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The Africana Studies Department and The Haitian Studies Project present
Haitian Creole Language and Culture Institute
July 2--20, 2001
The Haitian Creole Summer Institute has been offered in Massachusetts for the past fifteen years. Since the summer of 1995, the Institute has been conducted at the Harbor Campus of UMass Boston under the joint collaboration of the Africana Studies Department, the Haitian Studies Project, and the Division of Continuing Education.
This year the Institute will have three components. There will be a four week intensive program in different levels of Haitian Creole. Also offered is a course in techniques of translation for advanced students.
In addition to class work, all courses make use of a language laboratory and cultural activities to enhance the study of the language. Evaluation of student achievement and proficiency for placement and progress will be conducted both informally and formally during and at the conclusion of the course.
To give participants an additional immersion in the Haitian speaking environment they will have an opportunity to participate, on a voluntary basis, in field work in different Haitian community based organizations and agencies outside the classroom time.
Participants for the Institute come from a variety of settings across the United States looking to develop or improve their language skills. The program is designed to meet the needs of those who plan to conduct research in Haiti or in the Haitian diaspora, or who work in a volunteer or professional capacity either in Haiti or with Haitians abroad. Although many of the Institute participants come the Boston area, The Institute staff will assist in providing information to help out-of-town participants locate appropriate accommodations.

Haitian Creole I-- Beginner

This intensive beginning level course is intended for students with no knowledge of Haitian Creole. In small group teaching sessions, students will be prepared for conversational fluency with basic reading and writing skills, emphasizing communicative competence as well as grammatical and phonetic techniques.
July 2-20 Monday-Friday 5:00-8:30pm
Schedule # 17411-51

Haitian Creole II-- Intermediate

Skills acquired in this intermediate level course will enable students to participate actively in most social and cultural conversations. Sufficient writing and reading comprehension skills will be practiced and studied with the use of intermediate vocabulary and grammatical forms.
July 2-20, Monday- Friday 5:00-8:30pm
Schedule # 17412-51

Haitian Creole III-- Advanced

At the advanced level, students will achieve a high degree of fluency and precision of vocabulary, enabling them to perform sophisticated activities. Students will be able to use the language fluently at all professional levels and respond appropriately to unfamiliar situations. Participants will have a high degree of fluency and precision of vocabulary and will be able to read Creole texts and use colloquialisms, proverbs, riddles, "contes, " and pertinent cultural references.
July 2-20 , Monday-Friday 5:00-8:30pm
Schedule # 17413-51
        Techniques of Haitian-Credit Courses
The non-credit course is geared towards the native or advanced Creole language speaker who wishes to be certified as a translator or as a court interpreter. It provides participants with ample opportunities to apply techniques and skills through a series of translation assignments which form the basis for class discussion, Participants will have intensive practice in translating a variety of genres styles both literary and non-literary. They will also be trained in techniques of consecutive and simultaneous interpretation and sight translation. Emphasis is given to accuracy, speed, delivery, command of professional lexicon, and awareness of the relationship between language and culture.
July 2-20, Monday-Friday 5:00-8:30pm
Schedule # 17821-51

Institute Staff
Professor Marc Prou, Director
Michel DeGraff, MIT, Guest Lecturer
Lyonel Prime
Gary Daphnis
Lunine Pierre-Jerome
Lionel Hogu
Renote Jean-Francois
Jean L. Rene
Samson Kernisant

All Institute staff members are native speakers of Haitian Creole

Fees
Haitian Creole I. II. and II : $ 510
Techniques of haitian Creole Translation: $600
These fees cover all costs for instruction and materials

To Register

Registration begins April 2, 2001. You may register by phone, fax, mail or in person.

To register by phone, call (617) 287-7916 during the following hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:30am-6:00pm; Friday 9:00-4:00pm.

Fax or mail registration requires a non-credit registration form, available in the 2000 Summer Bulletin; call (617) 287-7900 to request a copy.

To register in person, come to the Summer Registration Center, Wheathly Hall, second floor, room 203, during the following hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:30am-6:00pm; Friday 9:00-4:00pm.

                    If you have any questions about registration, please call our information line
                at (617) 287-7914
         Additional Information
For more information about the Haitian Creole Summer Institute, please contact Professor Marc Prou at the Fricana Studies department (617)287-6796.
                      E-mail marc.prou@.umb.edu

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University of Massachusetts Boston
Haitian Studies Project
McCormack 2nd Floor Room 211
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125 - 3393
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Telephone:........ (617) 287 - 7138
Fax:................ (617) 287 - 6511
E-mail:............. hsa@umb.edu

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