2013 Language Institute: Meknes, Morocco

 

Note: Information below refers to the 2013 CLS Institutes and is subject to change.

Institute at a Glance: Meknes, Morocco

Language
Beginning
Advanced Beginning
Intermediate
Advanced
Arabic

Program Dates

Hosting Institution
June 16 – August 14, 2013 Arab American Language Institute in Morocco

  • Advanced Beginning: Minimum requirement: completion of one year of college-level Arabic, or its equivalent, prior to the start of the program. Students should arrive in country comfortable with the Arabic script and sounds, basic vocabulary, and basic grammar (such as the jumla ismiyya, jumla fa’aliyya, idhaafa, the root system etc.).
  • Intermediate: Minimum requirement: completion of two years of college-level Arabic, or its equivalent, prior to the start of the program. Students should arrive in country able to speak and write about daily activities and matters of interest as well as their subject of study or research. Students also should have a good grasp of grammar such as identifying and deploying ‘iraab.
  • Advanced: Minimum requirement: completion of three years of college-level Arabic, or its equivalent, prior to the summer program start date. Note: Students applying for the advanced level should arrive in country able to speak and write about a variety of topics beyond their immediate academic subject and have a good grasp of more complex structures of the languages. Students are expected to have begun to delve into authentic texts such as newspapers and streaming video, short stories, and political and social commentaries.
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Student Activities

Our activities at the CLS Tangier site are set up to help facilitate individual participants making connections with organizations downtown. Each week CLS participants worked alongside members of the community on projects ranging from literacy classes to cooking. One week, for example, CLS participants collaborated with the NGO Fondation Tanger al-Medina at the American Legation in order to participate in literacy classes in Arabic. Sitting alongside women learning to read and write in Arabic, the CLS participants assisted by sharing lessons in grammar and by discussing their general interests in Arabic.

Alumni Highlights

Margaret Robinson was a 2009 CLS participant in CLS Tangier, Morocco. Margaret recently completed her junior year at Williams College, where she is majoring in Physics and Arabic. Margaret writes, “this past semester, I studied abroad in Aleppo, Syria where, I found, very few people spoke English, or indeed had ever met an American. While I was there I had the opportunity to participate in a small group meeting with Ambassador Robert Ford, who spoke at length about his life as an Arabist and career diplomat. This strengthened my resolve to pursue fluency in Arabic and eventually take the Foreign Service Exam. Unfortunately, due to the upheaval in Syria, my group was evacuated before the end of our program. While I was in Syria, I served as a correspondent for Glimpse Magazine, and I am currently completing a story for them on recent Syrian events and my experience in the country.”