II Intermediate German I&II Elementary Latin I&II Intermediate Latin I&II Elementary Russian I&II Intermediate Russian I&II Elementary Chinese I&II Intermediate Chinese I&II Elementary Korean I&IIIntermediate Korean I&IIElementary Arabic I&IIIntermediate Arabic I&II
SAMPLE PATHWAY MODEL CAT IVChinese, Arabic, Korean, Japanese S-3 S-2+ S-2 S-1+ S-1 S-1 S-0+ Accel Georgia Virtual School Georgia ONmyLINE Intensive Instruction(Six Credit Hour Blocks)Study Abroad Immersion
SUMMER ACCEL LANGUAGE PILOT PROGRAM TUITION CREDIT HRS STUDENTS TOTAL SUMMER LANGUAGE INSTITUTE $169.93 8 30 $40,783.20 BERLIN GERMAN IMMERSION $169.93416$10,875.52TOTAL ACCEL REQUEST$51,658.72PROGRAMPROGRAM FEES1STUDENTSTOTALSUMMER LANGUAGE INSTITUTE$1,25030$37,500BERLIN GERMAN IMMERSION$3,497216$55,952TOTAL DONOR SUPPORT REQUEST$93,452NOTES: 1. UNG does not charge institutional fees to Accel students ($460). Program fees include room, board, activities and books.2. Berlin program fee includes approximately $2,250 in travel costs.
WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH Create proficiency in the most difficult critical languages Provide early credentialing and critical dual degrees Cyber Security/LanguageInternational Business/Language National Security/Language Create higher income wage earners Educate future key influencers Provide leaders for an international workforce Help rural students meet expanding HOPE requirements Provide opportunity where none exists The goal of summer Accel is to provide opportunity for accelerated education in strategically selected critical languages not available to most high school students during the regular fall and spring semesters and not available through the Technical College System.
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