Armenian Language Program

JULY 6-30 MON-THU 9AM-2PM COST: $200

REGISTER HERE

DEADLINE: JUNE 15

UCLA is offering a summer Armenian class for high school students who are exposed to Armenian at home and want to learn to read and write or to develop their speaking, listening, and literacy skills.

USC Institute of Armenian Studies [armenian@dornsife.usc.edu]

SHUSHAN KARAPETIAN

Dr. Shushan Karapetian is our Program Director and Armenian Instructor. Dr. Karapetian earned a PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from UCLA in 2014, where she has taught Armenian language courses over the past five years. Currently she is teaching a first-of-its-kind course, which she developed based on her dissertation research, on Armenian as an immigrant/heritage language in the U.S. As the title of her dissertation “‘How Do I Teach My Kids My Broken Armenian?’: A Study of Eastern Armenian Heritage Language Speakers in Los Angeles” reveals, her research interests focus on heritage language education, particularly on the case of heritage speakers in the Los Angeles community, on which she has presented and lectured widely. She was an adjunct faculty member of the Language Arts Department at Glendale Community College as an Armenian instructor between 2005-2011, where she taught courses on Armenian language and literature. Through her involvement with CWL/NHLRC at UCLA, she has developed the curriculum and instructed an Armenian Heritage Course for high-school age Armenian students between 2010-2013. Dr. Karapetian is currently serving and consulting on multiple committees in the Los Angeles Armenian community aimed at reforming Armenian language instruction and promoting the use and preservation of the Armenian language.

UCLAInternational InstituteCenter for World LanguagesStartalkNational Heritage Language Resource Center

© 2015 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.