Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World

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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Abdulkafi Albirini <aalbirini at yahoo.com>
Subject:Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois in Urbana- 
Champaign in collaboration with the Center for South Asian and Middle  
Eastern Studies , theCenter for African Studies, CIBER, and the  
European Union Center is pleased to host the Summer Institute for the  
Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW) in summer 2009 (June 15-August  
6, 2009).

SILMW will offer intensive courses in a variety of Muslim World  
languages, including Arabic, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu and  
Indonesian, by experienced, trained, and highly proficient  
instructors. Classes will be held four hours per day over a period of  
eight weeks, for a total of 132 hours. Students will earn credits  
equivalent to one full academic year of language instruction.

SILMW provides a unique opportunity to explore the languages and  
cultures of the Muslim World and interact with experts in this region.  
In addition to classroom instruction, SILMW will offer a variety of  
extracurricular activities designed to enhance classroom instruction,  
provide additional channels for language contact and practice, and  
expose learners to the traditions of the Muslim World communities.  
These extracurricular activities include research forums, conversation  
hours, cooking demonstrations, music, film showings, and other  
cultural activities.

The SILMW at UIUC is being organized by Abdulkafi Albirini (Director),  
Ercan Balci, Abbas Benmamoun, Peyman Nojoumian, and Peter Otiato, from  
the Department of Linguistics.

Please feel free to contact us at albirini at uiuc.edu if you have any  
questions or like to get more information about SILMW or visit our  
SILMW website at:http://silmw.linguistics.uiuc.edu/


Abdulkafi Albirini, PhD

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguisitcs
4080 FLB mc 168
707 South Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801

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