Jordanian Dialect (LEV/LANG/ Dialect)

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If you want to study Arabic with an emphasis on Jordanian dialect (‘Amiya), then this is the right program for you. Over the course of 10 weeks of intensive language study, Levant will teach you how to get around and communicate effectively in ‘Amiya about topics central to life in Jordan.

Based on a placement test, we design a curriculum appropriate for your language level and learning goals. Driven by our philosophy of helping students sharpen their communicative skills and functional linguistic competencies, we encourage learners to activate the vocabulary, basic structures, and common expressions of formal and informal Arabic that they already know and will acquire in an environment of constant practice. In this way, students learn to advance their Arabic skills through the consistent creation of linguistic outputs, a process that simultaneously acquaints them with the diglossic nature of the language.

Consisting of 25 50-minute lessons, the course follows a student-centered approach that emphasizes building communicative competencies through completing assignments that include interacting with native Arabic speakers both in and out of the classroom. To prepare students to interact with Jordanians in everyday contexts and engage with Arab culture, classes also include text and multimedia clips featuring native speakers discussing topics relevant to contemporary debates in Jordanian and Arab societies. Students thus practice interactive functional skills like listening comprehension and conversational strategies, learn to communicate effectively about progressively complex ranges of topics, and integrate the Jordanian dialect into their pre-existing knowledge of Modern Standard Arabic. In doing so, they develop three interconnected competencies: knowledge of language, ability to communicate, and understanding of culture.