Arabic-L:PEDA:UofArizona/NMELRC Fast-Track Intensive Arabic Program in Amman, Jordan

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1) Subject:UofArizona/NMELRC Fast-Track Intensive Arabic Program in  
Amman, Jordan

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Date: 07 Mar 2007
From:belnap at byu.edu
Subject:UofArizona/NMELRC Fast-Track Intensive Arabic Program in  
Amman, Jordan

The University of Arizona’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)  
and the National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC),  
headquartered at Brigham Young University, are partnering to sponsor  
an intensive Arabic program in Amman, Jordan. This is an intensive  
program designed to assist students to make significant breakthroughs  
in acquiring functional fluency in speaking and reading.

Due to the high demand for Arabic, students are having a difficult  
time finding quality summer study abroad opportunities. Building on  
considerable previous experience, CMES and NMELRC are sponsoring this  
program as a model for what can be accomplished in a study abroad  
program (without spending a lot of money). Building on lessons  
learned in successful pilot programs, key aspects of this program  
include:

1) more time in country than the usual 6-8 weeks (program dates: June  
10 to August 16, 2007)
2) admitting only qualified students with a track record of serious  
drive to learn
3) a tightly focused curriculum based on using Arabic for real  
communication (speaking, listening, reading, and writing)
4) continuous program oversight consisting of aggressive quality control
5) regular one-on-one student advisement on how to make the best of  
in-country study

Course information
1)    Jordanian Arabic. Taught by a dynamic teacher with “homework”  
that takes students deep into Jordanian society. Students may fulfill  
speaking requirements through volunteer internship and service  
opportunities.

2)    Current Events. Students build fluency in using Arabic for real- 
word purposes that matter deeply to Arabs through reading selected  
newspaper articles, watching relevant news clips, and discussing  
important events of the day.

3)    Writing. Students develop facility in expressing themselves in  
Modern Standard Arabic and strengthen their control of its structures  
and collocations through meaningful writing.


Estimated Program Fee

Program costs (tuition & fees) $2476
Housing – $200 - $500 per month (according to quality of apartment or  
homestay and number of students sharing in an apartment)
Food – as low as $10/day
Airfare – $1600 (approx.)
Spending money: $750 - (local transportation & souvenirs)

For more information, see: http://studyabroad.arizona.edu/ 
display_program.php?id=171 or contact Jeremy Palmer  
<jeremy.palmer at gmail.com>.

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