Gap at CET Jordan: Intensive Arabic Language

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Location

Jordan
- Amman

Length

4 - 26 weeks

Program Tags

Need-based funding, Merit-based funding, General grants/scholarships, Payment plans, LGBTQIA+ funding, BIPOC funding

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Program Details

Activities

City Exploring Sightseeing

Timeframe

Fall Spring Summer

Housing

Apartment

Primary Language

Arabic

Age Min.

Age Max

Pricing

Starting Price

7590

What's Included

Accommodation Activities Visa

What's Included (Extra)

Housing in a fully-furnished apartment about a 10-minute walk from campus.

What's Not Included

Airfare Meals

Last Updated: Dec 09, 2024

Last Reviewed: Dec 03, 2022

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About Program

Why not spend your gap year building critical language skills in the Middle East? Gap at CET Jordan is an Arabic intensive language program for students who have graduated high school. The program runs for Spring, Summer, and Fall terms. You'll take intensive language classes, live with a local Jordanian roommate, and have weekly meetings with a language partner.

All that practice prepares you to take an official Oral Proficiency Interview at the end of the term—perfect for adding to a résumé or school application. And by the time your first semester of college rolls around, you'll have the knowledge and tools to test out of foreign language requirements or continue to thrive in Arabic classes.

All students are placed into the appropriate levels of Modern Standard Arabic and Jordanian Dialect. Gap students also have weekly check-ins with on-site staff (in English) for extra support and community building.

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Diversity & Inclusion 💙

BIPOC Support

CET believes in making study abroad accessible to students of all races, religions, origins, abilities, gender identities, and sexual orientations. We’ve gathered experiences from BIPOC students to share as resources such as the Identity Abroad pages, Perspective Pieces, and Identity Abroad Support Networks. We are also dedicated to becoming a more anti-racist organization by transforming our workplace, programs, and industry with our Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (JEDI) Action Plan.

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LGBTQIA+ Support

CET supports and welcomes students of all identities on our programs. We provide program-specific information under the cultural climate section of our Identity Abroad webpages for LGBTQ individuals in each of our program locations.

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Neurodivergent Support

CET makes every effort to offer accommodations comparable to that of the students’ home institution. Disclosing early helps us to make proper preparations. The accommodations offered at each program can be found on each program location's Identity Abroad page. These pages can provide a good idea about what classes are like in terms of workload and class time. Initiating one-on-one conversations with Student Service Coordinators can also help inform students' decisions and determine if a program will be a good fit.

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Accessibility Support

CET makes every effort to offer accommodations comparable to that of the students’ home institution. The levels of accessibility, from wheelchair accessibility to extra time on exams, are under each program location’s Identity Abroad page. Initiating one-on-one conversations with Student Service Coordinators can help inform students' decisions and determine if a program will be a good fit.

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Impact 🌎

Sustainability

CET is an environmentally conscientious organization at our headquarters in DC and programs all around the world. In each of our centers, we adopt local measures to reduce our carbon footprint and contribute to sustainable practices. As part of our ongoing efforts towards sustainability, we’ve partnered with Cool Effect, a nonprofit focused on reducing carbon emissions through scientifically-proven, hand-selected carbon projects worldwide. For each trip taken by one of our staff members, travelers, or students, we donate to support three carbon projects chosen by staff volunteers every year.

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Ethical Impact

When we set up a program overseas, we become a part of that local community. And as a community member, we are responsible for contributing to local initiatives in meaningful ways. Our website lists some local philanthropic organizations that help us fulfill this responsibility—they host our students, and we support their missions.

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Program Highlights

Travel out of Amman with CET staff, teachers, language partners, and fellow students to see Wadi Rum, swim in the Dead Sea, and explore Petra
Share an apartment with local roommates and other CET gap and college students
Weekly meetings in English with the Resident Director and other gap students to unpack your experiences
Official Oral Proficiency Interview
Optional college credit from University of Minnesota

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About CET Academic Programs

CET Academic Programs is a study abroad organization that has been developing and delivering innovative educational programs abroad since 1982. Originally “China Educational Tours,” CET began operations in Beijing, and today offers a varied portfolio of semester, summer, and short-term customized programs for college, high school, pre-college, and...