Arabic High School Program

Host Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Website: https://linguistics.illinois.edu/languages/summer-institutes/arabic-high-school-program

Dates: 15-Jun-2025 - 28-Jun-2025
Location: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA

Minimum Education Level: High School

Focus: The Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World offers an introductory course in Modern Standard Arabic for high school students with limited or no prior knowledge of the language. The purpose of this Summer Arabic language Program is to familiarize students with Arabic writing and sound systems and to enable them to develop basic proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Participating high school students will take intensive beginning Arabic classes with University of Illinois students. Pre-College program staff, which includes University Faculty, Program Coordinators, and Resident Assistants, will directly supervise the high school students and provide academic support.

The program’s goal is to create a rich learning environment and simulate immersion by making the target language the primary medium of instruction and daily activities. Students will have four hours of daily classroom instruction where they will practice and produce the alphabet and the sound system, and begin to develop vocabulary. They will learn simple grammatical structures and gradually listen to authentic and instructional materials that come with the textbook.

Description:

During these 2 weeks, students will learn foundational reading, writing, and speaking skills in the Arabic language through four hours of daily classroom instruction followed by co-curricular activities, including conversation tables, research forum, film series, cooking classes, calligraphy, Henna Tattoo, field trips, and more. During the program, participants will meet college students, and local Arabic community members, and live in a residence hall located on the UIUC campus with Arabic-speaking support staff. All of these aspects of the program will contribute to their knowledge of Arabic and familiarity with the culture of the Arab world.

Students will earn 2 college credits as well as a sense of what to expect after graduating high school.

Linguistic Field(s): Not Applicable

Subject Language(s): Arabic (ara)

Registration Open until 30-Mar-2025

Email: [email protected]

Apply by Email: [email protected]
Apply on the web: https://linguistics.illinois.edu/languages/summer-institutes/arabic-high-school-program/applying-and-attending

Registration Instructions:
Deadline: March 30, 2025 by 11:59 pm CST
We offer early admission to applicants who submit all of the materials below by 11:59 PM Central Time, March 9th, 2025. Applicants applying with early admission will have a better chance at receiving the maximum scholarship award.

A complete application includes: online application, a $25 application fee payment, High School transcripts, a teacher recommendation form, and Scholarship/financial aid application form.

More info here: https://linguistics.illinois.edu/languages/summer-institutes/arabic-high-school-program/applying-and-attending