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From http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/russian/startalkrussian

The Davis School of Russian has been awarded a competitive grant to host a STARTALK Institute for Teachers of Russian in summer 2018. The Institute includes a week of online classes and a residential session on campus, both required. New for 2018, the institute will also offer an optional Online Russian Language Session, scheduled for the week preceding the residential session and designed to prepare non-native and heritage speakers for the immersion environment at the Davis School of Russian.

Online Session: June 25 - 29, 2018 (required)
Online Russian Language Session: July 9 - 13, 2018 (optional)
Residential Session on Middlebury Campus: July 17 - 29, 2018 (required)

The STARTALK Institute is for current and prospective teachers of Russian. The principles of second language acquisition, proficiency-based instruction, and the Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century will serve as the foundation for this intensive pedagogy program.

During the program, participants will observe classes taught by Russian School faculty and interact with the instructors through formal and informal discussions. They will also be exposed to the teaching and linguistic expertise of Middlebury faculty who, as guest lecturers, will lead a series of workshops and seminars. Participants will incorporate everything they have learned by designing and implementing a number of classroom activities and mini-lessons. When not in the classroom during the evening and on weekends, participants will have access to the robust, immersive, co-curricular programs that are an important component in developing cultural competency at the Middlebury Language Schools. By living in the language, participants themselves will observe how a learning community of people who speak Russian with varying levels of fluency can be built and sustained.

For full details go to http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/russian/startalkrussian