UD student selected for intensive study of Korean

3:43 p.m., May 6, 2013--University of Delaware undergraduate Jennifer Chao is one of about 610 students nationwide selected by the U.S. Department of State for its Critical Language Scholarship, a program that offers intensive language study.

The program, in which scholars spend seven to 10 weeks during the summer in language institutes, is part of a U.S. government effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are considered critical. The State Department describes the institutes as providing fully funded, group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences.

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Recipients of Critical Language Scholarships are expected to continue their study of the language after the institute ends and to apply those language skills in their future professional careers.

Chao will attend an institute in South Korea focusing on the Korean language.

The other languages identified as critical are Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish and Urdu.