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StarTalk - ESHA Heritage Camps

STARTALK PRINCIPLES TO TEACH HINDI AND INDIA's CULTURE

ESHA has received Federal STARTalk program Grants administered by the
National Foreign Language Center of University of Maryland for teaching Hindi
and India's culture during summer 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,  2015 and 2016.
Camps were held in an Intensive Language Learning setting and attended

by 90 to 100 students, grades 3 to 10,  for three weeks each summer

in a large, air conditioned, Middle School in Marlboro, NJ.

Experienced professionals are engaged to teach Hindi  as well as Yoga, music, 
Arts & Crafts. A media lab is set up so students can learn using software apps.
Teachers receive a week long Professional Development Training  and prepare detailed lesson plans before each summer camp. The linked documents (see below) provide further details about each camp.

• Integrating STEM in Teaching and Learning of World Language, a Technical Paper presented by Dr. Sonali Banerjee, PHD

     at the 2016 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC) on March 5, 2016 at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. 

• Video of Amolika Gupta, a college student, about her experience with STARTALK

• NYTimes Article: The Superior Social Skills of Bilinguals - By KATHERINE KINZLER MARCH 11, 2016

• Learning More then One Language is good for Your Child's Mental Development

 

     If you know more than one language start celebrating :

 

-  being bilingual is good for your brain whilst learning

 the language of your forebears has benefits for both 
 mind and soul.

 

   Bilingualism and multilingualism has been shown 

to have emotional and cognitive benefits. 

   Research shows that knowing more than one language
delays Alzheimer's and dementia onset, and improves 
mental function more generally. 

   But there might well be other significant mental health

benefits, which are currently being explored by researchers. 
And anecdotally, some people claim learning a language 

helped them manage their depression and see beyond
 their immediate world.

 

- See more at: http://australiaplus.com/international/2015-10-09/the-benefits-of-a-bilingual-brain/1501846#sthash.uh7dv9cO.dpuf

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STARTALK Camps teach Hindi language and Culture of India

Startalk Camp - July 18 - Aug 5, 2016

• 2016 Startalk Flyer

• 2016 On-line Registration

 

Startak Camp - July 2015

• 2015 StarTalk Flyer

• Final Report

 

StarTalk Camp - July 2014
      • 2014 StarTalk Flyer

      • StarTalk Curriculum  

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• Final Report 2014

 

StarTalk Camp - July 2013
2013 StarTalk Flyer      • 

• 2013 FINAL REPORT

 

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StarTalk Curriculum

 

    2014 StarTalk Curriculum 

 

• Novice  -  High

 

• Novice  -  Medium

 

• Intermediate - High

 

• Intermediate - Medium