مرحباً

أهلاً ومرحباً بكم في موقع الدراسات العربية بجامعة مونتانا. لقد بدأت جامعة مونتانا في تدريس اللغة والثقافات العربية قبل أكثر من عقد من الزمن، حيث شهدت ـ ومازالت تشهد - الجامعة ازديادًا ملموسًا لتعلُّم اللغة العربية وثقافات شعوبها.

حالياً، يقدم برنامج اللغة العربية ثلاثة مستويات في اللغة العربية إلى جانب مواد عن تاريخ الدول العربية، وسياساتها, وثقافاتها، وما إلى ذلك من مواضيع يتم تدريسها باللغة الإنجليزية.

 

 

Welcome

Welcome to our Arabic Studies websites at The University of Monanta. The University of Montana has been offering courses in Arabic for more than a decade. Six Arabic language courses are currently offered: ARAB 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, and 302. ARAB 101 and 102 each have two sections. Three culture courses are offered: ARAB 391 [course number will change to ARAB 305 starting autumn 2012] (The Arab World), ARAB 307 (Model Arab League: Delegates) and ARAB 317 (Model Arab League: Staff). ARAB 392 (Independent Study) has attracted students who finish three years of Arabic to focus on language and culture topics of their own interests. Interest and enrollment in Arabic studies is always on the rise.


Highlights

  • Professor Samir Bitar has been contacted by the Middle East Studies Institute, at the Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) to publish his article on Palestinian diaspora at the Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in Asia (JMEISA). A link to the article will available after publication.
  • New ARAB courses will be offered starting from the academic year 2011-2012. [link]
  • A proposal for a "Minor in Arabic Studies" has been submitted early in the autumn 2011 semester. It is expected that the minor will be in place in autumn 2012. More information on the requirements will available in the spring semester.

Who Speaks Arabic?

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Source: Encyclopedia Britannica, 2011

Arabic is a southwest Semitic language that is spoken by approximately 280 million speakers around the world. It is spoken as the first language in all the countries of the Arabian Peninsula (i.e., Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine/Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen) as well as in the Arab countries of Africa (i.e., Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan and Tunisia). These countries are collectively referred to as the Arab world. Arabic is also used as a liturgical language in some countries of Asia (e.g., Iran, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) and Africa (e.g., Chad and Nigeria).

So, open your windows to the world and speak Arabic!