<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Fri 06 May 2011<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l@byu.edu]<br>[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to<br><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:<br> unsubscribe arabic-l ]<br><br>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------<br><br>1) Subject: Superior/Distinguished Summer Course at SDSU<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 06 May 2011<br>From: Hanada Taha-Thomure <<a href="mailto:hanada@arabexpertise.com">hanada@arabexpertise.com</a>><br>Subject: Superior/Distinguished Summer Course at SDSU<br><br><div>Want to spend a month in San Diego? Read on.</div><div><br></div><div>Arabic</div><div><br></div><div>Superior/Distinguished</div><div><br></div><div>Level Course 2011</div><div><br></div><div>July 11 - Aug 9</div><div><br></div><div>The course emphasizes development of skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing through both small group and individualized instruction, and will give students experience with MSA, Egyptian, and Levantine dialects.</div><div><br></div><div>During these weeks, intensive instruction will be delivered in blocks of 4 hours/day, Monday-Friday. Students will be introduced to the nature of professional level Arabic and the following skills: active listening and reading strategies, debating, adjusting for appropriate register, levels and text types of written and oral</div><div><br></div><div>discourse, interviewing, nuanced reading of official press and other professional documents.</div><div>Onsite instruction will be supplemented by field trips and other cultural</div><div><br></div><div>activities to develop expertise in specialized areas such as science, history, and politics.</div><div>This program has been custom-designed to meet the needs of highly</div><div><br></div><div>proficient learners (ILR2+/3 ) of Arabic striving to achieve Superior+ level or near-native proficiency, the level required to use the language competently in professional contexts.</div><div>This p</div><div><br></div><div>rogram is open to military personnel, US undergraduate and graduate students, working professionals, government employees and others.</div><div>Application Deadline: June 30, 2011</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://larc.sdsu.edu/distinguished-level-arabic/">http://larc.sdsu.edu/distinguished-level-arabic/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Language Acquisition Resource Center @ San Diego State University</div><div><br></div><div>5500 Campanile Drive San Diego CA 92182-8305</div><div><br></div><div>Phone:619. 594. 6177 Fax: 619. 594. 0511</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 06 May 2011</body></html>