Arabic language study programs

Held at Mills College, CA.
Summer Term
Levels: Elementary through Advanced Modern Standard Arabic.
Deadline: Rolling (but this is a very 'in-demand' program, advised to apply early, now).
The Arabic School offers you a unique experience that is virtually unmatched anywhere in the world. Middlebury is much more than textbooks and classrooms. The entire environment shapes your Arabic learning experience. The value of the experience cannot be calculated in terms of semesters and credit hours. You will eat, sleep, study, make friends, interact with professors, watch television and films, and attend lectures given by the faculty and distinguished guest speakers, all exclusively in Arabic. Arabic newspapers, magazines, television and websites will keep you up to date on current events around the world. Additionally, you can enjoy all of your favorite sports at Mills College's state of the art sports facilities, all while learning to challenge your opponents in Arabic.


2. University of Michigan Summer Language Institute
3. Georgetown University Summer Arabic Language Institute
4. University of Chicago Summer Arabic Program
5. University of California Santa Barbara Summer Intensive Language Program

Operating under the principle that language learning occurs best when instruction emphasizes full immersion, UW-Madison's Arabic and Persian Immersion Program employs a communicative approach that entails student-centered, performance-based, and context-oriented language teaching. To meet the program goals of integrating reading, writing, listening, and speaking with communication strategies and cultural skills, instructors and students sign a contract agreeing to use the target language exclusively within and outside the classroom. At the end of each level of instruction, students will demonstrate a) greater facility of communication; b) broader understanding of how to engage in the historical and socio-cultural contexts in which the target language is used; and c) expanded individual capabilities in learning how to adapt language skills for life-long learning.​

Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Intensive Summer Arabic Program

The Intensive Summer Arabic Program at UCLA offers the equivalent of one year of instruction in only eight weeks. Courses offered include beginning, intermediate, and advanced Standard (written) Arabic, and Egyptian Colloquial (spoken) Arabic. The program includes an Arabic film series, a lecture series, concerts, and field trips to places of cultural interest in the Los Angeles area, including Arab restaurants and bookstores.
Arabic Language Residential Option:
Students have the option of participating in the Residential Program which provides room and board for an additional fee. Residents will live in UCLA housing and have access to an Arabic-speaking tutor. Arabic satellite television will also be provided.
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*Note: The Only Program Of Arabic Study Abroad For Which You May Receive Transfer Of Credit And Of Your Grades To The University Of Michigan, And Be Eligible To Use U-M Financial Aid, Is The One Listed Below, #3, U-M/CGIS at American University in Cairo. For all other programs of Arabic study abroad, you may receive transfer credit only (must be approved). ​

The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) offers four programs: Summer-Only, Full-Year (12 months), CASA II and CASA III.​

Summer-study (Beginning of June - End of July) or Fall and/or Spring Semesters.
Since the inception of what is now the Arabic Language Institute in the 1970s, this program has attracted students from the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe, offering intensive courses in both modern standard and Egyptian colloquial Arabic. Each year, more than one hundred students travel to Egypt from dozens of countries around the world to enroll in the Arabic Language Institute of the American University in Cairo. Their backgrounds and interests are as varied as the countries they represent. They, however, share one common desire - the desire to learn Arabic in the best possible setting from the best instructors anywhere as they discover the mystery of Cairo, "the Mother of the World."
**NOTE: As noted above, there is now an option for students to register for AUC programs through the U-M OIP (Office of International Programs), which allows transfer of credit and grades, and which also allows you to apply for regular financial aid arrangements. See below for details. Students may also apply independently to AUC, for transfer credit only.
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Early June - Mid July
Academic Year
University of Michigan program through AUC. Students can pursue Arabic study through ALI (see above), or other coursework. Includes options for either Summer study or Academic Year study.

Cairo ALI (Arabic Language Institute)

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Curriculum: Specialized courses on arts in the Arab world. See flier for details.
Website: http://www.aucegypt.edu/intstudents/IPO/ShortTerms/Documents/IPO-Arts%20In%20Cairo%20E-Announcement-3.pdf​

*Not a university program, but may in some instances be approved for transfer credit to U-M if contact hours and course material covered/syllabi are documented and presented to NES faculty for evaluation.*
website: Home | International Language Institute
The International Language Institute (ILI) was established in 1977, in the El-Sahafeyeen neighborhood in Cairo, and is affiliated with the UK-based International House Worldwide Organization of Language Schools. A modern lively approach to teaching Arabic is used, with teachers who are not only qualified but are also native speakers. The advantages of this program, in addition to its high quality of instruction, is that it has a diverse/international student ****, and that it offers courses on a more flexible basis than some of the university/semester-based programs.
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Website: http://www.amideast.org/abroad/programs/morocco/summerIntensive_rabat.shtm
Offering MSA at all levels, and Moroccan Colloquial.​

Website: http://web.me.com/annemarieskye/AALIMOROCCO/Welcome_to_AALIM.html
Program Dates: Vary throughout the summer. See website for details.
Curriculum: Arabic language and culture
Program/Sessions: 4, 6, 8 and 10-week programs, starting near end of May.
Contact: [email protected], [email protected]
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Institut Bourguiba des Langues Vivantes (The website is in French, and says you can switch to an English version, but ... it doesn't seem to work; additional contact info is there).
University of Tunis
47 Avenue de la Liberte
Tunis 1002, Tunisia
Telephone: 282-418; 281-923
Deadlines: January-end of May
Six-week intensive summer program in Modern Standard, all levels. 100 dinars ($1 = 1.08 dinars). Dormitory housing available. Full and partial scholarships. Full year program in Modern Standard and Tunisian Colloquial also offered.
*An inexpensive program; better quality of instruction at more advanced levels; lots of French spoken in Tunisia; best for your Arabic if you either don't know French, or make a point of not using it much while there.
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Email contact: Eric Gautier [email protected]
Summer Term.
Academic Year: Oct - June (11 hrs/week of group instruction; 4 hrs/week tutoring) Contact Institute or see website for information on terms of instruction and fees. Each student studies Modern Standard and Syrian Colloquial. Six week intensive summer program or year-long program. Year-long program focuses primarily on individual tutoring to help with established research projects. Limited dormitory housing in the Institute itself. French is helpful. The curriculum at IFEAD focuses on helping you carry out your own research--you must bring a research project with you. Aimed at more advanced students/faculty who have specific research needs.​

Website: http://www.syrianembassy.us/ProchureEnglishNeww.htm
Fall, Spring and Summer terms.
Very traditional, but good instruction at all levels. Focus is on Standard Arabic, though colloquial is available to advanced students.​

Website: http://www.arabicindamascus.edu.sy Level of instruction has improved in recent years. See website for details on classes and schedule. Several levels of Standard Arabic offered, and colloquial is offered from time to time as well.​

Birzeit University
Continuing Education Department; PO Box 14
Birzeit, West Bank, via Israel
Telephone and Fax: 972-2-956229

Six-week summer intensive program. Modern Standard and Palestinian Colloquial at all levels. Students must have completed one year of study at an accredited college or university. Intensive course $300. Housing available in dormitories, rented apartments and with families in Birzeit and Ramallah. Established 1986, program in "Palestine and Arabic Studies," instituted in 1993.​

Arabic language offerings in summer, fall and winter semesters. Summer program only offers introductory Arabic. See additional information on their web-site: University of Haifa International School - Home​

Modern Standard Arabic, all levels (2 sessions, app. one month each):
http://overseas.huji.ac.il/academics.asp?cat=609&in=23
Palestinian Colloquial, beginning to advanced levels:
http://overseas.huji.ac.il/academics.asp?cat=610&in=23

Office of Academic Affairs
American Friends of the Hebrew University
11 East 69th St.; New York, NY 10021
Telephone: (212) 472-2288​

Welcome to Tel Aviv University Combines teaching Palestinian colloquial and modern standard Arabic; use EMSA textbooks. Offers introductory and advanced levels.​

http://www.ycmes.org/pal.html Summer Term: Various options May-August
Levels: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced
Deadline: Rolling​

Below find list of programs of Arabic study abroad that we have received brochures for, but about which we have no additional information, or basis upon which to recommend them.
1. School for International Training - Amman, Jordan
Curriculum: MS at All Levels Jordanian Colloquial
Website: SIT Study Abroad - semester and summer study abroad programs for undergraduate students in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, Middle East. Experiential, field-based.
2. Darna Educational Services - University of Jordan International Institute
Program Dates: 1-4 months Intensive Courses starting in June
Website: Darna Educational Services
3. The American University of Science and Technology, Beirut, Lebanon
Curriculum: Colloquial Levantine Arabic.
Prerequisite: at least 1 year of MSA
Contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more information
4. Connecticut - University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon

Website: http://www.balamand.edu.lb/Connect/index.htm
5. Lebanese American University - Beirut, Lebanon
Program Dates: Mid June - Early August
Curriculum: MS and Lebanese Dialects at all Levels
Website: LAU | Summer Institute for Intensive Arabic & Culture
6. Kentucky Institute for International Studies (KIIS), Summer Program in Morocco
Website: http://www.kiis.org
7. Georgia Institute of Technology-Arabic Language for Business and Technology Study Abroad Program in Cairo.
Contact: Director: Dr. Rajaa Aquil: email [email protected]
Website: Leaving Facebook... | Facebook
Eligibility: Students who have done 3 semesters of Arabic.
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1. Flagship Undergraduate Fellowship. Funding opportunities for domestic and overseas study (2 years domestic and 1 year overseas) http://www.umich.edu/~neareast/arabic/flagship.html
2. Center for International & Comparative Studies (CICS)
Website: http://www.ii.umich.edu/cics
3. David L. Boren National Security Education Program-Institute of International
Education Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships (for Arabic study).
(**Note: These scholarships entail government service requirement).
Website: Boren Awards: Scholarships and Fellowships for undergraduate and graduate study abroad, language study, and international research | Home
Undergraduate Scholarships: $10,000/semester; $20,000/full academic year.
Graduate Scholarships: Up to $30,000. See details on website.
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