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.
AGENDA• Economic value of language proficiency• The UNG Language Experience• Dual Enrollment Research• Access Challenges• Language Learning Challenges• Pathways to Success• What 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 significantSUBJECT AREA CIV ROTC TOTAL
ARABIC 53 56 109
CHINESE 82 73 155
KOREAN 29 21 50
RUSSIAN 33 40 73
TOTAL 197 190 387
UNG practices intensive and immersion language learning and has extensive experience with Summer Language Institutes.
FEDERAL SERVICE LANGUAGE ACADEMYTEACHERS
• 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)
STUDENTS• FSLA 2011-2014
– 447 students– 250 still in high school– 29 now attend UNG (15%)
• Summer 2014 (126)– 19 states– 2 countries
• Ethnic Breakdown:– Caucasians: 98– African-American: 17– Asian: 1– Latino: 3– Multicultural: 7
FSLA 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 GOALSACTFL (American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages) ILR (Interagency Language Roundtable)
Novice LowS0 no proficiency
Novice Mid
Novice High 6 Weeks S0+ memorized proficiency
Intermediate LowS1 Elementary proficiency
Intermediate Mid
Intermediate High S1+ Elementary proficiency, plus
Advanced LowS2 Limited working proficiency
Advanced Mid 54 Weeks
Advanced High S2+ Limited working proficiency, plus
Superior 72 Weeks S3 General professional proficiency
S3+ General professional proficiency, plus
S4 Advanced professional proficiency
S4+ Advanced professional proficiency, plus
S5 Functionally native proficiency
DLI Basic Course Proficiency
7
Language Enabled
LANGUAGE LEARNING TIME REQUIREMENTSCATEGORY I
French, SpanishCATEGORY II
German
CATEGORY IIIRussian
CATEGORY IVArabic, Chinese, Japanese Korean
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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 expectations• Students benefit from taking multiple college courses• Instructor 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 Access– Counties 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 areas– Critical languages take significantly longer to acquire proficiency– Learning a critical language must begin as early as possible
Access is a University of North Georgia Mission.
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REGIONAL TOTALS
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MINIMAL PRESENCE OF CRITICAL LANGUAGES IN REGION
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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&II• Intermediate Spanish I&II• Elementary Italian I&II• Intermediate 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&II• Intermediate Korean I&II• Elementary Arabic I&II• Intermediate Arabic I&II
SAMPLE PATHWAY MODEL CAT IVChinese, Arabic, Korean, Japanese
Sophomore-Junior SummerJunior-Senior SummerHS Senior-University Freshman SummerFreshman
Sophomore Junior SeniorProfessionalProficiency
S-3S-2+
S-2S-1+
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Intensive Instruction(Six Credit Hour Blocks)
Study Abroad Immersion
SUMMER ACCEL LANGUAGE PILOTPROGRAM TUITION CREDIT HRS STUDENTS TOTAL
SUMMER LANGUAGE INSTITUTE $169.93 8 30 $40,783.20
BERLIN GERMAN IMMERSION $169.93 4 16 $10,875.52
TOTAL ACCEL REQUEST $51,658.72
PROGRAM PROGRAM FEES1 STUDENTS TOTAL
SUMMER LANGUAGE INSTITUTE $1,250 30 $37,500
BERLIN GERMAN IMMERSION $3,4972 16 $55,952
TOTAL DONOR SUPPORT REQUEST $93,452
NOTES: 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/Language– International 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.
Think globally, act locally!
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