<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Tue 22 May 2007</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<A href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</A>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <A href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</A>]</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</A> with first line reading:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> unsubscribe arabic-l ]</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Directory------------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1) Subject:Gulf Arabic Intensive Summer Programme</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 22 May 2007</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:Maria Persson <<A href="mailto:Maria.Persson@ling.lu.se">Maria.Persson@ling.lu.se</A>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:Gulf Arabic Intensive Summer Programme</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px">Gulf Arabic Programme Intensive Summer Programme </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px">The Gulf Arabic Programme is offering a one-month intensive course in colloquial Gulf Arabic from Sunday, July 1 until Thursday, July 26. The summer the course will be in Buraimi, Oman, a twin city to Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.</P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><BR> This course is for (almost) beginners. We require that students be able to read, write, pronounce and recognise the characters of the Arabic script before they arrive. We have placed this requirement on applicants because it is possible for students to acquire this familiarity at home using one of the many 'Teach Yourself' courses and it allows us to move straight into teaching the language. To help students see if they are sufficiently competent in the script to benefit from the course we have devised a self-assessment on our website. </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px">This course concentrates on the spoken Arabic so no Modern Standard Arabic is taught. If you are interested in verbal communication with Gulf Arabs and with developing your speaking and listening skills then this course is for you. If you are interested in improving your reading and writing skills then it is not. Local native speakers will teach you everyday vocabulary and common expressions used by Arabic speakers in this part of the world, within a framework that teaches you to express yourself as Arabs would express themselves. Classes run from 8:00 a.m. until 2:40 p.m. every day. However, once the day's classes are over the learning continues!! Students will then need to spend 4 hours a day divided between 'community learning' (spending time with local people) and private study (practising and preparing for classes). <BR><BR> By the end of the course it is expected that students will be at Novice High level on the ACTFL scale, i.e. be able to give and receive directions; use verbs in the past and (to some extent) the present and engage in very basic conversations in a few topics. </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px">The total cost for the Intensive Summer Programme is AED 3500, this includes tuition fees and the course book. Students should also allow for AED 6 per day for travel to and from the institute. Please contact us if you would like more details on accommodation options </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px">For further details or application information please email to <BR> <A href="mailto:info@gapschool.net">info@gapschool.net</A>. Web: <A href="http://www.gapschool.net/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000AF1">www.gapschool.net</FONT></A> </P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 22 May 2007</DIV></BODY></HTML>