[Aztlan] Yucatec Maya Summer Courses - FLAS funded

[Kathy Ibarra]

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THE YUCATEC MAYA SUMMER INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT
CHAPEL HILL AND DUKE UNIVERSITY

Presents

3 SUMMER INTENSIVE SUMMER COURSES IN YUCATEC MAYA LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

June 1 - July 11, 2009 -
6 Credit Hours, 160 Contact Hours.

FLAS funding is available for many qualified graduate students at UNC
and Duke. Students from other universities can also apply for FLAS
funding from the UNC/Duke program.  Please contact the
Institute for additional information about funding. Also, visit our
website: http://isa.unc.edu

LEVEL 1 - Beginning Maya
Weeks 1-3(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Santa Elena and
Xocen, Yucatan. The program begins with intensive classroom instruction
six hours a day, for three weeks on the UNC campus followed by three
intensive weeks in Mexico.  Throughout the six weeks, Level I students
will receive six hours of intensive classroom instruction daily.  The
course is taught by Dr. David Mora Marín from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and Miguel Guémez Pineda from the Universidad
Autónoma de Yucatán.
In Yucatan, students will work in small groups with  native Maya
teachers from Santa Elena as well as spend time in the homes of families
in Santa Elena and Xocen.   The group will visit Uxmal, Labná, Ek Balam
and other sites.

LEVEL II - Continuing Maya
Weeks 1-3 (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM, Santa Elena and
Xocen, Yucatan.
This course begins with three weeks of intensive classroom instruction
in Mérida, Mexico.  Students will attend class six hours a day, five
days a week taught by the linguist Ismael May May, who has over fifteen
years experience teaching Yucatec Maya.  Students will also work with
U.S.-based Dr. John Tuxill, a Yale graduate and a member of the faculty
at Western Washington University. The course will incorporate Mayan
texts and literature appropriate to this level. In Santa Elena and in
Xocen, Level II students are placed individually or in pairs with
families in the town in order to practice their Maya.  Like Level I,
they also will be placed with families in Xocen to continue practicing
their Maya and to take part in the daily life of the village.  There
will also be time to work with their professors on specific goals
regarding the Maya language and culture.

LEVEL III - Advanced Maya
Level III was offered for the first time in summer 2008. Students in the
third level of the Yucatec Maya summer intensive course will be taught
by Mayan native speaker and linguist, Fidencio Briseño Chel.    He has
been with the UNC/Duke Maya language program for the past five years.
Students will use as their home base the Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de Yucatán for the first two weeks of the course.  There they will
attend formal classes four hours daily as well as work with native
speakers on site.
After two weeks at the UNAM, the students will have chosen the village
or villages for their fieldwork, and carry it out under the supervision
of Briseño Chel. The final week will be spent in Valladolid at the
Universidad del Oriente in formal language review, analyzing the
projects and interacting with native speakers who attend the university.
  Students will be evaluated on their projects as well as their Yucatec
Maya writing, reading, and comprehension skills.


COST
The US $3200.00 program fee will cover instructional fees,
accommodations, some meals, most site and museum fees, and
transportation for all excursions. It does not include airfare to
Mexico, passport fees, some weekend meals, housing for three weeks in
Chapel Hill for those in the beginning level course, laundry service, or
personal expenses. Please contact the Institute for more information.
FLAS funding is available for many qualified graduate students and UNC
offers some funding for undergraduate summer travel.  Please contact the
Institute for additional information about funding.

FOR APPLICATIONS, CONTACT: The Study Abroad Office, the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, FedEx Global Education Center CB# 3130
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3130, Phone: 919-962-7002, Fax: 919-962-2262
http://studyabroad.unc.edu/programs.cfm?pk=1883

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Visit our website: http://isa.unc.edu or contact Sharon Mújica at: The
Yucatec Maya Summer Institute, Consortium in Latin American and
Caribbean Studies, FedEx Global Education Center CB#3205, Chapel Hill,
NC 27599-3205, phone: (919) 962-2414, fax: (919) 962-0398, email:
smujica at email.unc.edu.

Sponsored by the Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University