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Home Programs Accommodations Contact Osgood Board Osgood Students Mission About the Osgoods Donations	Arabic Course 4-week Intensive Arabic courses on Introductory/Intermediate levels July 7- August 1, 2008 Course description Learn Arabic as intensively as in 4 weeks, 5 days a week, 4 hours a day! This course is an introduction to Arabic, designed for students with no knowledge of the language. Students will learn how to speak, read and write in Modern Classical Arabic. We will start with the alphabet and move gradually to learn various language skills. We will place emphasis on developing speaking and listening skills through intensive drills, exposure to basic structural patterns, and functional vocabulary. In-classroom oral drills will be conducted to help memorize the covered material. In addition, the class will be conducted in Arabic, to the extent possible. The course will also introduce cultural components in the Middle East and North Africa. Areas Covered Arabic alphabet Different forms of greetings Names Arabic countries Numbers Vocabulary for daily use: Time, days, months, seasons, places, directions, colours, different types of clothes, family, objects inside the house/office, nouns and adjectives) Prepositions Verbs (commonly used) Grammar: Present tense Grammar: Past tense Forming sentences (in the market, asking for directions, etc.) Practice reading and writing Speaking activities Cultures in the Middle East and North Africa Course Syllabus Suggested Textbooks Alif-Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds by Mohamoud Al-Batal,Kristen Brustad Georgetown University Press Al-Kitaab for Ta’allum al-arabiyya by Sounds by Mohamoud Al-Batal,Kristen Brustad Georgetown University Press The Concise Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage (Dictionary) See a Power Point slideshow of Yasmine Hasnaoui’s class at Austin College Costs Housing Fee (optional) $1,600 Program Fee $2,000 Total Cost: $3,600 POLICIES REGARDING FEES: Program fee - May 1, 2008 (not refundable after the due date) Housing fee (optional) - May 1, 2008 (not refundable after the due date) Application Guidelines The application forms must be submitted by the COB on May 1, 2008. Please contact us for consideration of late enrollment in the course. You may email the application form as an attachment to gmanukyan@osgoodcenter.org or mail it to: Osgood Center for International Studies 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20036 Yasmine Hasnaoui Arabic Instructor hasnaouielyasmine@yahoo.fr Yasmine Hasnaoui holds a BA in English Literature and a Teaching certificate from Cambridge University. In 2004 she was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to teach Introductory /Intermediate Arabic and Arabic civilization at Austin College in Texas. In addition to teaching English, she is presently pursuing an MA in Communication. Questions? If you have questions regarding the Osgood Center’s Intensive Arabic Courses in Washington, DC, please contact: gmanukyan@osgoodcenter.org or 202.663.5872
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