STARTALK: Catch the K-Wave is Back

Yes, you heard it right! AKEEP and PRS will host its annual Korean language summer camp program from July 6th to July 23rd for a 3rd year.  

A-KEEP (Alabama Korea Education & Economic Partnership) and Pike Road Schools have partnered to offer a 3-week Korean language and culture program, STARTALK: Catch the K-Wave. This year’s theme “Catch the K-Wave: With Friends” provides an intensive language and cultural learning experience to students through a national standards-based and thematically organized curriculum. This is a traditional and virtual, accredited program open to rising 6th to 12th-grade students depending on their desire. These courses, noncredit, Korean Exploratory A or B can be continued for Pike Road Students during the school year and other students can receive 90 hours (1/2 unit) of foreign language credit registered through Pike Road School that can be transferred to his/her school. Students do not need nor are expected to have any prior knowledge of the Korean language or culture but should have a willingness to learn and explore! 

A-KEEP’s program is the only STARTALK approved program in Alabama! STARTALK is a national project funded by the National Security Agency [NSA] whose aim is to increase the amount and quality of language education in America. STARTALK program’s mission is to increase the number of U.S. citizens learning, speaking, and teaching critical-need foreign languages. with programs nationwide for students (K-16) and teachers. STARTALK offers students and teachers of these languages creative and engaging summer experiences that strive to exemplify best practices in language education and language teacher development. startalk.umd.edu 

Students can get more information and apply at akeep.org/catch-the-k-wave.  

By Brittany Payne