Arabic-L:PEDA:Which colloquials at which institutions

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Date: 28 Jan 2009
From:"Mutarjm at aol.com" <Mutarjm at aol.com>
Subject:Which colloquials at which institutions

Greetings to all... ahalan wa sahalan liljamii3...

UCLA offers **occasional** (on demand) courses in the Baghdadi dialect  
of Iraqi Arabic. Dr. Yasin Khalasi has been the primary instructor.  
While I think he is also familiar with the "Muslawi" dialect found up  
north and "Basrawi" in southern Iraq, the Baghdadi is the most-demand  
dialect and reflected in his course materials.

U. of Arizona offers (offered?) some academic courses in Gulf  
(Emirati) Arabic (I am uncertain if those are still being offered).

On behalf of the DOD, I sometimes teach basic/introductory to  
intermediate/"special purpose" courses in Saudi (Najdi and Hijazi) and  
Gulf (Emirati). Classes start with MSA and segue to the desired  
regional dialects as the students show they can attune their  
understanding and hearing and are more enegetic in making their  
utterances in Arabic. Since most "special purpose courses relate to  
advising, training, and facilitating with GCC Arabians on technology  
transfers, MSA occupies a heavy -- if not primary -- share of content.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California

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