Middle East Institute

Individual Language Instruction

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:25:38 +0000

$55.00

The Middle East Institute offers private tutoring in Arabic, Dari, Hebrew, Pashto, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu. We pair students with highly qualified language instructors based on the specific goals and requests of the student. Tutoring can also be arranged for those learning a dialect.

On-site tutoring at MEI costs $55/hr.

Off-site tutoring starts at $65/hr and up depending on location.

A minimum purchase of 3 hours is required to start tutoring. Tutoring sessions must be a minimum of 1.5 hours.

Group Tutoring is also available.

Contact MEI's language department at 202-785-2710 or languages@mei.edu for more information and to schedule your first tutoring session today!

Cancellation Policy: Students must notify the Department of Languages (202-785-2710 or languages@mei.edu) of any cancellation 24-hours in advance not to be charged 1.5hours for a missed session. No-shows will be billed for the entire session.

URDU102

mrtynan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:49:49 +0000

Elementary Urdu II

$430.00

In Elementary Urdu II, students will learn how to read, write, and communicate on elementary topics in Urdu. Verbal forms, grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure will be covered in the course. Students will develop their verbal communication skills by engaging in dialogue.

TURK202

mrtynan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:46:07 +0000

Intermediate Turkish II

$430.00

In Intermediate Turkish II, students expand their vocabulary skills through reading, writing, and speaking. Authentic Turkish articles and essays are used which allow students to become comfortable with challenging vocabulary and complex sentence structure. Verbal communication skills are stressed through conversation on various topics introduced in the course.

Prerequisite(s):

TURK201

PERS301

mrtynan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:39:45 +0000

Advanced Persian I

$430.00

In Advanced Persian I, students will engage in reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities at the advanced level of Persian. Authentic Persian literature will be used in this course as a means of increasing the student's comfort level with reading and translating. Additionally, conversation is stressed in order to allow students to progress in their speaking proficiency.

Prerequisite(s):

PERS202

PERS132

mrtynan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:31:09 +0000

Weekend Intensive Lower Intermediate Persian I

$995.00

In Weekend Intensive Lower Intermediate Persian I, students develop proficiency in using the grammar, vocabulary, and verbal tenses learned in levels I and II. Students will also learn the past subjunctive, passive, conditional, present continuous, past perfect, and continuous past. Additionally, direction, cardinal numbers, ordinal numbers, comparisons, and compound conjunctions are covered. Conversation, composition, and translation are stressed in this course.

Prerequisite(s):

PERS131

Books and Materials:

50 Articles

PERS131

mrtynan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:17:28 +0000

Weekend Intensive Elementary Persian I

$995.00

In Weekend Intensive Elementary Persian I, students are introduced to the Persian alphabet and sound system. Students develop their vocabulary and grammar through reading, writing, listening, and speaking exercises. Greetings, numbers, pronouns, singular and plural, adverbs, and sentence structure are also covered. In addition, various verbal forms are taught including simple past, present indicative, future, imperfect, subjunctive, and imperative.

DARI101

mrtynan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:55:26 +0000

Elementary Dari I

$430.00

The objective of this course is to prepare students to understand their surroundings, communicate their needs, and carry out tasks for which a very basic knowledge of conversational Dari is necessary. To maximize effective use of time, course content will be taught interactively through creating situations and dramatizing them, group work, and engagement with authentic audio/visual sources.

TURK131

mrtynan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:34:34 +0000

Weekend Intensive Elementary Turkish

$995.00

In the Weekend Intensive Elementary Turkish students will learn to read and write Modern Turkish (the language of radio, television, and newspaper) as well as to communicate with native speakers of Turkish on elementary topics. Focus will be placed on fundamentals of Turkish phonology, simple sentence structures taught through grammar excercises, and controlled vocabulary relevant to basic communicative needs of students. Additionally, students will grow more comfortable reading, writing, and speaking Turkish, and will be able to engage with native speakers of Turkish in everyday conversation. Vocabulary will be expanded and more complex sentence and question structures will be emphasized to develop phrase variation.

ARAB132

mrtynan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:20:55 +0000

Weekend Intensive Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II

$995.00

In Weekend Intensive Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II, students will learn how to read, write, and communicate on elementary topics in Modern Standard Arabic. Various verbal forms will be covered such as the imperative, the past tense, the verbal noun, the subjunctive, and active and passive participles. Some of the topics included in the course include Arabic food and drink, the four seasons, telling time, dates, and ordinal numbers. Audio exercises are an integral component to the course which enhance the student's overall learning experience.

Prerequisite(s):

ARAB131

Books and Materials:

Al-Kitaab Part I (2011)

ARAB203

mrtynan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:11:35 +0000

Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic III

$430.00

In Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic III, students will build upon the reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills gained from the previous course. Each lesson features a text that deals with a social, historical, literary, or cultural issue, allowing students to gain reading skills alongside cultural knowledge. Additional activities are included in the lessons focusing on vocabulary, grammar, listening, speaking, and reading comprehension.

Prerequisite(s):

ARAB202

Books and Materials:

Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya with DVDs: A Textbook for Arabic, Part Two, Second Edition (Part 2)