2012 Language Institute: Tunis, Tunisia

 

Note: Information below refers only to the 2012 CLS Institutes and is subject to change. CLS 2013 partners and sites will be announced in the Spring.

Institute at a Glance: Tunis, Tunisia

Language
Beginning
Advanced Beginning
Intermediate
Advanced
Arabic

Program Dates

Hosting Institution
May 28 – July 30, 2012 Centre d'Etudes Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT)

  • 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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Alumni Ambassadors

Student Activities

In 2011, several students traveled to downtown Tunis to attend a special poetry reading by acclaimed Palestinian poet and political scientistTamim Al-Barghouti. The conference hall was completely filled, and students were treated to vibrant readings of Al-Barghouti’s work, including poems in MSA Arabic, Egyptian dialect, and Palestinian dialect.

Alumni Highlights

Gabriella Sanchez, (Tunisia '08) is currently wrapping up her post-graduate Fulbright year in Israel, where she conducted research on human smuggling organizations at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. This fall, she will join Wellesley College's faculty as a visiting professor, where she will also be developing her research on Global Migrations, Organized Crime and Human Right Protections.