<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-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: Mon 07 Apr 2008</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 Program</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: 07 Apr 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); "><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">"Maria" <<a href="mailto:apple@swissmail.org">apple@swissmail.org</a>></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:Gulf Arabic Program</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; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">Gulf Arabic Programme Full-time MSA&colloquial program and Part Time Arabic Lessons<br><br>The Gulf Arabic Programme offers both a full-time program and private lessons in colloquial Gulf Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic year round. Our programme is located in Buraimi, Oman, a twin city to Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.<br><br>The full-time programme is designed to take in students who know nothing of the Arabic language and equip them to become competent communicators able to live, work and build relationships within the medium of the Arabic language. We can also accommodate students who have previously studied Arabic, either by placing them at the appropriate level in our existing classes or by tailoring private classes according to individual needs and requirements please contact us for more details.<br><br>The full course consists of four eighteen-week modules over a period of two years. Classes are held five days a week, (Sunday to Thursday) with 3.5 hours of class time each morning, making a course module of 315 hours.<br><br>In addition to the class time, students are also expected to spend time divided between 'community learning' (spending time with local people) and private study (practising and preparing for classes), averaging four hours a day. The proportion of community learning will increase as the course progresses. This is a programme and not merely an institute and we believe language is best learned through a combination of classroom activities and language use in the community and every day life. <br><br>A student who has completed the full course will be proficient to the Advanced Level (ACTFL) in the four language skills, for example he/she will be able to:<br><br>Speaking<br>· Discuss topics of current and personal interest.<br>· Handle most situations of daily life.<br>· Narrate and describe topics of interest for the student in smooth paragraphs.<br><br>· Handle arrangements regarding study and travel, involving minor complications, e.g. losing documents, missing an appointment etc.<br><br>Listening<br>· Understand topics of current and personal interest when talking face to face.<br>· Understand everyday topics, well-known current events, routine matters etc. <br>· Often be able to follow the dialogue when listening to a conversation between two native speakers. <br><br>Reading<br>· Read multi-paragraph materials of a factual nature.<br>· Read articles from popular newspapers on familiar subjects.<br><br>Writing<br>· Correspond with Arabic friends.<br>· Join sentences in simple discourse of several paragraphs on familiar topics. <br>· Write narratives and descriptions of a factual nature.<br><br>Our next intake of students for the full time programme will be on the 14th September 2008.<br><br>For further details or application information please email to <a href="mailto:info@gapschool.net">info@gapschool.net</a>. Web: <a href="http://www.gapschool.net/">www.gapschool.net</a><br><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: 07 Apr 2008</div></div></div></div></body></html>