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Date: 19 Jan 2000
From: Nabil Abdelfattah <nabil.abdelfattah at wmich.edu>
Subject: Middlebury Summer Program

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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.<BR><BR><B>PROGRAM OF STUDY<BR></B><BR>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, which 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 videocassette from many parts of the Arab world.
<BR><BR>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. </P>
<P align=left><BR>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.<BR><BR>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 <A
href="mailto:languages at middlebury.edu"><FONT
size=2>languages at middlebury.edu</FONT></A> OR CHECK OUT LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
INTERNET WEBSITE AT <A
href="http://www.middlebury.edu/~ls/arabic">www.middlebury.edu/~ls/arabic</A><BR
><BR>Nabil
Abdelfattah, Director<BR>Arabic School</P>
<P align=left>Middlebury College, Vermont<BR><BR>Tel: (616) 387-2933<BR><A
href="mailto:nabil.abdelfattah at wmich.edu">nabil.abdelfattah at wmich.edu</A><BR><BR
></P>
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