SASLI Elementary Hindi student

203 Ingraham Hall,
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Ph: 608-261-1194
Fax: 608-265-3062

SASLI Program info
SASLI@southasia.wisc.edu

Program Assistants :
Grace Lorentz
Ashli Kjos
SASLI@southasia.wisc.edu
(608) 261-1194

Webmaster :
Phillip Jackson
Pjackson1@wisc.edu

Assistant Director :
Laura J. Hammond
ljhammond@wisc.edu

Director, Summer Program
in Madison:
J. Mark Kenoyer
jkenoyer@wisc.edu

Chair, Board of Trustees:
Susan S. Wadley
sswadley@syr.edu

SASLI is an affiliate member of the Association for Asian Studies.

SASLI is partially funded by the Department of Education.

SASLI Mission Statement

I. HISTORY

The South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI) was formally created in 2001-2002 by a joint action of the Directors of the eleven Title VI South Asia National Resource Centers in cooperation with the US Department of Education. The International Education Program Service of the US Department of Education ratified the decision in 2002 and classes were first offered to in summer of 2003 on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison. SASLI will operate on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison for the initial five-year agreement, subject to renewal in five year increments, following favorable review by the Board of Trustees and the continued availability of local resources to support the Institute.

II. MISSION AND ACTIVITIES

The South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI) is a formal educational collaboration of the US Department of Education-designated Title VI National Resource Centers for South Asia in partnership with the South Asia Language Resource Center (SALRC). SASLI is dedicated to training students, faculty, and professionals in the languages of South Asia.

• Primary Mission.

SASLI’s primary focus is two-fold: [1] South Asian language instruction, and [2] the professional training of instructors in language pedagogy appropriate to South Asia. To achieve these goals, SASLI offers intensive summer sessions of approximately a dozen languages on the elementary and intermediate levels; and pedagogy workshops for teaching best practices, and the application of newly developed language-learning tools. The SALRC, which is responsible for developing language pedagogy and tools, works closely to coordinate the latter.

• Secondary Mission.

SASLI likewise strives to effect secondary goals of increasing the number and quality of trained specialists to teach language, including from abroad, and to effect a close collaboration among other South Asian language-learning institutions, both domestic and foreign. Any organized activity that furthers those larger goals is considered to fall within the purview of the organization, and SASLI may from time to time effect additional individual or institutional collaborations to meet these goals.