The SAIS Language Studies Program offers three Southeast Asian Languages: Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese. These languages are offered at levels based on students' needs and demands. For beginning students, all three languages are offered over a two year (four-semester) period of instruction. At the end of two years students are expected to attain an Intermediate-High level of proficiency in listening, speaking and reading. Students may wish to study Novice-level Thai at Georgetown University and Novice Vietnamese at George Washington University under a cooperative agreement. In addition, students can study any of these three languages between their first and second year at the Southeast Asian Summer Institute (SEASSI) at the University of Wisconsin in Madison (between 2002 and 2004). Advanced courses can be pursued in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Advanced Indonesian can be studied through Cornell University of the Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian and Malay (COTIM), Advanced Thai and Advanced Vietnamese through the University of Washington. Students may also apply for the U.S. Indonesia Society Fellowship for Language and Area Studies.
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