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Date: 03 May 2006
From:languages at mideasti.org
Subject:Middle East Institute Summer Program
Middle East Institute (MEI)

  DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND REGIONAL STUDIES
INTENSIVE SUMMER COURSES IN ARABIC AND FARSI

  6 COLLEGE CREDITS (90 Contact hours per course)

WHEN: May 19-June 25, 2006; 2:00pm-7:00pm Fri, Sat, and Sun

LOCATION: Middle East Institute, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC  
20036-2882

TO ENROLL: Register on line with MEI (www.mideasti.org) or call the  
Department of Languages and Regional Studies at 202-785-2710

TUITION: $1,350 per course

Other fees:  $75 registration fee (includes MEI membership fee)

I. ARABIC

A. BEGINNING ARABIC

DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this intensive course is to develop  
mastery of Arabic orthographic and sound systems and the five  
language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture)  
at the beginning level. Students will develop the ability to interact  
successfully in basic communicative situations and to deal with  
language in its most essential uses. Depending on student interest,  
supplemental cultural excursions may be scheduled, including visiting  
mosques, attending lectures on Islam and Islam in the West, visiting  
Arabic restaurants  to become acquainted with Arabic cuisine,  
visiting Arabic markets and book stores, meeting with members of the  
Arab community, and attending sessions on cultural topics such as  
Arabic music and calligraphy.

PREREQUISITE: None

TEXTBOOKS:

a. Brustad K, Al-Batal M, and Al-Tonsi A. Alif Baa: Introduction to  
Arabic Letters and Sounds. Washington, DC: Georgetown University  
Press, 2001.

b. Mahdi A. Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic for  
Beginners.  New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000.

c. MEI supplementary materials.

             B. HIGH INTERMEDIATE ARABIC

DESCRIPTION: Using the newly developed text Adwaa’ cla -l-carabiyya - 
l-casriyya (Focus on Contemporary Arabic Language and Culture) and  
the DVD that accompanies it, this intensive course further develops  
the five language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing, and  
culture) at the high intermediate level, including developing the  
student’s ability to interact successfully in a variety of general  
communicative situations and deal with short texts and topics of  
general import.

Adwaa’ cla -l-carabiyya -l-casriyya is part of the Yale series  
Conversations with Native Speakers. As the title implies, this book  
sheds light not only on the challenges Arabs currently face, but also  
on what they think of those challenges and the language they use to  
express what they think. The text and DVD expose students of Arabic  
to spontaneous, unrehearsed use of the language by native speakers,  
expressing themselves for the most part in Formal Spoken Arabic, a  
somewhat simplified form of Modern Standard Arabic understood by the  
majority of Arabs. Subject matter for the book chapters is drawn from  
actual conversations with native speakers from various Arab countries  
on issues that concern them, ranging from personal matters (such as  
family life and memories of youth) to their views on globalization  
and Arab-American relations.

PREREQUISITE: Beginning Arabic or the approval of the department

TEXTBOOKS:

a. Abed S. Adwaa’  cla -l-carabiyya -l-casriyya (Focus on  
Contemporary Arabic Language and Culture) with DVD. New Haven, CT:  
Yale University Press, 2006.

b. Cowan J M. The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic.  
Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, 1993.

c. MEI supplementary materials.

II. BEGINNIG FARSI

DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this intensive course is to develop  
mastery of Farsi orthographic and sound systems and the five language  
skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture) at the  
beginning level. Students will develop the ability to interact  
successfully in basic communicative situations and to deal with the  
language in its most essential uses. Depending on student interest,  
supplemental cultural excursions may be scheduled during this course,  
including visiting mosques, attending lectures on Islam and Islam in  
the West, visiting Persian restaurants to become acquainted with  
Persian cuisine, visiting Persian markets and book stores, meeting  
with members of the Persian community, and attending sessions on  
cultural topics such as Persian music and calligraphy.

PREREQUISITE: None

TEXTBOOKS:

a. Pūrn~md~rī~n T. Persian for Foreigners: An Elementary Course.   
Tehran: Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, 2005.

b,  Kouchak M. 50 Articles:  A Textbook for Reading and Listening  
Comprehension in Persian Language (with CD). No Publisher: 1999

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