The National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland is happy to announce
the 2008 STARTALK Programs. Launched in 2007, STARTALK is part of the president’s
National Security Language Initiative, jointly funded by the Director of National
Intelligence and the Department of Defense to promote the teaching of less commonly
taught critical languages. Participating institutions and organizations offer intensive
language programs for middle school and high school students and professional development
programs for teachers. This summer there will be a total of 81 programs in 32 states and
the District of Columbia offered in Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian and Urdu. The 2008
programs can be found at the following web site:
http://www.startalk.umd.edu/program-info/2008/ . Please direct questions to the
individual programs in which you may be interested.