June 3 – June 28, 2024
10 AM – 2:30 PM
In person at Alif Institute:
3288 Marjan Drive, Atlanta GA 30340
- Dates: June 3 – 28, 2024 from 10 AM – 2:30 PM
- Four weeks in Atlanta, GA, based at Alif Institute.
- Program orientation and placement test (if applicable) on Friday, May 31.
- 60 hours of language instruction
- 20 hours of cultural activities
- 80 hours total contact hours
- Classes and cultural programs will be held Monday through Friday from 10 AM- 2:30 PM with a 30 minute lunch break.
- Tuition: $1,300 (one payment) or two payments of $700. Scholarships are available:
- High school student may apply for the QFI summer scholars program. The deadline to apply is April 15. If you are a member of the Arabic Honor Society, you can also apply for scholarships through your club.
- College students may apply for FLAS scholarship.
- Instruction includes:
- Language instruction
- Critical intercultural communication
- Conversational partners
- Cultural immersion
- Please note: To receive academic credit, please have your home institution contact us prior to enrolling in the program to author an MOU by sending an email to info@alifinstitute.org or calling 770-936-8770.
Program Details
Are you a high school or college student, professional, or language lover who would like to quickly increase your Arabic language and cultural skills? This program is for you! Alif is offering an intensive, in-person domestic program that will allow you to study Arabic language as you immerse yourself in the culture.
This four-week program will give you an in person, intensive language and cultural experience in your backyard:
- You will learn Integrated Levantine Arabic inspired by the Arabic as One Language Cornell University integrated Arabic model in tandem with Alif’s critical intercultural communication curriculum.
- We offer several levels of Arabic language proficiency, from Beginner to Advanced Intermediate:
- Students with prior Arabic language knowledge will take a placement test to accurately assess their level.
- You will practice speaking Arabic online with refugees via Natakallam as well as Atlanta’s native Arabic-speaking community; engage in hands-on Arabic culinary, music, and dance workshops.
- Upon completing the course, beginning students will have the option to demonstrate their linguistic proficiency at the novice/intermediate level by completing a standardized test by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI).
- Students will demonstrate critical cultural awareness measured by quantitative and qualitative means.
- Transfer of credit may be arranged with your home institution.
- For more information, please email arabic@alifinstitute.org.