Quick Program Facts

The Stateside Component

This U.S-based intensive undergraduate program is intended to assist qualified students in attaining the ACTFL Intermediate-Mid/Intermediate-High level in Yoruba language proficiency. The program is intended for all undergraduate students, (majors and non-majors in Yoruba) and heritage speakers of Yoruba. Undergraduates of the Stateside Yoruba Flagship Program will be eligible to apply for the summer or the year-long program depending on their level. The Stateside Program is administered by University of Wisconsin-Madison. Students interested in the Program should send application materials to the University of Wisconsin-Madison: http://www.wisc.edu/

For more information on the Yoruba Flagship academic program offered by the school, please contact the program director:

The Overseas Component

American Councils administers the Yoruba Overseas Flagship Program in Ibadan, Nigeria. Students on the Yoruba Overseas Program may study in Ibadan for the summer, or for a full academic year, depending on their level. This program is intended as a logical step after participating in the Stateside Undergraduate Yoruba Flagship Program and achieving a proficiency level of ACTFL Intermediate-Mid/Intermediate-High level in Yoruba language proficiency. The program is located on the campus the University of Ibadan, Nigeria: http://www.ui.edu.ng/

Orientation

1. Flagship Participant Handbook which contains detailed information on the academic and cultural program at the  university of Ibadan language Center, as well as general information on student life in Nigeria

2. Pre-departure orientation program: Washington, DC.

• Pre-Departure Testing - ACTFL OPIs, AC Structure, AC Reading, AC Listening
• Expectations, logistics, program nuts and bolts, health and safety information, informational sessions on self-managed learning, seminar on cultural adaptation and readjustment

       3. In-country Orientation Program: Nigeria

Academic Program

• Intensive small-group instruction at local universities
• Guest speakers and frequent weekly excursions
• Daily meetings with individual language tutors who are selected from professors teaching at local universities
• Discipline-based course in the participant's area of specialization - Fall semester
• Professional internship - Spring semester 

The following is the number of hours per week devoted to each component:

Formal language learning is further reinforced through the following Informal Components:

• Home-stays with a local host family
• Opportunities to engage in local service projects (local schools, orphanages, health services, and other areas of student interest)
• Optional special interest activities (sports, music, theater)