Arabic-L:PEDA:UVA-Yarmouk Arabic Summer Program

[Dilworth Parkinson]

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arabic-L: Mon 18 Feb 2009
Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu>
[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu]
[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to
listserv at byu.edu with first line reading:
            unsubscribe arabic-l                                      ]

-------------------------Directory------------------------------------

1) Subject:UVA-Yarmouk Arabic Summer Program

-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
1)
Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:Uva Yarmouk Arabic Program [uvayarm at cms.mail.virginia.edu]
Subject:UVA-Yarmouk Arabic Summer Program

The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program
Summer 2009

The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program  
has been in operation since 1984. It is an intensive, eight-week  
Program in Modern Standard Arabic, designed for undergraduate and  
graduate students currently pursuing a university degree. The Program  
focuses on all language skills: listening, speaking, reading and  
writing. In addition to Modern Standard Arabic, all students will take  
a course in the Jordanian dialect. All courses will be taught in  
Arabic. Instructors are members of the Yarmouk University faculty.  
Four levels of skill-based instruction are provided.

·      Intensive summer study of the Arabic Language at Yarmouk  
University, Irbid, Jordan.

·       Immersion in Arab Culture, and first-hand experience of the  
Middle East through travel in the region.

·      Three levels of language instruction equivalent to Second,  
Third, and Fourth year Arabic at the University of Virginia.

·      A fourth “Islamics Arabic” level will focus on studying the  
language of Islamic literature in classical and modern texts.

·      Academic credit is transferable to your home institution from  
Yarmouk University.

·      Cost is $6,300.00*.  This includes:

1. International airfare (JFK-Amman-JFK).

2. Accommodations in Yarmouk University housing facility.

3. Tuition.

4. Entry fees to archeological sites.

5. Two educational trips within Jordan.

Dates
·       Application Deadline: March 13, 2009

·       Pre-departure Orientation and group  travel from New York:  
Tuesday, June 11, 2009

·      End of Program and return to New York: Saturday, August 10, 2009


*Please note that airfares may vary and this may result in a slight  
adjustment of the program cost.

Fees DO NOT include food, health/accident insurance, incidentals, or  
domestic airfare to JFK.

INSTRUCTIONS AND APPLICATION AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: http://www.studyabroad.virginia.edu/

For more information please contact:

UVAYARMK at virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 982-2304 Fax: (434) 924-6977

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of Arabic-L:  18 Feb 2009