Written by Mathu Jennings (Kalamazoo College), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan: Internship, Fall 2019 Simply put, CET’s language partner and roommate system is an integral part of the whole experience. Besides all other factors, these two people CET requires will help you with your Arabic and your cultural fluency. Though you have to spend three hours a week […]
Life with a Language Pledge
Written by Corie Maguigad (American University), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan: Intensive Language, Fall 2019 The reason I picked CET Jordan was because of the intense focus on language acquisition. I knew that the best thing for me on my language-learning journey would be to do life in Arabic for 15 weeks and take 16 credits of Arabic. […]
Sounds of Amman
Written by Corie Maguigad (American University), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan: Intensive Language, Fall 2019 Though I’ve only been in Amman for a couple of weeks, I am starting to feel like I know this city. I know my way around Jubeiha (the neighborhood near the university). I know the routes from my apartment to […]
Photo Essay: CET Jordan
Photos by Jiamin Li (Tufts University), Student Correspondent CET Jordan Intensive Language, Summer 2019 *** Cover photo caption: A starry night in Wadi Rum on a CET-sponsored weekend trip to the Dead Sea, Petra, and Wadi Rum.
How to See Petra Without the FOMO
Written by Anna Horton (University of Michigan), Student Correspondent CET Jordan Summer 2019 Petra is best seen at around 8:00 am, well before the onslaught of tourists arrives with their tripods and hunger for souvenirs from the ramshackle shops lining the winding climb to the Monastery. It’s advisable to climb a trail adjacent to the […]
Photo Essay: CET Jordan
Photos by Rowan Kimball (Univeristy of Minnesota- Twin Cities) Student Correspondent CET Jordan Internship Summer 2019