Date: 23 Feb 2010
From:Mohammad <mohdhu@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
--
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