12239: Fwd: Haitian Creole Summer Institute (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Dotie Joseph <dotiej@hotmail.com>

  HAITIAN CREOLE SUMMER INSTITUTE
>June 24-July 12, 2002
>
>The Haitian Creole  Summer Institute has been offered in Massachusetts for
>the past seventeen years. Since the summer of 1995, the Institute has been
>conducted at the  Harbor Campus of UMass Boston under the joint
>collaboration of the Africana Studies Department, the Haitian Studies
>Project, and the Division of
>Corporate, Continuing, and Distance Education.
>
>This year the Institute will have three components. There will be a
>four-week intensive program in different levels of Haitian Creole. Also
>offered is a course in techniques of translation for advanced students.
>
>
>In addition to class work, all courses make use of a language laboratory
>and cultural activities to enhance the study of the language. Evaluation of
>student achievement and proficiency for placement and progress will be
>conducted both  informally and formally during and at the conclusion of the
>course.
>
>To give participants an additional immersion in the Haitian-speaking
>environment they will have an opportunity to participate, on a voluntary
>basis, in field work activities in different Haitian community-based
>organizations and agencies outside the classroom time.
>
>
>Institute Staff
>         Professor Marc Prou, Director
>         Lionel Hogu, Co-director
>         Michel DeGraff, MIT, Guest Lecturer
>         Lyonel Prime
>         Lunine Pierre-Jerume
>         Renote Jean-Francois
>         Jean L. Rene
>
>Additional Information
>Please contact Professor Marc Prou at the  Africana Studies Department:
>
>tel 617.287.6796;
>Email marc.prou@umb.edu
>
>To Register
>Registration begins April 1. You may register  by phone, fax, mail, or in
>person.
>
>Fee
>Haitian Creole I, II, and III: $550
>Techniques of Haitian Creole
>Translation: $600
>
>Participants for the Institute come from a variety of settings across the
>United States looking to develop or improve their language skills. The
>program is designed to meet the needs of those who plan to conduct research
>in Haiti or in the Haitian dias-pora, or who work in a volunteer or
>professional capacity either in Haiti or with Haitians abroad.
>
>Although many of the Institute participants come from the Boston area, the
>Institute staff will assist in providing information to help out-of-town
>participants locate appropriate accommodations.
>
>COURSES
>    Haitian Creole I-Beginner
>    This intensive beginning-level course is intended for students with no
>    knowledge of Haitian Creole. In small-group teaching sessions, students
>will
>    be prepared for conversational fluency with basic reading and writing
>     skills, emphasizing commu-nicative competence as well as grammatical
>and
>     phonetic techniques.
>
>    June 24-July 12, Monday - Friday 5:00-8:30pm
>
>    Schedule # 17411-52
>
>    Haitian Creole II-Intermediate
>    Skills acquired in this intermediate level course will enable students
>to
>    participate actively in most social and cultural conversations.
>Sufficient
>     writing and reading comprehension skills will be practiced and studied
>with
>     the use of intermediate vocabulary and grammatical forms.
>
>    June 24-July 12, Monday - Friday 5:00-8:30pm
>
>    Schedule # 17412-52
>
>     Haitian Creole III-Advanced
>    At the advanced level, students will achieve a high degree of fluency
>and
>    precision of vocabulary, enabling them to perform sophisticated
>activities.
>    Students will be able to speak, read, and write as well as use
>     colloquialisms, proverbs, riddles, and "contes" (jokes).
>
>    June 24-July 12, Monday - Friday 5:00-8:30pm
>
>    Schedule # 17413-52
>
>    Techniques of Haitian Creole Translation
>    This non-credit course is geared towards the native or advanced Creole
>    language speaker who wishes to be certified as a translator or as a
>court
>    interpreter. It provides participants with ample opportunities to apply
>    techniques and skills through a series of translation assignments which
>form
>    the basis for class discussion. Participants will have intensive
>practice in
>    translating a variety of genres and styles both literary and
>non-literary.
>     They will also be trained in techniques of consecutive and
>simultaneous
>    interpretation and sight translation. Emphasis is given to accuracy,
>speed,
>    delivery, command of professional lexicon, and awareness of the
>relationship
>    between language and culture.
>
>    June 24-July 12, Monday - Friday 5:00-8:30pm
>
>    Schedule # 17821-52
>
>    Note: Optional credit for this course is available from the Africana
>Studies
>    Department.



Pamela Y. George
Assistant Dean of Yale College
Director, Afro-American Cultural Center
(203) 432-4132


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