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Language Studies Program | SAIS Academics Admissions Campus Life Research Careers Giving Location - Alumni - myJHU -Well-nighUs - News & Press -Timetable- Site Map SAIS Insider Portal Press News & EventsTimetableAlumniWell-nighUs A-Z Index Alumni myJHUWell-nighUs News & PressTimetableSite Map Search form Search AcademicsFaculty Directory Degrees and Programs Part-Time and Non-Degree Programs Areas of Study Language Studies Executive Education Summer ProgramsUndertowOfferings AdmissionsMeet Us Tuition and AidWieldContact Us Campus LifeWashington, DC Bologna, Italy Nanjing, China ResearchFaculty Directory Initiatives, Institutes, and Research Centers SAIS LibrariesMason Library Robert Evans Library NanjingPart-wayLibrary CareersEmployment Outcomes | Key figures My Job Search Professional Skills Leadership Connecting with Employers Career Treks Career Clubs For Alumni For Employers Connect with Us Giving LocationWashington, DC Bologna, Italy Nanjing, China You are here » Academics » Language Studies Program Language Studies Program Welcome Language Requirements Registration -- Johns Hopkins SAIS DC -- SAIS Europe Placement & Proficiency Exams -- Johns Hopkins SAIS DC -- SAIS Europe Language & Technology -- Johns Hopkins SAIS DC -- SAIS Europe Writing Help -- SAIS DC -- SAIS Europe Languages Offered Contact Information Welcome Language Requirements Registration Johns Hopkins SAIS DC SAIS Europe Placement & Proficiency Exams Johns Hopkins SAIS DC SAIS Europe Language & Technology Johns Hopkins SAIS DC SAIS Europe Writing Help SAIS DC SAIS Europe Languages Offered Contact Information Welcome to Johns Hopkins SAIS The Language Studies Program offers classes that squire students in successfully meeting the Johns Hopkins SAIS language graduation requirements. In addition, language classes offer a unconfined opportunity to develop vocabulary and liaison skills that are relevant to students’ wonk studies and career goals. Please trammels the section on language requirements to see whether your wonk concentration requires a specific language.We encourage you to join the Language Studies Program. In doing so, you will find that language learning at the school is a unique experience. You will goody from: Small classes with individualized sustentation Professional, experienced language instructors Content integrated to your wonk studies A deeper understanding of the culture of your language of interest Adequate preparation for the school's language proficiency exams You have several languages to segregate from in our campuses. We welcome you to explore our courses.Marco A. Campos, PhD DirectorLanguage Studies ProgramJohns Hopkins SAIS in Washington, DCSara GelmettiDirectorLanguage Studies ProgramSAIS Europe   Language Requirements Students must be worldly-wise to show language proficiency in a second language as part of their graduation requirements. For this reason, all MA students must take and pass examinations in one of the languages taught at the school. The language of viewing cannot be the students’ native language. MA students who are not US citizens and whose native language is not English can take the English proficiency exam to meet this requirement. All other MA students may use any of the other languages taught at the school to well-constructed this requirement. PhD candidates are only required to take the Reading component of the language proficiency exams for the second foreign language requirement.In addition, all non-native speakers of English are required to take an English exam upon arrival. Students may be requested to take English classes based on their performance in the test. For increasingly info, please refer to the campus-specific English Program section.The pursuit orchestration indicates the languages students may use to satisfy language requirements with respect to particular concentrations:     JOHNS HOPKINS SAIS CONCENTRATION REQUIRED LANGUAGE African Studies Arabic, French, Portuguese China Studies Chinese European and Eurasian Studies English, French, German, Italian , Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian (for Russia & Eurasia track) Japan and Korea Studies Japanese, Korean Middle East Studies Arabic, BME /ER tracks can moreover use: Farsi, Hindi-Urdu South Asian Studies Hindi-Urdu, Farsi Southeast Asian Studies Indonesian, Thai, or Burmese, Vietnamese Western Hemisphere French (for Canadian Studies only), Portuguese, or Spanish                   Students specializing in the pursuit programs may segregate any language offered in either of the campuses to satisfy the proficiency requirement:                         - American Foreign Policy- IR/Conflict Management- IR/Energy, Resources and Environment- IR/Global Theory and History   - IR/ International Law & Organizations- IR/General- International Development- IR/Strategic Studies   Registration All students interested in joining the language program need to register for a language course. Students with a previous preliminaries in the language they intend to study must take a placement test. For increasingly info and registration guidelines, please refer to the campus-specific registration section. SAIS Europe students coming to Johns Hopkins SAIS DC need to contact the specific language coordinator at the DC campus prior to registering for classes.  All Non-US students whose native language is not English should make sure that they have completed their English requirements surpassing starting classes in flipside language. This may include an English placement / proficiency exam. This exam is in wing to any other English exam you may have taken as part of your ticket requirements. For increasingly information, please refer to the campus-specific English Program section. Registration (Johns Hopkins SAIS DC) Steps to join the Language Program:STEP 1:Shepherdthe Language Studies Orientation Session.This is an spanking-new opportunity to meet our language sense and shop for language courses. Our Language Program Coordinators will be here to wordplay any specific question you may have well-nigh the language program (e.g., placement/proficiency exams).STEP 2: Take the language placement test.You need to take a language placement exam if: (a)   You are a new student with preliminaries in a language for which you intend to enroll(b)   You are a new student who wants to take the language proficiency exams(c)   You want to take the proficiency exams, but have not completed the fourth semester/level of language instruction at the school.(d)   You are an international student whose native language is not English and who must take the English placement exam.     Registration (SAIS Europe) Steps to join the Language Program:STEP 1:Shepherdthe Language Session during Orientation Week and consult with our language sense members, who will be misogynist for wonk recommending during the two weeks prior to the Fall semester registration deadline.STEP 2:Well-constructedthe online preliminary registrationSTEP 3: Take the online language placement test. You need to take the placement test if:         (a)   You are a new student with preliminaries in a language for which you intend to enroll(b)   You are a new student who wants to take the language proficiency exams(c)   You want to take the proficiency exams, but have not completed level 4 of language instruction at the school. Placement & Proficiency Exams Placement TestsPlacement exams are offered every semester surpassing the whence of language classes. Students are required to take a placement test for the pursuit purposes: To join the language program (if they have preliminaries in the language they intend to study) To take the proficiency exams (if they want to take the proficiency exams without having taken language classes at Johns Hopkins SAIS) Please click on the campus tab where you study to see dates and other specific information.Proficiency ExamsStudents are eligible to take a proficiency exam if they have completed the fourth semester of language instruction at the school. If they intend to test out and not do language classes, they need to take the placement test first and place at a level equivalent to having completed our fourth semester of language instruction.Students meet language graduation requirements by obtaining at least the pursuit marks in the language they segregate to be tested:       Language  Listening Speaking Reading Writing Arabic Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid   Chinese Intermediate Low Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid   English Superior Advanced     High Superior Superior French Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate Mid German Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate Mid Hindi-Urdu Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid   Indonesian Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate High   Italian Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate Mid Japanese Intermediate Low Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid   Korean Intermediate Low Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid   Persian (Farsi) Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid   Portuguese Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate Mid Russian Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid Intermediate Mid   Spanish Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate Mid Thai Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate High   Vietnamese Intermediate High Intermediate High Intermediate High       Placement ExamsPlacement exams are offered every semester the week surpassing the whence of language classes. Most of our languages require a written test and an oral interview. Please trammels the page of the language you intend to take for specific information, and contact the language coordinator prior to taking the placement tests.Proficiency ExamsProficiency exams are offered the first week of September, and the week surpassing reading period in the Fall and Spring terms. Placement Tests Placement tests are offered at the whence of every semester. Placement tests consist of an online component (listening, reading, writing) and an in-person oral interview.Word-for-worddates of the placement tests are listed on the wonk calendar.   Proficiency ExamsProficiency exams are offered three times a year, usually in September, January and May (please refer to the currentacade​mic timetable for word-for-word dates).To be eligible to take the Proficiency Exams in all foreign languages, students should either: successfully well-constructed level 4 of language instruction at SAIS Europe successfully well-constructed level 4 of the online placement test Students who pass the proficiency exam with the minimum required level are strongly encouraged to refine and perfect their language skills by enrolling in our increasingly wide level courses (level 5).   Language & Technology The school has a wide range of technology tools to enrich the students’ learning experience. Please click the tab for your campus to find out what resources you have misogynist for your language. The Language TechnologyPart-way(Johns Hopkins SAIS DC) The Language TechnologyPart-way(LTC) is a digital language part-way designed to meet the needs of the school's language students enrolled in language courses offered by the Language Studies Program (LSP). The LTC moreover responds to the instructional technology needs of language sense and teaching assistants, by promoting and facilitating the meaningful use of technology to enhance the teaching and learning of foreign languages taught in the LSP.Located on the third floor of the Rome building, the LTC has a technology infrastructure comprising 13 PC work-stations - 9 stations for self-study and 4 stations for collaborative learning -, 1 Mac work-station, AV equipment, a multi-functional printer unfluctuating to all work-stations, and a Smartboard®. The LTC is moreover equipped with digital resources and loftiness language learning solutions. Our language software - wieldy online and from any mobile device - includes curriculum-integrated solutions, supplemental resource solutions, and self-sustaining self-study solutions.The LTC Assistants are on duty from 9:00AM to 3:00PM on a week-daily basis.   Mission The Language TechnologyPart-way(LTC) is an integral part of the Language Studies Program. Its goal is to provide support to both language teaching and learning, by focusing on weightier practices for foreign language instruction and offering spare ways for students to increase their language proficiency.AimsThe LTC seeks to modernize language learning and instruction by implementing emerging instructional technologies, in vibrations with the aims of the school.In particular, the LTC aims to: Enhance students' language learning process; Support language sense in the implementation of online instructional materials in foreign languages; Assess the impact of newly implemented instructional technologies for foreign language learning; Create a polity of students and instructors interested in learning / teaching foreign languages with new technologies.Language Students' Testimonial on Online Activities in the Pilot Blended Courses Services For studentsThe LTC is unshut to all students, language faculty, and language teaching assistants, although priority is given to students conducting language-related work.For FacultyThe LTC is moreover at the service of language sense who plan to integrate technology into their teaching practice. Instructional technology workshops for sense – both in the form of small group workshop sessions and personalized one-to-one training and consulting - are offered during the wonk year to quickly enable sense and teaching assistants to use technology to enhance their language classes. Workshops focus on constructive use of technology to unzip highest impact on student learning, and content is designed to be wieldy moreover online, if sense have teaching commitments during the scheduled workshop. Frequently Asked Questions What is theSpareService for Language Students?The LTC offers loftiness mobile learning solutions for students enrolled in language classes, based on the recommendation of each language coordinator. In addition, language students may want to use on-site tools to self-mastery language homework prescribed by their instructor, and/or develop language skills by using the online resources.What Language Material can I Find?Foreign language materials are moreover misogynist on loan to all students: language books, e-books, CDs and DVDs, mp3, video files.Language methodology books on constructive instruction and towage strategies for teaching foreign languages are misogynist for loan to all language faculty.How Long Should I Spend in the LTC for Language Learning?Great accent is placed on oral and within skills and students are expected to make full use of the LTC facilities - either on site or online. The value of time that should be spent depends to a large extent on the stratum of preparedness and talent of the individual students. Students should consult their language instructors and/or their language program coordinator on this subject. Location and Hours of Operation Front DeskRome BuildingSuite R-328aLTCSelf-sustainingStudy RoomRome BuildingSuite R-304Hours of OperationMonday – Thursday: 8:30 am – 10:00 pmFriday: 8:30 am – 5:00 pmThe LTC Assistant on duty will be happy to help you at the front sedentary from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Contact The LTC TeamSenior Foreign Language Instructional Technology Specialist: Daria Mizza, PhD, R-328Email: dmizza1@jhu.eduPhone: 202-663-5787Click here forSenseDirectory - Daria MizzaLanguage TechnologyPart-wayAssistants: Front Desk, R-328aEmail: SaisLTC@jhu.eduPhone: 202-663-5787         Language Technology Resources The Language Program provides a wide variety of language learning resources to meet the needs of the school's students enrolled in language courses and to respond to the instructional technology needs of the faculty.Its goal is to foster language teaching and learning by focusing on weightier practices for foreign language instruction and offering spare ways for students to increase their language skills.For studentsFour computer stations are equipped with keyboards in the variegated languages taught at the part-way (Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish) and provide language software such as Tell MeIncreasinglyor Easy Learning for every language offered at the center.A selection of movies, CDs, DVDs, video files and other undertow materials, which can be consulted in the on line inventory database, are misogynist to students to enhance their listening comprehension skills and modernize their pronunciation.For FacultyLanguage sense who plan to integrate technology into their teaching practice can use and be trained to use audio- and video-editing software and video cameras.  These tools are misogynist for matriculation use and to implement online instructional materials to be delivered via Blackboard.  WritingPart-wayThe school offers support in wonk writing skills to all students. Please segregate the tab that applies to your campus for specific information. The English WritingPart-way| SAIS DC All students are welcome to use the Writing Center. The WritingPart-wayis located in RomeTowersRoom 304.Our writing TAs will work with students on writing issues of organization, style, grammar, quotation conventions, and word choice. They give language-related translating only; content is not discussed.Translatingis misogynist in person only. Students who use the WritingPart-wayshould unclose the help they received from the WritingPart-wayon any papers handed in for coursework.Appointments with writing TAs are misogynist in the fall and spring semesters, including during fall and spring unravel and exam periods. You may sign up for up to one hour at a time (each visit is 30 minutes long) and up to two hours per week. To sign up for an appointment, please contact SAISWritingCenter@jhu.eduIf you must cancel your appointment, please do so at least 24 hours in whop so that someone else can use that visit time. Use the same scheduler you used to make the appointment.  If you do not do so, you will lose your endangerment to have an visit in the coming week.If you have problems or questions, please contact Dr.  Marco Campos, mcampos@jhu.edu.  The English WritingPart-way(SAIS Europe) All students—both native and non-native English speakers—are welcome to use the services of the Writing Center.The WritingPart-wayhelps students wilt successful wonk writers. It offers assistance through 1) weeklyWonkWriting Sessions 2) individual writing consultations with sense members of the English Program and student tutors and 3) on-line resources.While particular accent is placed on school-specific wonk tasks, the services teach key writing skills that are moreover useful for writing powerfully in professional settings.Academic Writing SessionsTheWonkWriting Sessions are offered weekly in the fall and spring semesters to help students in meeting the challenges of producing graduate-level papers, essays and other school-related writing assignments. In the sessions, successful models of wonk writing are analyzed and a variety of writing topics are addressed. These topics may include constructive outlining, writing specific parts of the essay or research paper (i.e., introductions, conclusions, the literature review, historical context, etc), writing a persuasive and well-spoken thesis statement, conveying structure in the soul sections, and properly linking ideas. Style is moreover emphasized as some sessions focus on precision, emphatic and varied syntax, concision, and wonk register.Students moreover learn to critique problematic writing and devise solutions that they can wield to their own work. Outlining, writing, and editing (related to school assignments) are moreover washed-up periodically in the sessions to reinforce skills and strategies covered. Detailed feedback is provided.Students should sign up for the sessions they wish to attend. Please see the WritingPart-waysection of the BCWeb.Individual Consultations on Writing AssignmentsThe Writing Surgery and MAIA Writing Surgery provide individual consultations with a sense member of the English Program. Appointments are offered weekly in the fall and spring semesters.The Writing Surgery assists students with undertow assignments whereas the MAIA Writing Surgery deals with the MAIA thesis. Consultants interreact with students to develop an towardly and constructive writing style and guide students in crafting persuasive, well-developed and properly supported arguments. A variety of other writing topics are moreover addressed, such as enhancing structure and cohesion, writing unmistakably and succinctly, and enriching word choice. Content is not discussed.Both services are weightier used in conjunction with theWonkWriting Sessions. Students are encouraged to wield the tools learned in theWonkWriting Sessions to their undertow papers or theses and then review their work with the consultants in the Writing Surgery or MAIA Writing Surgery.WritingPart-wayStudent TutorsWritingPart-wayStudent Tutors are misogynist to squire all students with increasingly vital editing of word choice, grammar, usage, spelling, vital sentence structure, and some cohesion. For help with structure and increasingly wide wonk writing skills and strategies, students should shepherd theWonkWriting Sessions and the Writing Surgery services. NB: The consultation services are not editing services, but rather help students wilt voluntary writers and editors of their own work. While detailed feedback is given in each session, changes are implemented via collaboration.To use these services, students should sign up for an visit on the WritingPart-waysection of the BCWeb.For increasingly detailed information regarding the SAIS Europe Writing Center, please visit the BC Web WritingPart-waypage. Any questions well-nigh the SAIS Europe WritingPart-wayshould be directed to Dr. Rebecca Hopkins.  Writing ResourcesBooks onWonkWritingBailey, Stephen.WonkWriting: A Handbook for International Students. Routledge, 2011.Belcher, Wendy Laura. Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks. SAGE, 2009.Blanpain, Kristin.WonkWriting in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Resource for Researchers. Acco, 2006.Clark, Irene L. Writing the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: Entering the Conversation. Prentice Hall, 2006.Craswell, Gail. Writing forWonkSuccess. SAGE, 2011.Flemons, Douglas. Writing Between the Lines: Composition in the Social Sciences. W.W. Norton, 1998.Graff, Gerald and Cathy Birkenstein. They Say, I Say. W.W. Norton, 2009.Fisher, Alec. The Logic of Real Arguments. Cambridge University Press, 2004.Galvan, Jose L. Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioural Sciences. Pyrczak Publishing, 2012.Jordan, R.R.WonkWriting Course. Nelson/Longman, 1999.Marius, Richard A. A Short Guide to Writing well-nigh History. Longman, 2009.Oshima, A. & Hogue, A. WritingWonkEnglish. Addison-Wesley, 2005.Ramsey Fowler, H.M. and Jane E. Aaron. The Little, Brown Handbook. Longman, 2011.Stimson, James. Professional Writing in Political Science: A Highly Opinionated Essay. University of North Carolina, 2010.Strunk, William and E.B. White, The Elements of Style. Longman, 1999.Swales, John M. and Christine B. Feak.WonkWriting for Graduate Students. University of Michigan Press, 2004.University of Chicago Press Staff. The Chicago Manual of Style. The University of Chicago Press, 2010.Wallace, Mike and Alison Wray. Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates. SAGE, 2011.Zerubavel, Eviatar. The Clockwork Muse: A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations, and Books. Harvard University Press, 1999.Internet Sites onWonkWriting Dudenhefe, Paul. "A Guide to Writing in Economics."Gillett, Andy. "Using English forWonkPurposes."Harvard Writing Center.Leeds, Ashley "Writing a Research Paper for a Graduate Seminar in Political Science."Purdue University Online Writing Lab.University of ManchesterWonkPhrasebank.University of North Carolina Writing Center.University of Toronto "Advice onWonkWriting."English GrammarEastwood, John. I Oxford University Press, 1994Edufind.com. Grammar Guide.Murphy, Raymond. English Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press, 1994.University of Chicago Press Staff. The Chicago Manual of Style. The University of Chicago Press, 2010.Citation StylesChicagoHarvardMLA  Languages at Johns Hopkins SAIS The school offers instruction in 17 languages. Students can meet language graduation requirements by taking proficiency exams in any of these languages. Please be sure to trammels whether your specific wonk concentration requires you to take a specific language.Languages Offered at Both Johns Hopkins SAIS DC and SAIS Europe Johns Hopkins SAIS DC and SAIS Europe offer Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Both campuses offer our students a highly innovative tideway to language teaching where accent is placed on developing talky skills to powerfully function as a professional in the field of international relations. The curriculum goals in both campuses are synchronized so that you do not wits major differences between programs. However, each campus provides its own savor to the school's wits by customizing content and teaching styles to its particular environments.Languages Offered in DC OnlyThe pursuit languages are only taught at the Washington, DC campus:  Burmese, Chinese, Hindi-Urdu, Japanese, Indonesian, Korean, Persian (Farsi), Thai, and Vietnamese. Contact Information – Language Studies Program Johns Hopkins SAIS DC:Marco A. Campos, PhDDirectorOffice: R330Tel: (202) 663-7789mcampos@jhu.edu SAIS Europe:Sara Gelmetti, MPhilDirectorOffice: 219Tel: +39 051 2917 827sgelmetti@jhu.edu Johns Hopkins SAIS DC:Jacqueline ManuelAdministrative CoordinatorOffice: R333Tel: (202) 663-5751E-mail: jmanuel4@jhu.eduFULL-TIME LANGUAGE FACULTY IN Johns Hopkins SAIS DC: Language NameSenseEmail Office Phone202.663-xxxx Arabic Mohamed Derbi mderbi@jhu.edu R319 7790 Burmese Nona Kurniani nkurniani@jhu.edu R321 5775 Chinese Li-chuang Chi lchi1@jhu.edu R332 5760 Chinese Lu Li lli37@jhu.edu R332 5760 English Gay Washburn gwashburn@jhu.edu R305 5789 French Daria Mizza dmizza1@jhu.edu R328 5787 French Saida Erradi serradi1@jhu.edu R320 5845 German Yasue Oguro yoguro1@jhu.edu   R310 5763 Hindi/Urdu Wafadar Husain whusain1@jhu.edu R307 5753 Indonesian Nona Kurniani nkurniani@jhu.edu R321 5775 Italian Brita Caminiti bcaminiti@jhu.edu R309 7716 Japanese Yasue Oguro yoguro1@jhu.edu R310 5763 Korean Kyong Tak ktak1@jhu.edu R624 5840 Persian/ Arabic Mohamad Esmaili-Sardari esmaili@jhu.edu R319 5989 Portuguese Ana Isabel Delgado bdelgado@jhu.edu R308 5756 Russian Natasha Simes nsimes@jhu.edu R318 5754 Spanish Marco Campos mcampos@jhu.edu R330 7789 Spanish Susana Abril sbabril@jhu.edu R331 5762 Thai Nona Kurniani nkurniani@jhu.edu R321 5775 Vietnamese Nona Kurniani nkurniani@jhu.edu R321 5775 Thai Nona Kurniani nkurniani@jhu.edu R321 5775 LANGUAGE FACULTY at SAIS EUROPE in Bologna:LanguagePart-wayvia Zanolini 15  Language NameSenseEmail Office Phone+39 051 2917-xxx Arabic Amina Serghini aserghini@jhu.edu VZan 891 EnglishEnglish Rebecca HopkinsJennifer Varney rebeccahopkins@jhu.edujvarney@jhu.edu VZanVZan 893893 FrenchFrench Clara CheilanCeline Jolly ccheilan@jhu.educjolly@jhu.edu VZanVZan 895895 German Frieda Jürgens friedajurgens@jhu.edu VZan 894 Italian Sara Gelmetti sgelmetti@jhu.edu VZan 827 Portuguese Livia Assuncao Cecilio lassuncao@jhu.edu VZan 892 Russian Yana Godova ygodova@jhu.edu VZan 894 SpanishSpanish Maria Blanco FacalGiorgia Marchiori rblanco@jhu.edugmarchiori@jhu.edu VZanVZan 892892   Contact Accessibility Campus Advisories Legal Student Right To Know Employment Washington, DC1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036+1.202.663.5600 SAIS Europevia Beniamino Andreatta, 3 (formerly via Belmeloro, 11)40126 Bologna, Italy+39.051.2917.811 The Hopkins-Nanjing Center162 Shanghai RoadNanjing, Jiangsu Province 210008People's Republic of China+1.202.663.5800+86.25.8359.2436