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">1) Subject:Hashemite U Arabic Summer program deadline extended</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 Apr 2009</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:Mohammad <<a href="mailto:mohdhu@gmail.com">mohdhu@gmail.com</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:Hashemite U Arabic Summer program deadline extended</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; "><div dir="ltr"><div><u>New application deadline: May 10th 2009</u></div><div> </div><div>ASIP 2009</div><p>Arabic Summer Intensive Program 2009 at the Hashemite University, Jordan<br>8 weeks of Arabic: May 20th – July 16th 2009<br>The program offers the following levels of Arabic:</p><p>Level 1: Beginning Arabic:</p><p>Target: Students with little or no prior experience with Arabic.<br>Objectives: By the end of the program students are expected to:<br>§ Participate in simple conversations.<br>§ Read and write simple, correct, short texts of Modern Standard Arabic.<br>§ Acquire vocabulary of about 1000 words.<br>Credits: 8 - 10 credits hours depending on enrollment in Jordanian Arabic.</p><p>Textbooks& material:<br>Brustad, Kristen. et. al. (2004) Alif Baa, with DVDs. An Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds. 2nd Edition. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.<br>Brustad, Kristen. et. al. (2004) Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya with DVDs. A textbook for Arabic, Beginning Arabic: Part 1. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.</p><p>Level 2: Intermediate Arabic</p><p>Target: Students who covered at least 13 units of Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al- ’arabiyya, part 1 or equivalent.</p><p>Objectives: By the end of the program students are expected to:<br>§ Be able to understand main ideas in texts dealing with basic personal and social needs.<br>§ Write Arabic for various basic purposes.<br>§ Narrate and describe basic situations.<br>§ Handle a number of interactive and social situations.<br>§ Be familiar the Jordanian colloquial variety of Arabic.<br>Credits: 6 credit hours</p><p>Textbooks& material:<br>Brustad, Kristen. et. al. (2004) Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya with DVDs. A textbook for Arabic, Beginning Arabic: Part 2. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.<br>16 units in Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, parts 1 & 2</p><p>Level 3: Advanced Arabic:</p><p>Target: Students who have finished 160-200 contact hours and covered<br>Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, part 2. or equivalent. This might vary according to students' needs and their grades on the placement test.</p><p>Objectives: By the end of the program students are expected to:<br>§ Be able to use new grammatical constructions that reflect the advanced level of expression and be able to construct complex sentences.<br>§ Be able to understand and analyze Arabic grammar used in diverse text genres.<br>§ Be able to understand upper level reading passages.<br>§ Be able to understand the general ideas and several specific details of longer listening materials of different types.<br>§ Write longer texts using the new grammar and vocabulary in social, political, historical, linguistic and personal text types.<br>§ Be able to converse in Arabic on different topics with minimal mistakes.<br>§ Be able to understand and converse in the dialect.</p><p>Credits: 6 credit hours</p><p>Textbook & materials:<br>Brustad, Kristen. et. al. (2007) Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, part 3. 2nd Edition. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.</p><p>Other Language courses:<br>Advanced Media Arabic<br>§ Pre-requisite: Advanced Arabic or equivalent<br>§ Language of instruction: Arabic</p><p>Target: Advanced level students of at least two years<br>Description: emphasizes the development of skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking through the use of authentic journalistic material and with the help of guest lectures.</p><p>Objectives: By the end of the program, students are expected to:<br>§ Read and understand authentic media texts written in Arabic;<br>§ Learn specialized vocabulary and idiomatic expressions;<br>§ Improve their reading pace and reading comprehension;<br>§ Compare, analyze, and argue;<br>§ Write on journalistic and literary topics.</p><p>Credits: 3 credit hours (9 June- July 18)</p><p>Cultural courses:<br>Credits: 3 credit hours for each course</p><p>History of the Arab World</p><p>Language of instruction: Arabic</p><p>Description:<br>This course covers the history of the Arab world from the rise of Islam to the present. It will take a social and cultural approach to understanding the different histories of Arab society. The course will attempt to balance political history and its focus on regimes and main events with long term social ands cultural transformations that are relevant to the ordinary peoples of the Arab world.<br>Islamic Civilization<br>Language of instruction: Arabic</p><p>Description:<br>This course introduces the student to the general features of various aspects of Islamic civilization using an approach that takes into account the basis of this civilization, its sources and its permanent components. Causes of past development of this civilization will be related to factors that explain its present- day vitality.</p><p>The Modern Middle East<br>Language of instruction: Arabic</p><p>Description:<br>This course is a general survey of the major cultural, political, and social issues in contemporary Middle Eastern with a special focus on Jordan. The purpose of the course is to give students an overall understanding of these issues in order for them to pursue points of their own interest. The course has a seminar format with presentations by both HU faculty and outside experts. Field trips are organized to complement the course and are counted as part of the course requirement.</p><p>Topics included:<br>Culture and Identity, Political Systems and Democratization, Political Islam, Popular Islam, Sufism, Rural Migration, Urban Development and Planning, Tourism and Development, Literacy, Gender Issues, Contemporary Music, Literature and Cinema.</p><p>Program activities:<br>1. Three weekend excursions to archaeological sites in Jordan: Petra, Wadi Rum, Mount Nebo, Jerash and the Dead Sea<br>2. Weekend homestay program<br>3. The Arabic language partner<br>4. Clubs: Calligraphy, Music and Drama<br>5. Series of lectures on current cultural issues</p><p>Application Deadline: May10th 2009<br>For more info, contact:<br>Mohammad Almasri <a href="mailto:mohd@hu.edu.jo">mohd@hu.edu.jo</a><br>Language Center <a href="mailto:lchu@hu.edu.jo">lchu@hu.edu.jo</a><br clear="all"></p><div></div><br>-- <br>Mohammad<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></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 Apr 2009</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>