Arabic-L:PEDA:James Madison U Summer Program

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Date: 05 May 2006
From:absiox at jmu.edu
Subject:James Madison U Summer Program

James Madison University Department Of Foreign Languages And
Literatures offers Intensive Summer Courses IN ARABIC

6 CREDITS (80 Contact hours total)
When: May 15-June 9, 2006; 9:00am-1:PM Monday to Friday.

Location: James Madison University, Harrisonburg Virginia
22807.

For Information call: 540-514-6826

To Enroll: Register online at www.jmu.edu

Class title:  FL490

Tuition: $1584

Course Description:

  If you are in the Shenandoah valley this summer and You
would like to learn Arabic, James Madison University offers
an intensive Arabic course from May 15th to June 9th. The
purpose of this  course is to enable students to master
Arabic orthographic and sound systems,basic vocabulary and
to be able to communicate at a low intermediate level.
Students who successfully finish this course will have
excellent understanding of the internal functioning of the
Arabic language, moreover they will acquire solid bases in
Arabic structure, pronunciation and culture.
The course includes screening of different Arabic videos
from the Arab world, as well as in class use of a variety of
Arabic educational software.

Prerequisites: None

Textbooks used:

a. Brustad K, Al-Batal M, and Al-Tonsi A. Alif Baa:
Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds. Washington, DC:
Georgetown University Press, 2001.

b. Mahdi A. Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard
Arabic for Beginners.  New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
2000.

c. James Madison University supplementary materials.

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