Learn Arabic this summer with Hedayet Institute

  Egypt

Cairo

Term: Summer 
Dates: June 11- July 31, 2009 and August 2-September 2009

Description: The Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies (HIAS) is devoted to the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language and serves students' visiting from abroad and the larger expatriate community in Egypt. It also offers to advanced students other related subjects such as Arabic literature, history, political science, Islamic studies, oriental music, calligraphy, and women's studies.

Highlights: The summer intensive Arabic program is divided into two sessions: mid June and end of July each summer. Each session offers 140 contact class hours (i.e 17 hours of language instruction and 3 hours of cultural activities every week) over a period of seven weeks. You may combine both sessions in an intensive summer course of 13 to 14 weeks, by indicating this in your application form. Students need to check with HIAS registration office for the exact dates each year. The deadline for applications for the summer course is April 30 every year. The summer intensive course includes 10 hours of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), as well as, four hours of Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (ECA).

Key-note lectures on different cultural areas are regular weekly events to the summer intensive program. There are also several Cairo tours where students are accompanied by an Arabic tour guide every two weeks during the summer course. Several other cultural activities are regularly announced to the students during the summer program so that those who have the time can go and further enhance their cultural experience.

Proficient students in a language should be modeling their counterpart in the target language. Therefore, they should be able to use both MSA and ECA in the right places, times and in the right situations.
Tailored courses with different designed curriculum are possible for groups of three or more if enough notice time is given. Please check for this point with HIAS administration.

Cost in US$: 2,500/7 week program; 4,450/14 week program

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Egypt Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Hedayet Institute's Mission Statement: At Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies, we have made Arab-West cultural understanding our mission. We believe that learning the Arabic language in its cultural context is a crucial element in building a bridge of understanding and appreciation between the East and the West cultures. We also believe that one of the best tools to learn a language effectively is total language immersion. Living the language in its Arabic cultural ambiance through proficiency-based material and teaching methods used by experienced instructors is the learner's fastest way of acquiring the functional skills of Arabic. Striving to make international students feel at home in this very Arab atmosphere and community, is our way to reaching our goal.

Year Founded: 1994