APIP 2009 Is under way! Classes have started, and we are pleased to welcome our students from across the United States and overseas. We are looking forward to a challenging, yet fun summer here in Madison. Please visit our website often to see what happens each summer at the Arabic and Persian Immersion Program.
Please click here to read about Fatemeh Mirsharifi, one of our excellent Persian teachers, and her appearance on Madison's Channel 27 News.
For 2009, the Arabic and Persian Immersion Program (APIP) has moved to Madison. Preliminary course information, a calendar of events, and other information is available through the links above. More details are being added to this site all the time. Please check back here often, or send an email to Quinn Fullenkamp, Coordinator of the APIP program, at apip@global.wisc.edu for more information.
Applications for the 2009 program are no longer being accepted. If you would like to be notified when information on the 2010 program is available, please contact Quinn Fullenkamp.
There is an application fee of $25.00, which you can pay through the above "Registration and Payments" link. Applications received after April 30, 2009, will incur a $100.00 fee. (Additional registration and fee information is available through the link above.) No applications will be accepted after May 31, 2009. Spaces in each level are limited, so apply soon.
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PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY
Operating under the principle that language learning occurs best
when instruction emphasizes full immersion,
UW-Madison's Arabic and Persian Immersion Program employs
a communicative approach that entails
student-centered, performance-based, and context-oriented language teaching.
To meet the program goals of integrating reading, writing, listening, and speaking
with communication strategies and cultural skills,
instructors and students sign a contract
agreeing to use the target language exclusively within and outside the classroom.
At the end of each level of instruction, students will demonstrate
a) greater facility of communication;
b) broader understanding of how to engage in the historical and socio-cultural contexts
in which the target language is used; and
c) expanded individual capabilities in learning how to adapt language skills for life-long learning.
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An APIP 2009 flyer suitable for printing and posting (pdf format; 11" x 17") is available here for download.
