UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 39, Page 7
August 4, 1994
Foreign scholars on campus

     Two other groups attending the English Language Institute this
summer include the Central American Peace Scholarship program, hosting
27 Panamanian university students, and the Summer Institute for
African Educators of English as a Foreign Language Teachers program.
     The Central American program, sponsored by the U.S. Agency for
International Development, coordinated by Debbie Darrell, involves
university students who plan to become teachers of English or
bilingual secretaries in Panama. They will be on campus this month and
next, learning English and expanding their knowledge of U.S. culture.
Those studying to become bilingual secretaries also will attend
classes focusing on business terminology and secretarial skills and
serve as interns in University offices. Those visitors planning to be
teachers of English will attend teacher-training seminars.
     Students also will have the opportunity to visit New York,
Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia as well as visiting local towns,
museums and cultural events.
     The African teachers program, coordinated by Grant Wolf, Wayne
Thorp and Katherine Schneider, is hosting 26 teachers from 14 African
nations, nine of whom will train teachers in their homelands.
Sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency, the program focuses on
improving English and teaching skills and exposing the teachers to
American culture.
     As part of their stay, they will join the Central American
students for outings to Lancaster, Longwood Gardens and Hagley Museum
and also will visit New York City for a weekend. On campus until Aug.
14, the African teachers will then spend a week in Washington, D.C.,
before heading for home.
     Local families are needed to offer hospitality to these visitors
from Panama and Africa and include them in such traditional American
family activities, as dinner, beach trips, picnics or other outings.
Anyone interested in taking part is encouraged to contact Debra
Darrell or Grant Wolf at 831-2674.
     Other programs run by the English Language Institute this summer
include the American Law and Legal English Institute, a new program
designed to introduce international lawyers to the American legal
system; the International Teaching Assistant Training Program for all
international teaching assistants beginning their studies at the
University in the fall; and the institutes's ongoing program that is
teaching English to 275 students from more than 40 countries to
prepare them for university study or professional development.
                                                   -Sue Swyers Moncure