English Language Teaching at the Elementary Level
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English Language Teaching at the Elementary Level: This Grant would support a US-Tunisia University Linkage aimed at creating and implementing a comprehensive multi-year young learner ELT program to support teaching and learning of English at Tunisian primary schools. The selected recipient will be responsible for implementing projects that take into account the local academic context, level assessment and available resources in order to undertake projects that include but are not limited to: Train teachers and Teachers' Trainers: the selected recipient will be responsible for for developing a comprehensive university level program to develop, enhance and improve the teaching of English as a foreign language to young learners in the public schools. The American institution will provide workshops, videos, and manuals to train a corps of teacher trainers in the most effective ELT methodologies. The people that it subsequently trains will be sent to elementary schools all over Tunisia where they will observe EFL courses and advise on their improvement. Design a curriculum for teachers and learners of English at the primary schools in Tunisia. This curriculum needs to take into consideration the local academic context of Tunisia and previous young learner ELT programs. Design a text book for English teachers and students at Tunisian primary schools. By law, Tunisian schoolbooks must be produced locally. Therefore, the selected recipient will be responsible for working with and guiding Tunisian officials and ELT prominent figures towards the production of a comprehensive and appropriate text book.
Federal Grant Title: | English Language Teaching at the Elementary Level |
Federal Agency Name: | US Mission to Tunisia |
Grant Categories: | Education |
Type of Opportunity: | Earmark |
Funding Opportunity Number: | 20110322 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | Information not provided |
CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
Current Application Deadline: | Apr 29, 2011 |
Original Application Deadline: | Apr 29, 2011 |
Posted Date: | Mar 23, 2011 |
Creation Date: | Mar 22, 2011 |
Archive Date: | May 29, 2011 |
Total Program Funding: | $250,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $250,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $100,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 05 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | Yes |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Eligible Applicants: All members of the American Council on Education (ACE), the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), the Association of American Universities (AAU), the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), and other regionally accredited, degree-granting, U.S. higher education institutions
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- Information not provided
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Faouzi Chaouch Grants Administrator Phone 21671107199
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