AMIDEAST is strongly committed to providing students of Arabic with the highest quality programs that are challenging, rigorous, and consistent. AMIDEAST Education Abroad Programs in the Arab World has designed its own Arabic Language and Culture Curriculum, based on the most up-to-date approaches to language teaching. This approach to Arabic language instruction is:

• Functional
• Communicative
• Proficiency-based
• Culturally rich

To implement its Arabic Language and Culture Curriculum, AMIDEAST has created a system that focuses on:

• Selection of the best possible teachers
• Development of clear guidelines for each course at each level in the curriculum
• Creation of new materials (where necessary) to effectively integrate the cultural component into the Spoken Arabic courses at each program site
• Observation and feedback to the teachers on an ongoing basis throughout the semester by AMIDEAST’s Arabic Studies Consultant
• Continuous needs assessment and in-service training for the teachers to assist them in delivering AMIDEAST’s Arabic Language and Culture Curriculum

Each AMIDEAST Education Abroad Program includes the following Arabic courses in its curriculum:

Arabic 101 – Modern Standard Arabic I
Arabic 102 – Modern Standard Arabic II
Arabic 201 – Modern Standard Arabic III
Arabic 202 – Modern Standard Arabic IV
Arabic 301 – Modern Standard Arabic V
Arabic 302 – Modern Standard Arabic VI
Arabic 401 – Studies in Arabic Language and Culture

Arabic 1X1 – Spoken Arabic I
Arabic 2X1 – Spoken Arabic II
Arabic 3X1 – Spoken Arabic III