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 The American Language Center of Marrakesh, Morocco has opened a year-round
 Arabic Language Program in the historic city of Marrakesh. A very
 interesting feature of this institute is their aim and methods include the
 concepts that Arabic is not only a language but a key to a worldview, and a
 school should be a place of opening perspectives and dialog. The program is
 grammar centered and multi-moduled allowing maximum flexibility for the
 varied needs of language learners. The reading of Islamic texts and basic
 conversational and writing skills are integral aspects of the program,
 classes are also easily moulded to fit individual or group needs. The
 program also offers a complete ongoing cultural program as well as
 homestays with Moroccan families and oppurtunities to meet with Moroccan
 students on a social basis so that the learning experience goes beyond that
 of the classroom. For more information visit their website.

 The intensive courses in Modern Standard Arabic program are grammar
 centered and multi-moduled allowing maximum flexibility for the varied
 needs of language learners. The reading of Islamic texts and basic
 conversational and writing skills are integral aspects of the program,
 classes are also easily moulded to fit individual or group needs. The
 program also offers a complete ongoing cultural program as well as
 homestays with Moroccan families and oppurtunities to meet with Moroccan
 students on a social basis so that the learning experience goes beyond that
 of the classroom.  For more information check out the ASMM web site at
 http://www.cybernet.net.ma/alcmarr

 In addition, the historic city of Marrakesh host many scholars who are
 willing to share their time with students of the traditional sciences.

 This program, Arabic Studies in Marrakesh, Morocco (ASMM), offers a core
 course of eight levels, ranging from zero beginner to fluency. Each
 level---80 hours of instruction---can be completed in a period of roughly
 four weeks. In addition to the four hours of class work every week day,
 ASMM students may enrich their understanding of the language and culture
 around them through a program of cultural presentations shared with
 Moroccan students. ASMM also offers private courses for individuals and
 groups with more specific needs.

 Program Overview
 ----------------

 ASMM offers the student of Modern Standard Arabic an intensive, year-long,
 multi-module Arabic program. The course is founded upon the principle that
 language acquisition is not simply the sum total of a set number of contact
 hours using a given textbook, but rather an integrated process based on
 balanced interaction between mutually complementary linguistic skills, and
 variety in instructors and teaching materials, within which the student
 retains a degree of choice regarding his or her needs and fields of interest.

 Thanks to its setting at the historic crossroads of Marrakesh, Morocco, the
 program not only gives a student access to the linguistic, but also
 cultural and intellectual aspects of the Arabic-speaking world as we know
 it today.

 Each 80 hour/4-week course is based on three integrated modules:

 Core Grammar Structures (10 hrs/wk)
 Reading Texts (4 hrs/wk)
 Conversational and Written Skills (6 hrs/wk)

 These modules form the framework of each course and vary according to the
 level of proficiency. Moreover, the student, in consultation with the
 language coordinator, may choose to work exclusively within one or more
 modules (a minimum of 10 hours total is required), or to work at one level
 in Grammar and another in Reading or Conversational Skills. The student is
 thus not limited within one domain of his or her linguistic expertise.

 For precise dates of courses and their modules, please see the 1999
 calendar at: http://www.cybernet.net.ma/alcmarr/ACALENDAR98.htm

 Course Descriptions
 -------------------

 MSA Bl*: Arabic script; fluency in reading; pronouns; nominal sentence; the
 construct; introductions and greetings.

 MSA B2: (Arabic for beginners with a knowledge of script): review of
 nominal sentence and construct; attached pronouns; demonstratives; the past
 tense (including hollow and weak forms).

 MSA B3: active and passive participles; verbal nouns; the Five Nouns; the
 present tense with sound and hollow verbs.

 MSA Int. 1 Lower Intermediate Arabic: general review of beginning cycle;
 present tense of weak verbs; the optative with wadda; the jussive;
 subjunctive structures.

 MSA Int. 2 Intermediate Arabic: passive voice (perfect and imperfect);
 conditional sentences; the energetic mood; derived forms VII, VIII.

 MSA Int. 3 Upper Intermediate Arabic: diminutive; cardinal numbers 11 ^Ö 19;
 derived forms II, III, & V; hollow and weak forms.

 MSA Adv. 1 Advanced Arabic: the construct of qualification; the use of mâ;
 auxiliary verbs; forms III, IV, & X; advanced structure usage focusing on
 vocalization.

 MSA Adv. 2 Advanced Arabic: adjectives and verbs of color and
 characteristics; nouns of place, instance and manner; other uses of the
 perfect; quadrilateral and reduplicative verbs; higher numbers.

 Proficiency in MSA: by prior agreement

 NOTE: All of the above levels assume a constant practical recycling of
 skills acquired in former levels.

 Course Modules & Material
 -------------------------

 Reading, writing and conversation modules vary in difficulty and content
 according to the language level and interest of students.

 Textual material used in the ASMM program is a mixture of traditional and
 modern approaches to learning Arabic. Selected titles include: al-Nahwu
 al-Wâdih, al-Kitâb al-Asâsî, Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic,
 Isesco^Òs Learn Arabic, and al-Kitâb. Reading material ranges from
 traditional Arabic tales and original Islamic texts to modern fiction and
 current writing drawn from newspapers, journals and the Internet.

 Other Courses
 -------------

 Courses in both Colloquial Moroccan Arabic and Tashilhayt (Berber) are
 available depending upon demand. Arrangements for these classed must be
 made well in advance.

 Extra-Curricular Activities
 ---------------------------

 In addition to attending classes, ASMM students are invited to participate
 in a variety of extra-curricular activities arranged by the ALC. These
 include:

 Live performances of traditional Moroccan music, accompanied by
 explanations in English Lectures in English and Arabic on various aspects
 of Moroccan and Arabic tradition.

 Guided tours of historic sites in and around Marrakesh

 Day trips and picnics in the valleys of the Atlas Mountains for walks, and
 relaxation.

 Spring 1999! Marrakesh Festival of Popular Arts (traditional music and
 dance from all regions of Morocco): June 11 - 20, 1999.

 Housing
 -------

 ASMM presently offers several housing options to its students.

 Residences: These are small apartments for up to 3 students. Each contains
 its own small kitchen, utensils, and bathroom with shower. Residence les
 Palmiers, for example, an easy 3-minute walk from the Center, boasts a
 comfortable shady garden surrounded by rooms with individual fireplaces.

 Homestays: For single students, the chance to live with a Moroccan family
 provides a unique living and learning experience. Homestays include meals
 and are available on a fixed rate basis and in a variety of settings and
 levels of comfort.

 Hotels: There are several moderately-priced hotels within walking distance
 of the Center.

 Other housing arrangements such as apartments which can be shared by
 several students can be arranged upon request.

 For Application & Fees for 1999, please go to:
 http://www.cybernet.net.ma/alcmarr/ApplicAsm.htm

 Arabic Studies In Marrakesh, Morocco (ASMM)
 c/o American Language Center
 3, Impasse du Moulin
 Guéliz, Marrakesh Morocco 40000
 Tel: (212) 443-7765 Fax: (212) 443- 0724
 e-mail: asmm@cybernet.net.ma