University of Pittsburgh to offer Intensive Ukrainian Summer Institute

PITTSBURGH - The Intensive Ukrainian Summer Institute will again be held at the University of Pittsburgh from June 28 through August 6.

The course in beginning Ukrainian is open to students of any age including juniors and seniors in high school, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to persons of any age not currently enrolled in a college or university. Some scholarship aid is available.

Attracting students from all over the U.S. and Canada, the institute will consist of intensive instruction (five hours daily), allowing students to make the greatest possible progress during the time available. Cultural and social activities, including lectures, discussion groups and film showings, are planned. Guest students may choose to stay at the university's modern air-conditioned dormitory.

The course will carry six college credits, and provides a thorough introduction to the basic categories of Ukrainian pronunciation, grammar and syntax. Emphasis is placed on communicative competence, the active use of new structures in dialogues, unstructured conversation, reading and listening comprehension.

Daily contact with the native-speaking instructor, both in class and outside the classroom, and access to computer-assisted instruction, as well as audio and videotapes, create an environment conducive to effective language acquisition. The Ukrainian course is part of the University of Pittsburgh's East European Summer Language Institute. Other languages offered include Slovak, Hungarian, Polish, Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Russian, Romanian, Macedonian and Serbian.

For further information and applications for the 1999 Ukrainian Summer Institute, contact Christine Metil, Slavic Department Summer Programs, University of Pittsburgh, 1417 CL, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; call (412) 624-5906, or e-mail [email protected]

Additional information is also available from the institute's website at http://www.pitt.edu/slavic/summer.html.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February 21, 1999, No. 8, Vol. LXVII

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