Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 15.12.1997

English Teaching Fellow Program

the English Teaching Program Division of the Agency's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for an assistance award. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in IRS regulation 26 CFR 1.501(c) may apply to manage and administer the English Teaching Fellow Program, which is designed to provide universities, binational centers teacher-training colleges and other language institutions worldwide with professionally trained American expertise in English as a foreign language (EFL), and to give recent M.A. graduates in TEFL/TESL additional teaching experience overseas. The Program increases the American academic presence in foreign institutions, enhances the American cultural component, and improves academic standards. An introduction to American English, methodology and materials opens the door for advanced study in the U.S., and establishes an ongoing relationship that will bear fruit in trade and commerce as well. Overall grant making authority for this program is contained in the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Public Law 87- 256, as amended, also known as the Fulbright-Hays Act. The purpose of