Arabic-L:PEDA:Middlebury Arabic School Announcement

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1) Subject: Middlebury Arabic School Announcement

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Date: 14 Dec 1999
From: www.middlebury.edu/~ls/arabic
Subject: Middlebury Arabic School Announcement

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ARABIC SCHOOL
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont
Summer 2000
June 9 to August 11
www.middlebury.edu/~ls/arabic

The Arabic School in Middlebury College is now accepting applications
for the summer 2000 intensive program.  Students are placed in various =
levels  based on oral and written oral placement tests in addition to =
transcripts and recommendation letters.  Tuition and fees which include =
room and board are $6,040.   Financial aid is available.  Qualifying =
students are encouraged to apply for financial aid as early as possible.

PROGRAM OF STUDY

The Arabic School offers Elementary, High Elementary, Intermediate, High
Intermediate and Advanced courses in the nine-week summer session.
The curriculum emphasizes reading, listening, speaking, culture and =
writing skills, all of which are practiced daily in and out of class.  =
Students engage in communicative and functional activities, often in =
small groups, that maximize interaction and linguistic accuracy.  =
Reading and listening materials are all authentic. The school has its =
own language lab with a wide selection of audio tapes for work on =
listening skills.  Students have access to the Textbook audio and video =
segments in digitized sound and picture available on line in computer =
labs.  In addition, students are introduced to word processing in =
Arabic.  All Macintosh and PC computers at the Middlebury College =
Computer Center are equipped with Arabic word-processing software and =
with internet and e-mail connections in Arabic.  The Middlebury College =
Star library houses a modest modern and classical Arabic collection =
covering a wide range of academic and non-academic interests, which =
students at all levels may use for outside reading and class projects.  =
Students  can read Al-Ahram and Al-Hayat newspapers which are available =
daily as well as a selection of magazines in the Lobby of Star library =
and the Social Lounge of the Arabic School.  The school also has an =
extensive collection of Arabic music tapes, CDs and films on video =
cassette from many parts of the Arab world. =20

The main focus of the school is the teaching of Modern Standard Arabic. =
At the High Intermediate and Advanced levels, students are exposed to =
Educated Spoken forms of some Arabic dialects.  This addition to the =
school's curriculum has been implemented in response to a growing need =
to bring students' Aural and Oral Proficiency to a level where they can =
comfortably and naturally interact with Arab intellectuals and conduct =
their daily life in the Arab World. =20

The material covered and the level of proficiency achieved in one summer =
at the Middlebury School of Arabic is generally considered equivalent to =
at least one academic year's work at most other institutions.  Student =
progress is evaluated through the administration of written and oral =
proficiency tests at the beginning and end of the session.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO OBTAIN A VIEWBOOK AND APPLICATION FORMS, =
PLEASE CONTACT THE MIDDLEBURY LANGUAGE SCHOOLS AT (802)443-5510 OR SEND =
E-MAIL TO
languages at middlebury.edu OR CHECK OUT LANGUAGE SCHOOLS INTERNET WEBSITE =
AT www.middlebury.edu/~ls/arabic

Nabil Abdelfattah, Director
Arabic School=20
Middlebury College, Vermont

Tel:    (616) 387-2933
nabil.abdelfattah at wmich.edu

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