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General information
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ALIF offers intensive Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and
Colloquial Moroccan Arabic (CMA) courses throughout the year. To ensure that every student
gets individual attention, all ALIF courses are kept small, generally no more than
eight students per class. Most courses consist of six-week sessions (120 hours of classroom instruction given four hours per day). Special content-based courses are three weeks in length (four hours of instruction per day). Private or specialized lessons can also be arranged. Students may enroll for the first three weeks of any six-week course, but must indicate this clearly on their application forms. The language of instruction is Arabic in all but the most elementary courses, where the use of English is kept to a minimum. The core textbooks for regular six-week MSA courses are Alif Baa & Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya, Volumes I, II and III (Georgetown University Press). All course materials for CMA are ALIF publications. Enrollment & Placement: Students are requested to indicate their preferred course and level on their application. The Arabic language coordinator may adjust placement according to the student's Arabic background. The language coordinator may also conduct an oral interview for placement purposes upon arrival. Click the to see course descriptions for Modern Standard Arabic or Colloquial Moroccan Arabic. Private/specialized lessons Any student studying either CMA or MSA outside the framework of the scheduled ALIF courses is considered a private student and may study between two and thirty hours/week. Private students may select from regular ALIF course offerings or request a tailor-made tutorial in a specialized field, such as Arabic Poetry, Advanced Grammar, Islamic Law, Commerce, etc. Advanced students or researchers may request to read specific texts with a private teacher. Private courses are available throughout the year but depend on teacher availability, so it is important for students to submit requests for private study as early as possible. The Arabic Language Institute in Fez, B.P. 2136, Fez 30000,
Morocco Last updated 04/13/06 |
