28.1061, Summer Schools: Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-1061. Thu Mar 02 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.1061, Summer Schools: Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World/USA

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Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:08:18
From: Eman Saadah [silmw at illinois.edu]
Subject: Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World/USA

 

Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World/USA

Host Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Website: http://silmw.linguistics.illinois.edu/

Dates: 17-Jun-2017 - 05-Aug-2017
Location: Urbana, Illinois, USA

Focus: The Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW) is held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and offers intensive language courses in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Swahili, and Wolof.
Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate


Description:
The Summer Institute for Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW) is held at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and runs from June 17, 2017
- August 5, 2017. SILMW offers courses in Arabic, Persian, Swahili, Turkish,
and Wolof - languages spoken in Muslim-majority countries throughout Africa
and Asia. Within eight weeks, students can complete the equivalent of one
academic year of foreign language study and earn up to 10 credit hours. In
addition to classroom instruction, students take part in a variety of cultural
activities intended to immerse them in the foreign language. These include
conversation tables, movie nights, cooking classes, and much more!



Subject Languages: Arabic, Standard
                    Persian, Iranian
                    Swahili
                    Turkish
                    Wolof

Registration: 24-Apr-2017 to 30-Apr-2017

Contact Person: Eman Saadah
                Email: silmw at illinois.edu


Registration Instructions:
- Undergraduate, Non-degree application:
Please fill in the application here: 
http://admissions.illinois.edu/apply/nondegree

Motivated high school students are also welcome to apply to SILMW and should
use the undergraduate, non-degree application as well.

- Graduate, Non-degree application:
Please fill in the application here: 
https://app.applyyourself.com/AYApplicantLogin/fl_ApplicantConnectLogin.asp?id
=uiuc-grad
Application guidelines can be found here:
http://www.grad.illinois.edu/admissions/apply/nondegree

- Students from University of Illinois
UIUC students can register directly on the Banner System in the same way they
register for any other course during the academic year. SILMW language courses
will appear under the 'summer 2017' term with the rubrics ARAB, PERS, TURK,
SWAH, and WLOF.




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