What follows are some e-mail communications we have received from the program:
"For most of you the 2016-17 school year is in full swing, and we hope that you and your students are off to a good start!
As you might know, this is the time of year when the IU Honors Program begins to promote its summer study abroad programs for high school learners of Chinese, French, German, and Spanish. For the first time in our history, we will launch a program in Osaka, Japan in Summer 2017 and are therefore adding Japanese to our list of languages! Please feel free to review our Press Release regarding this announcement.
We know how busy you are, so we will strive to make this email as concise and easy to navigate as possible. There are several announcements and resources we want to share with you in order to keep you and your students informed of this year’s application process.
1. Language Levels: As always, students wishing to apply to our French, German, or Spanish programs must be enrolled in Level III classes or higher this academic year. Students of Chinese and Japanese must be enrolled in Level II classes or higher this academic year.
2. Agreement to Participate: Teachers can access the Agreement to Participate on our websiteunder the Teachers & Counselors tab. Please submit one form per school by September 14th, if possible. The form can now be completed and submitted online!
3. Student Registration: The registration link will be open on our homepage from September 15ththrough November 15th, 2016. The registration fee is $15 per student. Students who meet basic eligibility for IUHPFL (grades 10-12 / appropriate language level / Indiana high school student) will be sent a link to the application materials and can begin to apply right away.
4. IUHPFL Language Testing: There will no longer be an IUHPFL fall language test. Instead, all students will test in the spring, after they have been accepted into the program. Students of French, German, Japanese, and Spanish will take the national exams offered through AATF, AATG, AATJ and AATSP respectively. Since there is currently no US-based national exam in Chinese, Hangzhou applicants will take the IUHPFL Chinese Test in the spring. Teachers who are already members of the above-mentioned organizations or who join before exam registration will be asked to simply share applicants’ exam results with IUHPFL. Teachers who choose not to join may administer the exam to their students who are applying to our program by becoming an IUHPFL delegate.
5. Selection: Students will be selected to participate in the program based on extended application materials - including the Student Application, teachers and adult appraisals, parental assessment, a writing sample in the target language, and high school transcripts. More than ever, teachers’ thorough evaluation of their students’ proficiency levels in the language, as well as their personal qualities, will help determine students’ readiness for IUHPFL. Students must also take the application and the writing sample very seriously. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.
6. Program Cycle Overview: Teachers, students, and guardians can read about the complete program cycle via this link. Please be sure to share this with your students.
7. Student Checklist: The 2016-17 Student Checklist is available online here and will be updated periodically as 2017 program dates are confirmed. Please be sure to share it with your students!
8. Promotional Flyers: Teachers of Chinese, German, and Japanese are encouraged to post and share the promotional flyers available through this link. Other materials are also available on our website, several of which you can request to have printed and mailed to you through the Agreement to Participate.
9. Online Presentation: We have been developing a new online presentation for teachers, students, and guardians, which we plan to launch in early or mid-September. Please stay tuned!
10. High School Visits: Let us know if you’d like to arrange a visit to your school. A few openings are still available.
11. Regional Presentations: We have scheduled 7 presentations in venues around the state during September and October that will allow students, guardians, and teachers to learn more about IUHPFL, meet the Managing Director and alumni, and get answers to their questions. Please share the presentation schedule with your students. Students who are interested in IUHPFL are strongly encouraged to attend one of these regional presentations, so they can fully understand the expectations of the program and requirements of the application process. Teachers are also welcome (but not expected) to attend. Here is a link to a flyer students can print and take home to give to their parents. Please note that we are requesting students and guardians to RSVP to the sessions so that we can get an estimate of how many will attend at each location. RSVPs can be completed on the website, or simply emailed to our office.
The majority of the forms linked above are located on the Teacher Resources tab of our website:http://www.indiana.edu/~iuhpfl/teachers/teacher-resources.shtml
Please feel free to forward this email to your colleagues, as we don’t have all Indiana World Language teachers in our database.
It is no exaggeration to say that much of the success of IUHPFL during its 54-year history is due to the enthusiasm, dedication, and support of all of the amazing teachers throughout Indiana. We thank you for all you do for your students and our program and we very much look forward to working with you this year!"
"Registration is now open for the 2016-2017 IU Honors Program in Foreign Languages!
Your students can register anytime between September 15 and November 15, 2016. Once a student has completed the registration process (provided the student meets the basic eligibility requirements for participation) he/she will receive an email from IUHPFL with a link to their own Student Application Portal.
Here is a link for students to the Application Registration:http://www.indiana.edu/~iuhpfl/apply/registration.shtml
Students have until December 4th to complete all components of the Application, including a Writing Sample (administered by their current foreign language teacher) and three Appraisals (including one from their current foreign language teacher). Language testing will occur in the spring after students have been preliminarily accepted into the program (also administered by their foreign language teacher). We understand that supporting your students through the IUHPFL application process is a big time commitment from you, and we thank you in advance.
For more information about deadlines and application requirements, as well as components of the application process that involve your cooperation and participation, please visit our website:http://www.indiana.edu/~iuhpfl/teachers/schedule.shtml
We look forward to working with you,"
IUHPFL Office Team
IU Honors Program in Foreign Languages
“Live Your Language”
“Live Your Language”
111 S. Jordan Ave.
Bloomington IN 47405
Phone: 812.855.5241
Fax: 812.855.1142
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