aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Summer courses at the Ukrainian Catholic University inLviv, 22 June-4 August

[Roman Senkus <r.senkus@utoronto.ca> (by way of Robert DeLossa)]

>
>March 5, 2007
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>CONTACT: Nell Andrzejewski, 773-235-8462 (North America)
>                      Orysia Hachko, 
><mailto:ohachko@ucu.edu.ua>ohachko@ucu.edu.ua (Ukraine)
>
>Intensive Ukrainian Language and Culture Summer Program
>Offered by the Ukrainian Catholic University
>
>L’VIV, Ukraine – Building on the success of previous years, the 
>Ukrainian Catholic University in L’viv has once again developed a 
>summer program that provides an intensive course of daily 
>Ukrainian-language instruction with a complementary schedule of 
>activities to offer students full immersion into Ukrainian culture. 
>An international faculty of native speakers, experienced as teachers 
>of Ukrainian as a foreign language, expertly pace Ukrainian-language 
>instruction in the classroom. Outside the classroom, a key element 
>of the program is the staff of tutors who are always available to 
>assist program participants and guide them through a variety of 
>planned activities.
>The Ukrainian Language and Culture Summer Program at UCU, now in its 
>fifth year, is organized into two three-week sessions: June 22 
>through July 14, and July 15 through August 4, 2007. Each 
>three-week session can be audited or can be taken for university 
>credit (each session is equivalent to a 4-credit semester course in 
>North American colleges). Participants  can enroll in one, or both, 
>summer sessions. Upon arrival at the UCU for the summer program, 
>students will be tested for placement in the appropriate level of 
>language instruction. No prior knowledge of Ukrainian is required.
>The full-day language program is provided at the beginning, 
>intermediate and advanced levels. Intensive language classes 
>normally meet for four to five hours per day in the morning and 
>afternoon during the week. Work outside the classroom usually 
>requires between two and three hours per day. Besides class 
>instruction, participants will have time for conversational practice 
>with tutorial staff.
>The summer program has always attracted a lively and interesting 
>group of students from North America, Europe and Ukraine. To 
>accommodate students, a western-style dormitory is available, 
>however, choosing to live with a host family can enhance a student’s 
>experience of Ukraine. Participants in previous summer programs have 
>included university students, professionals improving their language 
>skills, as well as adults who want to learn, or re-learn, their 
>native language and become more aware of their Ukrainian heritage.
>“Of course, as a university, we are focused on students who will be 
>taking our course for class credit,” noted UCU Summer Program 
>Director Orysia Hachko, “nonetheless, we sincerely encourage people 
>of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the intensive language 
>and culture program, which is also designed to be accessible to busy 
>professionals and adults with responsibilities who cannot take more 
>than a few weeks to participate in a summer course.”
>L’viv, a UNESCO cultural heritage center, is the largest city in the 
>world in which Ukrainian is spoken. Evening activities and weekend 
>field trips include the cultural events and museums of L’viv, 
>expeditions to monasteries, castles and villages in the countryside, 
>as well as the possibility of travel to Ukraine’s capital city, 
>Kyiv, as well as other nearby cities.
>The deadline for applications is May 15, 2007. An application can be 
>completed online and is available at 
><http://www.ucu.edu.ua/uss>www.ucu.edu.ua/uss. Fees, payment 
>schedule, visa requirements and other information is also available 
>through the website.  Further information can be obtained by 
>contacting Orysia Hachko, Ukrainian Language and Culture Summer 
>Program, Ukrainian Catholic University, vul. Ilariona Sventsitskoho, 
>17, L’viv, 79011, UKRAINE. Telephone: 38 / 032 / 240-99-40, 
>76-82-73, fax: 38 / 032 / 240-99-50.  Website: 
><http://www.ucu.edu.ua/eng/summerschools/language/uss/>http://www.ucu.edu.ua/uss; 
>e-mail: 
><mailto:ukrainiansummer@ucu.edu.ua>ukrainiansummer@ucu.edu.ua .
>


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