Arabic-L:PEDA:Cheap Intensive Arabic Advice thanks and more advice

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Date: 141 Feb  2005
From:polywannabe at hotmail.com
Subject:Cheap Intensive Arabic Advice thanks

Thanks to those who responded with helpful suggestions for where to do  
an intensive Arabic program this summer.  I greatly appreciate it.  I  
realized after my message was posted to the listserve that I made it  
sound like MEI (the Middle East Institute) here in DC was going a  
little slow.  I have to say that MEI has been a wonderful place to take  
evening Arabic classes.  The teachers are all very qualified.  They are  
so flexible and willing to give you extra help, the students are all  
very interesting and insightful, and I have made many new friends  
there.  MEI's classes are inexpensive and very convenient for people  
like me who work during the day.  I would recommend them over some of  
the other programs my friends have taken here in the DC area.  In  
addition, MEI hosts excellent panel discussions and activities aimed at  
helping others learn about and understand peoples of the Middle East.   
I appreciate that they teach other languages such as Hebrew, Farsi and  
Turkish.  Any frustration at learning Arabic at a slow pace this past  
fall is focused on myself and *my* slow pace at learning Arabic.

Thanks,

Heather Heba

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Date: 141 Feb  2005
From:dwilmsen at aucegypt.edu
Subject:Cheap Intensive Arabic Advice thanks

I neglected to mention that the Arabic and Translation Studies Division  
at the Center for Adult and Continuing Education at the American  
University in Cairo can arrange customized Arabic classes for you in  
the summer.  The price would depend upon the number of participants,  
with the cheapest rate beginning with four participants (that would be  
ten US dollars per student per hour - with only one student, i.e., you,  
the price would be $25 per hour).  So if you have three others who  
might like the idea of a summer in Cairo (or any other time too, it  
doesn't have to be summer, it could be Xmas break, for instance - the  
weather is far more clement in winter, as you might imagine - unless  
you are from Tucson, AZ, as I am, then even the summers here seem cool  
most of the time.)  Otherwise, a 72-hour class over twelve weeks (not  
too intensive , as you can see) would run you $500.
 
There is also a very intensive summer program at the Arabic Language  
Institute, which begins around mid June and ends by 31 July.  Fees for  
that are somewhere in the range of $3,000 (a little less I  
think).  Check the web site:  www.aucegypt.edu.
 
BTW, I would be very happy to advise at great length if you have  
specific questions about your study of Arabic.  I have been arranging  
these customized classes for years and sheparding students through  
their Arabic careers, dispensing a lot of advice over the net in the  
bargain.  So, ask away. 
 
As ever
 
David Wilmsen
The American University in Cairo

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Date: 141 Feb  2005
From:sanaa at arabacademy.com
Subject:Cheap Intensive Arabic Advice thanks

Here is another inexpensive yet technologically advanced Arabic  
language program that you can join.  It is organized by the Arab  
Academy (www.arabacademy.com) in Cairo, Egypt.  
http://www.arabacademy.com/studyabroad

Feel free to contact me directly if you need further information.

Sanaa Ghanem
President, Arab Academy

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