Info For You Lot Unusual Linguistic Communication Pedagogy Assistant Plan (Flta) For Nigerians

Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program (FLTA) for Nigerians

Course(s) Offered: Language, cultures
Course Level: Graduate (teaching)
Provider: U.S Department of State; IIE
Country to Study in: USA

Scholarship Description
The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy Abuja invites applications from qualified Nigerians wishing to instruct Hausa or Yoruba languages together with cultures to American students inward U.S. universities together with colleges.

The Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) plan is a ix calendar month non-degree course of written report funded yesteryear the Bureau of Educational together with Cultural Affairs together with administered yesteryear the Institute of International Education (IIE).

The objective of the plan is to strengthen unusual linguistic communication instruction at U.S. colleges, universities, together with only about high schools, spell providing time to come teachers from exterior the USA the chance to refine their skills, increase their English linguistic communication language proficiency, together with expand their cognition of U.S. monastic tell together with culture.

FLTA fellows must render to their habitation countries upon completion of their programs to instruct English linguistic communication at the secondary or academy level.

Eligibility
All applications must come across the next criteria:

• Applicants must survive teachers of English linguistic communication or inward grooming to larn teachers of English.
• Applicants must receive a academy score inward English, Language Arts, or combined honors.
• Applicants must survive fluent inward English, demonstrated yesteryear a TOEFL score of 79-80 (Internet based testing) or 6.0 (overall score International English linguistic communication Language Testing System-IELTS).
• Applicants must survive betwixt 21 together with 29 years onetime at the fourth dimension of application.
• Applicants must demonstrate maturity, dependability, integrity together with professionalism.
• Applicants must survive physically introduce inward their habitation province throughout the nomination together with alternative process.

Eligible groups
Nigerian teachers or those inward grooming to larn teachers of English

Participating Institutions
All approved U.S. colleges, universities, together with only about high schools

Fields of study
Language together with civilization - Hausa, Yoruba

Number of awards
Not specified yesteryear provider

Sponsorship duration
Nine months

Scholarship benefits
The Program enables immature educators to refine their teaching skills, increase their English linguistic communication language proficiency together with extend their cognition of the cultures together with customs of the United States of America of America spell engaging inward non-degree studies at accredited post-secondary U.S. educational institutions. Along amongst their studies, FLTAs instruct linguistic communication courses, supervise linguistic communication labs together with Pb linguistic communication tabular array discussions.

Method of Application
Applications must survive completed together with submitted online. Applicants should asking that the academic purpose of their establishment ship a stamped re-create of their transcripts inward a sealed envelope to: The Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy, Plot 1075 Diplomatic Drive, Central Area, Abuja, Attention: Cultural Affairs Officer.

Other documents to survive submitted include academic credentials, signed together with stamped letters of reference, together with the photograph page of a valid Nigerian passport.

The application tin give the sack survive accessed at: http://apply.embark.com/student/fulbright/flta.

DEADLINES:
Application opens on Jan 1, 2013; together with Closes on Apr 30, 2013

Contact
For farther inquiries, delight contact Cultural Affairs Assistant, U.S. Embassy, Plot 1075 Diplomatic Drive, Central Area, Abuja: email: CulturalAbuja@state.gov or U.S. Consulate General, #2 Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos

Application Deadline: xxx April, 2013
Open to International students: No (ONLY Nigerians)

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Related: Fulbright Opportunities for Nigerian students

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