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

REGIONAL TOTALS

MINIMAL PRESENCE OF CRITICAL LANGUAGES IN REGION

ARABIC AND KOREAN NOT TAUGHT IN THE REGION

HIGHER EDUCATION LANGUAGES REGIONAL POST-SECONDARY CAPABILITY

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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+

S-1S-1

S-0+

Accel

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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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