Arabic-L:PEDA:CASA Announcement

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Date: 29 Sep 2000
From: Mahmoud Al-Batal <albatal at emory.edu>
Subject: CASA Announcement

DEAR MEMBERS OF ARABIC-L

PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASA PROGRAM WITH YOUR STUDENTS,
FRIENDS, AND COLLEAGUES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY.&NBSP; THE CASA
EXPERIENCE IS UNIQUE BOTH LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTURALLY AND WE ARE ALWAYS
LOOKING FOR EXCELLENT AND COMMITTED STUDENTS OF ARABIC TO LIVE THIS
EXPERIENCE AND ENJOY IT.
 SO, AHLAN WA SAHLAN ILAA CASA!

ANNOUNCEMENT

CENTER FOR
ARABIC STUDY ABROAD
(CASA)

 SUMMER AND FULL-YEAR PROGRAMS

The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) offers a limited number of
fellowships for advanced Arabic language study at the American University
in Cairo to graduate and undergraduate students committed to a career in
Middle East Studies.


Successful applicants must be U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents,* have
had at least two years of Arabic language study, be enrolled full-time in a
degree program at an accredited university or college, have attained a
degree of scholarly and psychological stability sufficient to enable full
participation in intensive Arabic language study abroad, and pass a written
and oral examination which will be given to all applicants at a school in
their locality on Friday, February 2, 2001 from approximately 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m.

Two programs are available:

1) a two-month summer program that offers 15 hrs./week of Colloquial
Egyptian Arabic and 5hrs. of MSA reading, listening and writing, and

2) a full-year program that provides comprehensive language training in all
skills in the fall semester and allows students to take courses (in Arabic)
in their fields of specializations in the spring.

APPLICATION
DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 31.

Further information and applications can be obtained by accessing the CASA
web site at:

_http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/CASA_

OR by writing to the following address:

Center for Arabic Study Abroad
Institute for Comparative & International Studies
428-B Candler Library
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Email: casa at emory.edu

Telephone: (404) 727-2575

Fax: (404)
727-6724

Principal support for this program comes from the US Department
of Education with additional funding from the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation, and the Starr Foundation.
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*Others may apply to participate on a Pay-Your-Own Way basis.  For details,
please refer to page 6 of the application.

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