UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

AYMARA LANGUAGE PROGRAM

SUMMER 2003

The Center for Latin American Studies at University of Chicago announces a three-course intensive sequence in Aymara for Summer 2003. This is the only course in Aymara offered in the US. The 9-week intensive beginner’s course, supported by the US Department of Education, has been offered biennially since 1995 under the development of course instructor Miguel Huanca. Aymara is an indigenous language of the Andes, spoken widely in Bolivia and parts of Peru, Chile and Argentina. Using a variety of authentic cultural materials, including film, literature, music, visual and mass media, along with the text Aymar Arux Akhamawa and its accompanying CD-ROM dialogues, students acquire proficiency in formal language structures, conversation, aural, written skills, and grammar. At the same time, students incorporate particular meanings imbedded within indigenous Aymara cultural concepts and contexts. The course is appropriate for master’s, doctoral, and advanced undergraduate students, particularly, though not exclusively, those in the fields of Andean anthropology and history, as well as students pursuing a concentration in linguistics.

Costs and Funding Opportunities: The course is approved for the Department of Education FLAS/Title VI Fellowship Program. Students must apply for FLAS funding through their home institution. Students from eligible institutions are strongly encouraged to apply concurrently for FLAS fellowships along with FLEP (Foreign Language Enhancement Program) and CIC funding, the latter relevant to the “Big Ten” universities participating in the Consortium on Institutional Cooperation’s Traveling Scholars Program. (Note: IU’s CIC Traveling Scholar Program contact is Jody Smith, University Graduate School--IUB, josmith@indiana.edu, 812-855-4010.)

Tuition: For non-University of Chicago FLAS-holding students, tuition is $3,600. (registration and student fees additional).

Credits: The sequence carries 15 quarter hours or 10.5 semester hours of credit. Classes meet 3.5 hours per day, Monday through Friday, for nine weeks for a total of 157 contact hours, the equivalent of a full-academic year program of intensive study.

Course dates: June 23 through August 22, 2003

Registration: The registration deadline for non-University of Chicago students is

May 30. However, students are strongly encouraged to apply as early as possible to ensure enrollment.

For more information: Please contact Kelly Gallagher, Program Manager of the University of Chicago Center for Latin American Studies at kgallagh@uchicago.edu

or phone the Center at 773-702-8420.