Location: Muscat, Oman
Dates: June 10- July 21, 2011
Courses included: Intermediate Arabic (two years of university Arabic or the equivalent)
Schedule: Four hours daily, five days a week (three hours of classroom instruction and one hour in conversation with a peer facilitator)
Faculty: Native Omani Arabic speakers, with formal AFL training and experience teaching foreign university students and other international audiences
Housing: Homestay (includes breakfast and dinner daily)
To Apply Contact: Gary Braglia, gary.braglia@qc.cuny.edu
Program Costs
Cost: $3946
Housing, Arabic Language program, Airport pick-up from Muscat International Airport, Renewable visa, lunch during the week (Omani, Turkish, Pakistani, and Lebanese food), Cultural events (lectures and films) and Transportation between homestay and World Learning Oman Center
Travel insurance: $40
Additional costs, not included in above cost:
Airfare to/from Muscat
Arrival visa (20 OMR) at Muscat Airport
Textbook: Al Kitaab fii Taalum Al-Arabiya II (available for purchase)
Weekend excursions to interior villages and wadis (optional)
Application Deadline May 29, 2011
Programs are open to all undergraduate students from all CUNY campuses (unless restricted by level of study, language fluency, or other program criteria). Travel on Fridays and some Saturdays for some programs.
Education Abroad Office
Kiely Hall, Room 183
Queens College, CUNY
Flushing, New York 11367-1597
718-997-5521
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