DUKE UNIVERSITY
CENTER
FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES (FLAS) FELLOWSHIP
[See instructions at the bottom of this form for additional application requirements.]
I.
General Information
Name (Last, First, Middle):___________________________________________________________
Department Name:_________________________________________________________________
Campus Address:__________________________________________________________________
Campus Telephone:_____________________ E-mail Address:______________________________
Permanent Home Address: ______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone (Include area code):_____________________________________
Social Security Number: ____________________Duke Unique I.D. Number: _____________________
II. Academic Information
Duke Degree Program:_____________________________________________________________
Year in Program:__________________________________________________________________
Degrees received or planned:_________________________________________________________
Dates of completion, or planned completion, and fields of study for each degree: _______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Advisor (if appropriate):_____________________________________________________________
III. Summer Program of Study:_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
***Please include with this application literature
(photocopy okay) providing
address, program curriculum and course
schedule with total contact hours.
IV. Language Training
Language to be
studied under fellowship:_________________________________________________
Number of years/semesters you have studied this language:
________________________________________________________________________________
Other languages you have studied and number of years/semesters studied:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
V. Language Proficiency
Please evaluate your current proficiency in the language which you plan to study or use during the fellowship period. Please check the most appropriate box for each category: speaking and listening / reading / and writing. The Duke University Center for International Studies reserves the right to require proficiency testing at Duke before or after an award is made.
Speaking and Listening:
q Unable to function in the spoken language
q Able to satisfy basic survival needs and maintain very simple conversation on familiar topics
q Able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements
q Able to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical and social topics and on professional topics in restricted contexts
q Able to use the language fluently and accurately on all levels pertinent to professional needs
q Use of the language is functionally equivalent to a well-educated native speaker
Reading:
q No practical ability to read the language
q Sufficient comprehension to read very simple connected written material in a form equivalent to usual printing or typescript
q Sufficient comprehension to read simple, authentic texts on subjects within a familiar context
q Able to read within a normal range of speed and with almost complete comprehension a variety of authentic prose material on unfamiliar subjects, as well as technical material
q Able to read fluently and accurately all styles and forms of the language pertinent to professional needs, including all materials in one's special fields
q Reading proficiency is functionally equivalent to a well-educated native speaker
Writing:
q No functional ability in writing
q Sufficient control of the writing system to meet limited needs
q Sufficient control of the writing system to meet most survival needs and limited social demands
q Ability to write with some precision and in some detail about most common topics
q Able to use the language effectively in most formal and informal written exchanges on practical, social and professional topics
q Writing proficiency is equal to that of a well-educated native speaker
Please include with a completed application the following:
| Please indicate all Center(s) to which you are submitting a
Summer FLAS Fellowship Application in the same language:
Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
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