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Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies
ARABIC (ARAB): First Session, Second Session
PERSIAN (PERS): First Session, Second Session
TURKISH (TURK): First Session
Institute Director: Terrence Potter (202) 687-6580
Assistant Director: Meriem Tikue (202) 687-2735
Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies website
Summer Arabic & Persian Language Institute: June 1 - August 7, 2009
Welcome to the Summer Arabic & Persian Language Institute at
Classes are small and students benefit from individual attention inside and outside the classroom. Experienced, dedicated, and diverse faculty use current techniques and incorporate technology-based instruction. The summer program provides real-time and on demand access to current media resources and the latest in classroom language learning technology. The Language Institute offers its students a gateway to an exceptional academic community at Georgetown University, a range of summer activities in the Summer School, and state-of-the-art language opportunities.
Intensive language courses offer 3 hours of daily instructional contact for 5 days and award 6 credits. Non-intensive language courses offer 1.5 hours of daily contact for 5 days and award 3 credits. Students who complete two semesters of non-intensive language will not be eligible to enter the next level intensive course.
Arabic: A comprehensive undergraduate program of intensive and non-intensive learning in Modern Standard Arabic will last ten weeks, with courses in basic, intermediate advanced as well as media Arabic.
Content Arabic: Advanced Arabic language courses for advanced high learners are taught entirely in Arabic for both sessions. They offer undergraduate and graduate students essential subject matter learning (linguistic, cultural and political) while building their language proficiency. Courses include Readings in the Quran I & II, International Relations in the Middle East, and Arab Politics in the Middle East.
Colloquial Arabic: Undergraduate courses in spoken Egyptian, Iraqi, and Levantine Arabic will be offered with continuation in the Second Session. These courses are not open to native speakers of Arabic, heritage speakers of Arabic, or students who have completed three years or more of Arabic at Georgetown.
Persian: In cooperation with the Division of Eastern Mediterranean Languages, four Persian courses are offered at the undergraduate level. Intensive First Level Persianand Intensive Second Level Persian as well as non-intensive First Level and non-intensive Advanced Level will be offered both sessions.
Turkish: In cooperation with the Division of Eastern Mediterranean Languages, Media Turkish will be offered in the First Session at the undergraduate level.
Application deadline:
Non-Georgetown students - May 4, 2009
Please note that applications received after these deadlines will be reviewed on a space-available individual basis.
Admission
The Summer Arabic & Persian Language Institute welcomes undergraduate and graduate students seeking academic course work for credit and others who wish to acquire or improve proficiency for professional or personal reasons. A complete application includes the Summer School Application, a one page response to the Summer Arabic & Persian Language Institute questions of Part III, and an official transcript. Please send all materials to: Georgetown University Summer School Arabic & Persian Language Institute; 3307 M. Street, NW; Suite #202; Washington, DC 20007.
Placement exams are administered prior to or on the first day of each session to place students in courses according to individual proficiency level. Placement exams are required for all students with previous experience and study. This may include a written placement test and an oral interview. For further information, contact the Institute Assistant Director, Meriem Tikue at (202) 687-2735. Please be aware of prerequisites and restrictions for each course listed below.
Intensive and Non-Intensive Arabic Language Courses:
Courses in the Georgetown Arabic program build skills for speaking as well as proficiency in reading, writing, and listening. The three-volume series Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-Arabiyya by Brustad, Al-Tonsi and Al-Batal et al., Georgetown University Press provides the foundational materials for this program. Students who wish to enroll in Intensive Second Level MSA should have successfully completed Volume I of the Series. Appropriate placement is required for all students with previous language experience.
Intensive Advanced Arabic:
As part of the Arabic program, this intensive course focuses on developing linguistic accuracy and proficiency to the advanced level. Intensive ARAB-215 in the summer covers course materials from ARAB-211 and 023. Intensive ARAB-216 covers material for ARAB-212 and 024. For MAAS students, ARAB-215 and 216 in the summer are equivalent to academic year offerings. Students must meet the prerequisites outlined in the course description.
Partial Tuition Scholarships
Non-Georgetown students accepted into this Language Institute are eligible to apply for a partial tuition scholarship offered by
FIRST SESSION (June 1-July 2)
Non-Intensive First Level Modern Standard Arabic I
Kharbouch
ARAB-001-10
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
Prereq: None. This course is not for native Arabic speakers. This non-intensive course is video-based and develops proficiency in the standard written Arabic language, as well as formal spoken Arabic. It begins with learning of script and phonology, and proceeds into a wide range of situation-based texts and topics that build vocabulary, grammar, and general communicative competence. Emphasis is placed on communicative activities.
Intensive First Level Modern Standard Arabic I
Potter/Martin-Fernandez
ARAB-011-10/-11
M-F 8:30-11:55 a.m.
6 cr.; $70 lab fee
Prereq: None. This course is not for native Arabic speakers. This intensive video-based course focuses on developing proficiency in standard written Arabic language, as well as formal spoken Arabic. It begins with learning of script and phonology, and works rapidly into a wide range of situation-based texts and topics that build vocabulary, grammar and general communicative competence. Daily preparation and extensive use of acquired skills is emphasized.
Introduction to Media Arabic I
Kilany
ARAB-023-10
M-F 1:00-2:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Intensive Second Level Modern Standard Arabic I
Kassab
ARAB-111-10
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr. MAAS Students Only; $70 lab fee
Bonnah
ARAB-111-11
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr. non-MAAS Students Only; $70 lab fee
Wahba
ARAB-111-12
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr. non-MAAS Students Only; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of ARAB-012 or permission of instructor. This intensive course covers topics and situations relating to contemporary Arabic media, literature and culture. Focus is on acquisition of more complex grammatical structures, expanding vocabulary and discourse skills, and on developing competence in a wide range of communicative situations.
Colloquial Egyptian Arabic I
Mamelouk
ARAB-115-10
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of ARAB-011 and ARAB-012 or permission of instructor. This non-intensive course builds proficiency in the Egyptian dialect. Students acquire interactive communicative skills through active participation in task-based conversation, listening comprehension, and vocabulary building activities. Knowledge of Arabic script and MSA grammatical structure is required. Students acquire proficiency to communicate appropriately in a wide variety of contexts. Resources may include television, radio, music, theater and film as well as original materials produced by Georgetown University. This course is not open to native speakers of Arabic, heritage speakers of Arabic, or students who have completed three years or more of Arabic at Georgetown.
Colloquial Levantine Arabic I
Ayoubi
ARAB-117-10
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of ARAB-011 and ARAB-012 or permission of instructor. This non-intensive course builds proficiency in the Levantine dialect. Students acquire interactive communicative skills through active participation in task-based conversation, listening comprehension, and vocabulary building activities. Knowledge of Arabic script and MSA grammatical structure is required. Students acquire proficiency to communicate appropriately in a wide variety of contexts. Resources may include television, radio, music, theater and film as well as original materials produced by Georgetown University. The course is not open to native speakers of Arabic, heritage speakers of Arabic or students who have completed three years or more of Arabic at Georgetown.
Colloquial Iraqi Arabic I
Yassin
ARAB-119-10
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of ARAB-011 and ARAB-012 or permission of instructor. This non-intensive course builds proficiency in the Iraqi dialect. Students acquire interactive communicative skills through active participation in task-based conversation, listening comprehension, and vocabulary building activities. Knowledge of Arabic script and MSA grammatical structure is required. Students acquire proficiency to communicate appropriately in a wide variety of contexts. Resources may include television, radio, music, theater, and film as well as original materials produced by Georgetown University. This course is not open to native speakers of Arabic, heritage speakers of Arabic or students who have completed three years or more of Arabic at Georgetown.
Intensive Advanced Arabic I
Al-Mufti
ARAB-215-10
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr. MAAS Students Only; $70 lab fee
Kilany
ARAB-215-11
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr. non-MAAS Students Only; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of ARAB-112 or permission of the instructor. This is an intensive, largely media-based course focusing on developing proficiency in reading and discussion of texts in international relations, history, Islam, and current affairs. In addition to extensive reading, it includes composition exercises, review of Arabic grammar, listening skills, and conversation practice. The scope of this course includes what is covered in ARAB-211 and ARAB-023.
Readings in the Quran I
Bonnah
ARAB-359-10 U.G. credit, -15 Grad credit
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
International Relations & The Middle East
Al-Barghouti
ARAB-405-10 U.G. credit, -15 Grad credit
M-F 4:00-5:30 p.m.
3 cr.
Prereq: Successful completion of ARAB-216 and advanced high proficiency (ACTFL) and permission of instructor. This is a language content course taught entirely in Arabic and is open to undergraduate and graduate students. This course addresses the range of international issues in the Middle East by first introducing foundational notions and then proceeding to issues of the most relevance, e.g. the Arab-Israeli conflict; the politics of Iraq as seen through its literature; and the contributing discourses from Arab and foreign governments, Islamic groups, popular discussion, and the media. Lectures and discussion will be in Arabic, and student essays will be written in Arabic.
Non-Intensive First Level Persian I
Esmaili
PERS-001-10
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
Prereq: None. This course is not for native Persian speakers. This course introduces students to the basic structures of the Persian language. All four language skills are emphasized. Students gain confidence communicating in Persian while regularly experiencing aspects of Persian culture. Task-based language activities invite students to actively communicate.
Intensive First Level Persian I
Mostowfi
PERS-011-10
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr.; $70 lab fee
This course is not for native Persian speakers. This intensive course introduces students to the basic structures of the Persian language. As students rapidly build proficiency in all four language skills, they acquire greater confidence to communicate in the target language. Cultural information is integral, and task-based activities invite students to communicate daily. Themes are introduced through readings, multi-media formats, and in-classroom technology.
Intensive Second Level Persian I
Bolouri
PERS-021-10
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr.; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of PERS-012 or permission of instructor. This intensive intermediate level I course continues developing all four communicative skills. This course begins with a review of basic Perisan structures and proceeds to more complex structures. Themes from Persian history, culture, and contemporary life are introduced through readings, multi-media formats, and in-classroom technology.
Non-Intensive Advanced Persian I
Dehghan
PERS-201-10
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Media Turkish
Gur
TURK-214-10
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
SECOND SESSION (July 6-August 7)
Non-Intensive First Level Modern Standard Arabic II
Ishmael
ARAB-002-20
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Completion of ARAB-001 or permission of instructor. This non-intensive course is a continuation of Non-Intensive First Level MSA I. Students continue their word on objectives as outlined in the description for ARAB-001. The course is video-based and develops proficiency in the standard written Arabic language, as well as formal spoken Arabic. It begins with learning of script and phonology, and proceeds into a wide range of situation-based texts and topics that build vocabulary, grammar, and general communicative competence. Emphasis is placed on communicative activities.
Intensive First Level Modern Standard Arabic II
Potter/Martin-Fernandez
ARAB-012-20/-21
M-F 8:30-11:55 a.m.
6 cr.; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of ARAB-011 or permission of instructor. This intensive course is a continuation of Intensive First Level MSA I. Students continue their work on objectives as outlined in the description for ARAB-011. This intensive video-based course focuses on developing proficiency in standard written Arabic language as well as formal spoken Arabic. It begins with learning of script and phonology, and works rapidly into a wide range of situation-based texts and topics that build vocabulary, grammar, and general communicative competence. Daily preparation and extensive use of acquired skills is emphasized.
Introduction to Media Arabic II
Kilany
ARAB-024-20
M-F 1:00-2:30 p.m.
3 cr. $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of ARAB-123 or permission of instructor. Not for Arabic majors or minors at Georgetown. This non-intensive course is a continuation of Introduction to Media Arabic I. Students continue their work on objectives as outlined in the description for ARAB-123. The course is designed for students who have successfully completed two semesters of MSA. Students build the skills needed to comprehend the language of the media in Arabic. They read prepared and authentic material from the Arabic press, broadcasting, and Internet. Learning activities include writing summaries, translation, oral presentations and discussion. This course does not satisfy a requirement for the undergraduate major or minor at Georgetown.
Intensive Second Level Modern Standard Arabic II
Kassab
ARAB-112-20
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr. MAAS Students Only; $70 lab fee
Bonnah
ARAB-112-21
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr. non-MAAS Students Only; $70 lab fee
Wahba
ARAB-112-22
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr. non-MAAS Students Only; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of ARAB-111 or permission of instructor. This intensive course is a continuation of Intensive Second Level MSA I. Students continue their work on objectives as outlined in the description for ARAB-111. The course covers topics and situations relating to contemporary Arabic media, literature, and culture. Focus is on acquisition of more complex grammatical structures, expanding vocabulary and discourse skills, and on developing competence in a wide range of communicative situations. MAAS students will be required to participate in a conversation hour after class. Successful completion will allow students to reach the Advanced level.
Colloquial Egyptian Arabic II
Mamelouk
ARAB-116-20
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Colloquial Levantine Arabic II
Ayoubi
ARAB-118-20
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of ARAB-117 or permission of instructor. This non-intensive course is a continuation of Colloquial Levantine Arabic I. Students continue their work on objectives as outlined in the description for ARAB-117. This course builds proficiency in the Levantine dialect. Students acquire interactive communicative skills through active participation in task-based conversation, listening comprehension, and vocabulary building activities. Knowledge of Arabic script and MSA grammatical structure is required. Students acquire proficiency to communicate appropriately in a wide variety of contexts. Resources may include television, radio, music, theater and film as well as original materials produced by Georgetown University.
Colloquial Iraqi Arabic II
Yassin
ARAB-120-20
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Intensive Advanced Arabic II
Baccouche
ARAB-216-20
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr. MAAS Students Only; $70 lab fee
Kilany
ARAB-216-21
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr. non-MAAS Students Only; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of ARAB-215 or permission of the instructor. This intensive course is a continuation of Advaced MSA I. Students continue their work on objectives as outlined in the description for ARAB-215. This largely media-based course focuses on developing proficiency in reading and discussion of texts in international relations, history, Islam, and current affairs. In addition to extensive reading, the class includes composition exercises, review of Arabic grammar, listening skills, and conversation practice. MAAS students will be required to participate in a conversation hour after class.
Readings in the Quran II
Bonnah
ARAB-360-20 U.G. credit, -25 Grad credit
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Arab Politics in the Middle East
Staff
ARAB-406-20 U.G. credit, -25 Grad credit
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.
Prereq: Successful completion of ARAB-216 and advanced high proficiency (ACTFL) and permission of instructor. This is a language course taught entirely in Arabic and is open to undergraduate and graduate students. This course analyzes the modern history of the region paying special attention to geopolitical aspects and the nation-state construction. Issues examined in-depth will include: the consequences of the
Non-Intensive First Level Persian II
Esmaili
PERS-002-20
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Intensive First Level Persian II
Mostowfi
PERS-012-20
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr.; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of PERS-011 or permission of instructor. This course is not for native Persian speakers. This intensive course is a continuation of Intensive First Level Persian I. Students continue their work on objectives as outlined in the description for PERS-011. The course introduces students to the basic structures of the Persian language. As students rapidly build proficiency in all four skills, they acquire greater confidence to communicate in the target language. Cultural information is integral and task-based activities invite students to communicate daily. Themes are introduced through readings, multi-media formats, and in-classroom technology.
Intensive Second Level Persian II
Bolouri
PERS-022-20
M-F 8:30-11:45 a.m.
6 cr.; $70 lab fee
Prereq: Successful completion of PERS-021 or permission of instructor. This intensive course is a continuation of Intensive Second Level Persian I. Students continue their work on objectives as outlined in the description for PERS-021. This intermediate level I course continues developing all four communicative skills. The course begins with a review of basic Persian structures. Themes from Persian history, culture, and contemporary life are introduced through readings, multi-media formats, and in-classroom technology.
Non-Intensive Advanced Persian II
Bolouri
PERS-202-20
M-F 6:00-7:30 p.m.
3 cr.; $70 lab fee
THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED
