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When you sign up for a summer Arabic intensive course, you expect to log many hours in the classroom and perhaps even more in the library doing homework. And in turn, you also expect significant improvement in the four basic language skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing. However, some language teachers argue that there is fifth skill that is just as important as the others—cultural appreciation.
Oddly enough, I never realized how important this fifth skill was until I spent a summer studying Arabic in Bloomington, Indiana.
Clearly, Bloomington is not Cairo. But in Instructor Mohamed Ansary’s class, Indiana and Egypt don’t seem that far away. Regularly lamenting the fact that “American students learn how to talk about the United Nations in Arabic before they learn how to communicate with an Arab taxi driver,” Instructor Ansary, an Alexandria native, makes it his mission to teach his students Arabic culture just as much as he works to improve their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
By William Murrell
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBKta93kzAE&feature=youtu.be
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U of Arizona Summer Program
Dear Colleagues and Students,
The Arabic summer program at the University of Arizona at the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENAS) is a rigorous program that adopts the proficiency-based approach and emphasizes cultural literacy and the use of technology. The MENAS Arabic Summer program in 2015 is offering four courses that count for two years of Arabic and that are taught by dynamic, experienced and supportive teachers.
SUMMER COURSE OFFERINGS:
All classes are from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm five days a week
Elementary ARABIC 101: June 8 – July 9 For students with no previous language background in Arabic. Students cover Alif Baa and Lessons 1-7 of Al-Kitaab, Part one.
Elementary ARABIC 102: July 13- August 12 Prior completion of one college semester of Arabic is required. Lessons 8-14 of Al-Kitaab, Part one are covered in this course.
Intermediate ARABIC 401: June 8 – July 9 Prior completion of two college semesters of Arabic is required. This course covers Lessons 14-20 of Al-Kitaab, Part one.
Intermediate ARABIC 402 : July 13- August 12 Prior completion of three college semesters of Arabic is required. This course covers Lessons 1-5 of Al-Kitaab, Part Two.
Advanced ARABIC 405: June 8-July 9 Prior completion of four college semesters of Arabic is required. This course covers advanced level Arabic content material.
Advanced ARABIC 406: July 13-August 12 Prior completion of five college semesters of Arabic is required. This course covers advanced level Arabic content material.
TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS:
While the program uses the Al-Kitaab textbook series, all courses use additional language and culture materials as well as a number of technology-based resources that help with speeding up the learning process.
Best,
Mohamed Ansary
School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies,
The University of Arizona
