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<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1)</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Date: </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">17 Jan 2014</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">


<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Christian Sinclair <<a href="mailto:christian.sinclair@gmail.com" target="_blank">christian.sinclair@gmail.com</a>></span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">

<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Subject: </span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Program location: Amman, Jordan</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The 8-week Arizona in Jordan summer program offers Modern Standard Arabic</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(intermediate and advanced levels) and Jordanian Colloquial Arabic</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(beginning and intermediate levels). Courses include 120 classroom hours</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and 20 hours with a peer language partner. While most programs offer</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">colloquial Arabic as a smaller component of their MSA courses, our program</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">in Jordan offers the opportunity to spend an entire summer focusing just on</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">colloquial Arabic.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Students may also choose to enroll in the 3-credit “Contemporary</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ethnography of the Middle East” course, a hands-on exploration of Jordanian</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">culture and society, culminating in an individual ethnographic fieldwork</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">project on café culture in Amman.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">During their time in Amman, students have the choice of living with a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">homestay family or in a self-catered apartment. Academic excursions include</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">trips to Wadi Rum, Petra, the Dead Sea, Jerash, and Ajloun.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">For program details and information on the contemporary ethnography course,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">visit </span><a href="http://cmes.arizona.edu/studyabroad/jordan" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://cmes.arizona.edu/studyabroad/jordan</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">. For student comments</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">about this program, go to:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://cmes.arizona.edu/studyabroad/jordan/comments" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://cmes.arizona.edu/studyabroad/jordan/comments</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">To begin the application process, go to:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://global.arizona.edu/study-abroad/program/arizona-jordan" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://global.arizona.edu/study-abroad/program/arizona-jordan</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Cost: $6,900.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">---</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Christian Sinclair</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Assistant Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Director, Arizona in Jordan</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The University of Arizona</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<a href="http://cmes.arizona.edu/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">cmes.arizona.edu</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">tel: </span><a href="tel:%2B1%20520.621.5450" value="+15206215450" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">+1 520.621.5450</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">fax: </span><a href="tel:%2B1%20520.621.9257" value="+15206219257" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">+1 520.621.9257</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

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