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Schools wishing to host FLTAs are free to tailor the program to meet their unique pedagogical needs. FLTAs often teach beginning and intermediate classes or offer tutorial sessions to improve students’ language acquisition. On many campuses they serve as directors of language houses or language floors, offering students uncommon access to target languages. Under visa regulations FLTA fellows can work up to 20 hours per week.
FLTAs add a youthful, up-to-date cultural component to foreign language classes, as well as uniquely contribute to student life on campus. FLTAs host language tables, cooking sessions, cultural presentations and other co-curricular events, allowing U.S. students to work with young native speakers in non-traditional settings. This interaction makes studying a foreign language more meaningful and real.
The FLTA Program is organized into three components depending on the level and source of funding provided to the fellows; please refer to "Requirements". FLTAs are selected by U.S. Embassies, Fulbright Commissions and Bi-National Centers in their home countries. Participating institutions will receive the dossiers of several candidates that match their requirements and select the one (or more) FLTA(s) they believe most appropriate for their campus. |
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