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Date: 23 Feb 2010
From:Mohammad <mohdhu at gmail.com>
Subject:Hashemite University Arabic Summer Intensive Program

The Hashemite University
Arabic Summer Intensive Program
ASIP 2010
June 1 to July 29

Statement of Purpose, beginnings and expectations:
Arabic Summer Intensive program (ASIP) has been carefully designed to fulfill the needs of learners of Arabic as a foreign language of all levels. Launched in the summer of 2003, ASIP has undergone several revisions to better serve the needs of the learners of Arabic. The program has been redesigned to meet the growing needs of students and to serve students and professionals of different objectives.  To this end, the program seeks to equip learners of Arabic with the basic language skills plus further communication skills required to handle situational dialogues in the daily life, develop learners' proficiency in reading, writing and comprehension. The program also offers the opportunity for students to develop their conversational skills in Jordanian Arabic.

This program is comprehensive; it presents Arabic for all levels of learners: beginners, intermediate and advanced. Additionally, the program offers a variety of cultural courses whose main goal is to expand students' knowledge about Arabic, the Arab culture and history, and issues related to the Middle East. Depending on enrollment, ASIP also offers a course in media Arabic where students are exposed to the structure as well as the content of Arabic media.

ASIP is an integration program that focuses on intensive immersion in language and culture. This program fits students in different majors: Middle eastern studies, Arabic, Business, Political Science, Social Science, Media and Communication, Cultural studies, History, etc.

The program runs in two sessions. Each session is comprised of 4 weeks, the equivalent of 3 credit hours. The first session starts on June 1 till June 30. The second session starts on July 1 till July 29.

The Program:
The program offers the following levels
Level 1: Beginning Arabic:
Note:              Not offered in the second session
Target:           Students with little or no prior experience with Arabic.
Objectives:    By the end of the program students are expected to:
§    Participate in simple conversations.
§    Read and write simple, short texts of Modern Standard Arabic.
§    Acquire vocabulary of about 1000 words.
Textbooks& material:
Brustad, Kristen. et. al. (2004) Alif Baa, with DVDs. An Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds. 2ndEdition. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.
Brustad, Kristen. et. al. (2004) Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya with DVDs. A textbook for Arabic, Beginning Arabic: Part 1. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.

Level 2: Intermediate Arabic
Note:
·         This level consists of three sub-levels: Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, and Upper-intermediate.
·         Students will be assigned to the proper level based on their results on the placement test.

Target: Students who covered at least 13 units of Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-
’arabiyya, part 1 or equivalent.
Objectives:    By the end of the program students are expected to:
§  Understand main ideas in texts of basic personal and social needs.
§  Write Arabic for various basic purposes.
§  Narrate and describe basic situations.
§  Handle a number of interactive and social situations.
§          Be familiar the Jordanian colloquial variety of Arabic.
 Textbooks& material:
Brustad, Kristen. et. al. (2004) Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya with DVDs. A textbook for Arabic, Beginning Arabic: Part 2.
16 lessons in Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, parts 1 & 2

Level 3: Advanced Arabic:

Target:           Students who have finished 160-200 contact hours and covered
Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, part 2. or equivalent. This might vary according to students' needs and their grades on the placement test.
Objectives:    By the end of the program students are expected to:
·         Use new grammatical constructions that reflect the advanced level of expression and be able to construct complex sentences.
·         Understand and analyze Arabic grammar used in diverse text genres.
·         Understand upper level reading passages.
·         Understand the general ideas and several specific details of longer listening materials of different types.
·         Write longer texts using the new grammar and vocabulary in social, political, historical, linguistic and personal text types.
·         Be able to converse in Arabic on different topics with minimal mistakes.
·         Be able to understand and converse in the dialect.
Textbook & materials:
Brustad, Kristen. et. al. (2007) Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, part 3. 2nd Edition. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.

Other Language courses: Advanced Media Arabic
Notes
·         Pre-requisite:                             Advanced Arabic or equivalent
·         Language of instruction:          Arabic
Target: Advanced level students for at least two semesters. 

Description: emphasizes the development of skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking through the use of authentic journalistic material and with the help of guest lectures.
Objectives:    By the end of the program, students are expected to:
·         Read and understand authentic media texts written in Arabic;
·         Learn specialized vocabulary and idiomatic expressions;
·         Improve their reading pace and reading comprehension;
·         Compare, analyze, and argue;
·         Write on journalistic and literary topics.

 The Hashemite University’s Arabic Intensive Summer Program offers students a choice among several options. Prices listed are for tuition, room, textbooks, all meals, all travel expenses associated with scheduled classes travel, campus facilities, and basic health insurance. Airfare is not included.

Item
Description
Cost (JD)
Tuition
8 weeks: 4 hours daily: 3 hours of Modern Standard Arabic, 1 hour Jordanian dialect and culture
900
4 weeks: 4 hours daily: 3 hours of Modern Standard Arabic, 1 hour Jordanian dialect and culture
500
Room and Board
Single  room for 8 weeks (2 meals daily)
1770 (single)
Double room for 8 weeks (2 meals daily)
1420 (double)
Single room/ week (no meals offered)
80 (per week)
Transportation
(including weekend trips invited speakers)
Housing to Campus (Amman to HU)

340  (8 weeks)
210  (4 weeks)
Housing to Campus (Zarqa to HU) 
280  (8 weeks)
90    (4 weeks)
Additional fees
Medical and life insurance, access to University facilities
400 (8 weeks)
300 (4 weeks)
·         Cost includes Application fee

Payments can be made using Western Union or MoneyGram (simplest method), cashier's check, or credit card (see website for more details).  Payment by credit card (MasterCard or Visa only) is made in Jordan Dinars (JD) at the current day's exchange bank rate. The Dinar-to-US dollar exchange rate has been around 1 JD to 1.409 US over the past few years.
Placement and proficiency testing

Upon their arrival, students will take written test and sit for a proficiency interview. The placement into levels will depend on students' performance in the tests. Proficiency guidelines are directly linked to the course objectives as set for every level of Arabic. Students who come from institutions that have certain arrangements (MOU's etc.) with the Hashemite University can be exempted from placement tests.

Experience Language Learning
Students will experience learning Arabic through interaction with people outside the university. Immersion activities include information-gathering assignments and reports in Arabic on projects involving the local community.
These include: 1. Lectures and workshops offered by Arabic faculty as well as by artists and guest speakers. 2. Movies and documentaries. 3. Three major weekend trips to Amman, Petra, Aqaba, Jerash and Irbid. 4. Clubs for such activities as music and calligraphy. 5. Lunches with teachers and TAs speaking Arabic only.

Application material:
1. Letter of interest
2. GPA 2.5 minimum

Application Deadline: May 15th 2010
Send application material by email to
lchu at hu.edu.jo
mohd at hu.edu.jo

-- 
Mohammad Al-Masri, PhD
The Language Center, Director
The Hashemite University
W: +962 (5) 390-3333
F: +962 (5) 382-6613
Cell: +962 (78)818-4913
P.O. Box 150459
Zarqa 13115
Jordan
mohd at hu.edu.jo
mohdhu at gmail.com

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