Inaugural Russian LEARN Working Group Symposium

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - Friday, July 24, 2009
Duke University, Durham, NC

Conference Theme:
Revolutionizing Learning Russian:
Language, Culture and Technologies at the Intermediate and Advanced Levels

The Foreign Language Program Office of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the National Cryptologic School (NCS), and the Duke University Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES) are pleased to announce: the Inaugural LEARN Working Group Symposium for instructors of Russian, to be held on the campus of Duke University, Durham, NC, July 22-24.

The primary intent of the LEARN conferences is to provide language instructors working for the U.S. Government an opportunity to share their teaching expertise. While this will be the inaugural Russian LEARN symposium, similar conferences have been held in Chinese, Arabic, Persian Farsi, and Hindi-Urdu; the Chinese LEARN symposium will celebrate its fifth year in 2009. These conferences are an excellent venue for participants to exchange methodologies, technologies and experiences in language and Area Studies teaching, as well as an opportunity to network with colleagues from other federal government organizations, the military, academia and industry.