Admissions

The program admits a total of twenty participants with a Bachelor’s or higher degree and Hindi or Urdu language proficiency at the Advanced level or beyond on the ACTFL scale (for those applicants unfamiliar with this scale please see below what you should be able to do in the language). Applicants need to fill out the required forms by May 8, 2024 (Note: because of late submission requests we have extended the deadline):

1. Application form  Please note that as part of the application form you are requested to provide links to a)  Two statements of purpose of about 300 words each, one in English and one in the target language. The statements provide us with information about the applicant’s language proficiencies, helping us to tailor the program accordingly b) Curriculum vitae (CV)

2. Questionnaire We may accept additional applications after May 8 on a rolling basis and will continue to do so until all program slots are filled. However, for full consideration, please make sure you complete the “Application Form” and “Questionnaire” above by  May 8, 2024.

3. Media Consent Form

(Please modify the settings to your Google doc containing your CV & Statements to “anyone with a link can view.”) For questions, please email Bhavya Singh, at bsr307@nyu.edu.

Speakers at the Advanced level engage in conversation in a clearly participatory manner in order to communicate information on autobiographical topics, as well as topics of community, national, or international interest. The topics are handled concretely by means of narration and description in the major time frames of past, present, and future. These speakers can also deal with a social situation with an unexpected complications. The language of Advanced-level speakers is abundant, the oral paragraph being the measure of Advanced-level length and discourse. Advanced-level speakers have sufficient control of basic structures and generic vocabulary to be understood by native speakers of the language, including those unaccustomed to non-native speech (for more click here