Abdul Razak
04-02-2008, 06:31 PM
:salam:
I just heard about Zaytuna's new summer Arabic intensive program for anyone who is interested. I checked out the website for the program, and the cost is $4500-$4900, which includes tuition for core Arabic courses, textbooks, and housing for the duration of the summer program. Obviously it isn't cheap, but I'm extremely confident that the program will be excellent and extremely beneficial for anyone who can afford it. The e-mail a friend sent about the program is below.
Zaytuna Institute is holding an 8-week Arabic Intensive this summer (June 23, 2008 to August 15, 2008), on site at the University of California, Berkeley. The dedicated website can be here: http://www.arabicintensive.org/
Basic information below:
ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
The Zaytuna Summer Arabic Intensive provides introductory- and intermediate-level students with a rigorous, complete-immersion language experience in an Arabic-only environment, integrating the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills at an accelerated pace. By the end of the program, which is based on a communicative approach to studying Arabic, introductory students who have successfully completed all requirements will be qualified to enroll in a second-year university Arabic course. Intermediate students who have completed all requirements will be qualified to take advanced-level courses.
The Zaytuna Summer Arabic Intensive is designed to meet the objectives of ten-unit summer intensives offered at various American universities. As one of the few academic-centered Arabic intensives offered by a Muslim seminary in North America, the program also offers students optional instruction in Qur’anic recitation (tajweed) and memorization (hifz). Additional features include convenient and secure housing within walking distance to classes and an exclusive guest lecture series by established scholars of Arabic and Islamic studies.
Basing their program on the “Complete Immersion Experience”, students will be living in the Westminster House in Berkeley, where they have the option of completely immersing themselves in a Arabic-only environment or a partial Arabic environment (Elementary Arabic level).
FACULTY:
The heart of the Zaytuna Summer Arabic Intensive program is our teachers. Our instructors hail from diverse geographic, cultural, and professional backgrounds, but all share a first-rate grounding in the Arabic language and a devotion to the traditional Islamic sciences. Zaytuna is pleased to introduce the following team of experienced full-time Arabic instructors and esteemed visiting scholars.
• Abdullah Ali
• Dawood Yasin
• Usama Canon
• Khalil Moore
• Nethal Abdul-Mu’min
• Qari Amar Bellaha
Read their bios here: http://arabicintensive.org/faculty.html
There will be some enrichment lectures conducted by:
• Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, “Secrets of Arabic Vocabulary Acquisition”
• Imam Zaid Shakir, “The Role of Arabic in the Islamic Sciences”
• Dr. Hatem Bazian, “The Arabic Roots of Al-Quds (Jerusalem)”
• Ustadha Intisar Rabb, “Authenticating Qur’anic Texts and Variant Readings”
• Dr. Sulayman Nyang, “The Impact of Arabic in Africa”
• Dr. Khalid Blankinship
• Dr. Kenneth Honerkamp
Bios here: http://arabicintensive.org/lectures.html
I just heard about Zaytuna's new summer Arabic intensive program for anyone who is interested. I checked out the website for the program, and the cost is $4500-$4900, which includes tuition for core Arabic courses, textbooks, and housing for the duration of the summer program. Obviously it isn't cheap, but I'm extremely confident that the program will be excellent and extremely beneficial for anyone who can afford it. The e-mail a friend sent about the program is below.
Zaytuna Institute is holding an 8-week Arabic Intensive this summer (June 23, 2008 to August 15, 2008), on site at the University of California, Berkeley. The dedicated website can be here: http://www.arabicintensive.org/
Basic information below:
ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
The Zaytuna Summer Arabic Intensive provides introductory- and intermediate-level students with a rigorous, complete-immersion language experience in an Arabic-only environment, integrating the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills at an accelerated pace. By the end of the program, which is based on a communicative approach to studying Arabic, introductory students who have successfully completed all requirements will be qualified to enroll in a second-year university Arabic course. Intermediate students who have completed all requirements will be qualified to take advanced-level courses.
The Zaytuna Summer Arabic Intensive is designed to meet the objectives of ten-unit summer intensives offered at various American universities. As one of the few academic-centered Arabic intensives offered by a Muslim seminary in North America, the program also offers students optional instruction in Qur’anic recitation (tajweed) and memorization (hifz). Additional features include convenient and secure housing within walking distance to classes and an exclusive guest lecture series by established scholars of Arabic and Islamic studies.
Basing their program on the “Complete Immersion Experience”, students will be living in the Westminster House in Berkeley, where they have the option of completely immersing themselves in a Arabic-only environment or a partial Arabic environment (Elementary Arabic level).
FACULTY:
The heart of the Zaytuna Summer Arabic Intensive program is our teachers. Our instructors hail from diverse geographic, cultural, and professional backgrounds, but all share a first-rate grounding in the Arabic language and a devotion to the traditional Islamic sciences. Zaytuna is pleased to introduce the following team of experienced full-time Arabic instructors and esteemed visiting scholars.
• Abdullah Ali
• Dawood Yasin
• Usama Canon
• Khalil Moore
• Nethal Abdul-Mu’min
• Qari Amar Bellaha
Read their bios here: http://arabicintensive.org/faculty.html
There will be some enrichment lectures conducted by:
• Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, “Secrets of Arabic Vocabulary Acquisition”
• Imam Zaid Shakir, “The Role of Arabic in the Islamic Sciences”
• Dr. Hatem Bazian, “The Arabic Roots of Al-Quds (Jerusalem)”
• Ustadha Intisar Rabb, “Authenticating Qur’anic Texts and Variant Readings”
• Dr. Sulayman Nyang, “The Impact of Arabic in Africa”
• Dr. Khalid Blankinship
• Dr. Kenneth Honerkamp
Bios here: http://arabicintensive.org/lectures.html