1. The Language Flagship program aims to create global professionals with superior language proficiency through intensive language instruction, cross-disciplinary courses, internships, and capstone programs abroad. 2. The program faces administrative challenges in coordinating students from different departments and providing long-term support, as well as pedagogical challenges in developing advanced language skills and content-based curriculum. 3. Innovations include housing the program in a centralized administrative unit, pooling campus resources, engaging cross-disciplinary faculty, and adopting flexible and multiple entry points into the program combined with content-based, individualized, and performance-based language instruction.

1. 1 Flagship Programs: Opportunities, Challenge and Innovation Jennifer Liu, Indiana University National Chinese Language Conference April 24, 2010

2. 2 2 Outline Overall Flagship Goals & Requirements Challenge Innovation Outcome

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4. 4 The Language Flagship Mission Creating global professionals Goals Superior proficiency, academic and professional excellence, transform language education in the U.S. CertificateProgram Cross-disciplinary courses, specialized language instruction, internships, overseas capstone Funding National Security Education Program Languages Arabic, Chinese, Hindi/Urdu, Korean, Persian, Russian, Central Asian/Turkic http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/

5. 5 Graduate highly literate and articulate students with: superior level Mandarin Chinese language proficiency (ACTFL ILR-3). academic and cross-cultural tools needed to successfully navigate U.S.-China relations in the 21st century. diverse academic and professional degrees from their own areas of interest, geared to step into and successfully manage cross-cultural work environments. Overarching Goals

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11. 8 8 Administrative Challenge On campus Manage a group of highly motivated students from various programs and departments Provide long-term, systematic support which helps students complete all Flagship requirements in four or more years Create venues to work with on-campus colleagues to institutionalize the Flagship program Off campus Collaborate with colleagues from different institutions to ensure articulated summer, overseas, capstone experience

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15. Teacher training

17. 11 11 Pedagogical Innovation Multiple and flexible entry points Basic Curricular Requirements for Flagship Students

18. 12 12 Pedagogical Innovation Multiple and flexible entry points Meeting Curricular Requirements: Beginning Students

19. 13 13 Pedagogical Innovation Multiple and flexible entry points Meeting Curricular Requirements: Intermediate Students

20. 14 14 Pedagogical Innovation Content-based instruction Text and performance analysis (IU) Individualized instruction Accelerated language study, e.g., summer intensive program, 4th year + content Need analysis through survey to students and companies (BYU) Integrated and performance-based learning, e.g., language practicum/community involvement Periodic assessment with standardized testing tools (CCALT, CATRC, STAMP, HSK, OPI)

21. 15 15 Pedagogical Innovation Content-based instruction

22. 16 16 Program Outcome