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| lecorbeau Diglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 5815 days ago 113 posts - 149 votes  Speaks: English*, French Studies: Serbo-Croatian, Turkish | Message 1 of 28 24 April 2010 at 6:26pm | IP Logged |
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Hi all,
I was just informed that I will be receiving an NSEP Boren Scholarship, a US government initiative that pays for American citizens to study relatively obscure languages relevant to US national security interests (you can read about it here). I will be studying Croatian (or BCS) in Zagreb for 12 months and am so excited! That brings me to my next question--are there any current, past, or future Boren scholars or fellows in this forum? Or anybody else who took advantage of government programs (American or otherwise) to learn their languages? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7171 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 28 24 April 2010 at 6:45pm | IP Logged |
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Congratulations and keep us posted about your daily study in Zagreb, this sounds very exciting! We do have another member who does NSLI-Y - same goal, different outfit.
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| lecorbeau Diglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 5815 days ago 113 posts - 149 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Serbo-Croatian, Turkish | Message 3 of 28 24 April 2010 at 7:38pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks! It really is an incredible opportunity. The scholarship will cover everything: airfare, insurance,
housing/food, travel stipend, language instruction, etc. for 12 whole months. In exchange I will commit to working for the US State Department, Department of Homeland Security, or the Intelligence Community (NSA, CIA, DIA, etc.) for a period of a year or more when I return home. This is what my program will be once I arrive in Zagreb this summer: 1. 1 month super-intensive summer language course 2. 2 months of private tutoring in Croatian 3. 9 month-long Croatian course at the University of Zagreb I am shooting for advanced fluency by the time my year is up! And who knows---maybe I'll stay another year to get to professional fluency! I can't wait! Edited by lecorbeau on 24 April 2010 at 7:41pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Lemus Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6176 days ago 232 posts - 266 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Japanese, Russian, German | Message 4 of 28 25 April 2010 at 2:00am | IP Logged |
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How does one go about qualifying for one of these scholarships exactly?
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| lecorbeau Diglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 5815 days ago 113 posts - 149 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Serbo-Croatian, Turkish | Message 5 of 28 25 April 2010 at 2:37am | IP Logged |
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The procedure differs from university to university, but first and foremost you have to be a matriculated
undergraduate or graduate student (Boren Fellows are grad students, Scholars undergrad). The website I listed in my initial post has more about the program, application procedure, and eligibility. If it's a dead link, just go directly to: http://www.borenawards.org/boren_scholarship [EDIT]: I changed "enrolled" to "matriculated"---they're slightly different things. Edited by lecorbeau on 27 April 2010 at 5:08pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 5937 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 6 of 28 25 April 2010 at 4:04am | IP Logged |
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This sounds like a great experience, congratulations! Was Croatian your own choice or does the program assign you a language? I hope you have a great time and come back fluent in Croatian!
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| lecorbeau Diglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 5815 days ago 113 posts - 149 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Serbo-Croatian, Turkish | Message 7 of 28 25 April 2010 at 5:18am | IP Logged |
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I chose to learn Croatian, but the possibilities are endless provided you can demonstrate in a (lengthy and well-
researched!) essay why your language and region of choice are relevant to US national security interests. This year Boren Scholars are studying Ganda, Mongolian, Amharic, Quechua, Kyrgyz, Uighur--languages that make Croatian seem as commonplace as Spanish or French! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 5937 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 8 of 28 25 April 2010 at 5:20am | IP Logged |
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Wow, that's really impressive. I hope that I can participate in this program at some point. Now, which language... That would be a difficult decision. :)
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