Dhaka, Bangladesh

American Institute of Bangladesh Studies and Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB)

Bangla

Beginning and intermediate

June 2 – August 8, 2011

Dates are inclusive of travel and the pre-departure orientation in Washington, DC. Students are required to participate in the full program, including the pre-departure orientation. All travel will be arranged for participants following selection.

The CLS Program offers courses designed to develop students’ listening, reading, speaking, spoken interaction, and writing skills. Students will receive a minimum of 20 hours per week of formal classroom instruction. The curriculum is proficiency-based, which stresses communicative skills, and very little English is used in the classroom. Each day includes classes in spoken Bangla, grammar, listening and reading. Beginning students are instructed to learn the Bangla script prior to arrival, and their first several classes are entirely oral.

All components of the CLS Program have been developed as part of the language acquisition process. CLS participants are required to attend all program components, including, but not limited to, language instruction (formal/informal), cultural activities, and excursions. Absences will only be excused for medical or other approved reasons.

Students will be grouped in apartments leased by the Independent University of Bangladesh. Each apartment’s common area has a fully equipped kitchen, television and DVD player, a computer and laser printer.

The staff of IUB will provide breakfast and dinner Saturday through Thursday; students will receive a stipend for their remaining meals and incidentals. There are numerous restaurants within easy distance of the accommodations. Supermarkets and smaller grocery stores are also located nearby.

The Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB) was founded as a private university in 1993 and has two campuses in Dhaka and Chittagong. The university is composed of four schools: Business; Engineering and Computer Science; Environmental Science and Management; and Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. IUB currently has over 4,000 students and 180 full-time and 76 adjunct faculty.

Learn more about the Bangla Language Institute of Independent University at: http://www.iub.edu.bd/