Armenian Language Winter School
8 weeks (or 4-7 weeks), from Nov 05, 2023 to Dec 29, 2023

We extend a warm invitation to international participants to join us for our upcoming 2023 Armenian language winter school. Our Armenian summer and winter courses offer valuable classroom experience, networking opportunities, one-to-one tutoring, academic conversations, delicious cuisine, and exploration of stunning destinations. The winter school is set to run for 4-8 weeks, starting from November 5, 2023, and concluding on December 29, 2023. We highly appreciate your dedication and time invested in learning Armenian, and we assure you of an unforgettable language course experience. We strongly encourage you to apply and be part of this exciting journey. Thank you!

ASPIRANTUM - School of Languages and Cultures invites international participants to apply and participate in the Armenian language winter school to be organized from November 05 to December 29, 2023, in Yerevan, Armenia.

The testimonials of ASPIRANTUM Armenian language summer and winter school alumni are available here: https://aspirantum.com/testimonials

In 2023, a 56-day winter school will be held for those who wish to improve their written and oral modern Armenian skills and their ability to read and interpret Armenian texts from various periods. Participants can also expand their knowledge of conversational Armenian quickly and effectively.

The Armenian language winter school offers 160 hours of intensive Armenian language classes during ten teaching days (from Monday to Friday each week). Every day, the participants will receive Armenian language instruction for 4 hours. The classes start in the mornings or noon, and the schedule is the following:

09:00 (14:00) - 10:00 (15:00) - Armenian language class
10:00 (15:00) - 10:10 (15:10) - Coffee Break
10:10 (15:10) - 11:10 (16:10) - Armenian language class
11:10 (16:10) - 11:20 (16:20) - Coffee Break
11:20 (16:20) - 12:20 (17:20) - Armenian language class
12:20 (17:20) - 12:30 (17:30) - Coffee Break
12:30 (17:30) - 13:30 (18:30) - Armenian language class (fourth and final class)

The Armenian language winter classes will cover the following components every day to foster the Armenian language knowledge of participants at a rapid pace:

Grammar: Every day, the class will cover the main grammatical concepts of the modern Armenian language.
Vocabulary: During the 8-week course, it is anticipated that the participants will learn around 2000 new Armenian words from literary language and words used in everyday life.
Listening: The classes are scheduled so that participants, with the guidance of an experienced instructor, learn the Armenian language through songs and movies and watch and listen to the news and other short videos about interesting and sometimes funny topics and stories about Armenian realities.
Speaking: Every day, the Armenian language classes will push the students to exercise their speaking abilities through discussions, conversations, and interpretations of different texts and topics.
Writing: Each day, the Armenian language class participants will have assignments and homework to complete for the next day. The homework will primarily involve writing assignments, which will be assessed by the teacher and discussed in the next day’s Armenian language class.
Reading: Every day, students will read and discuss political texts, prose and poetry, conversations, and news. The corpus of texts to be read and discussed during the classes comprises different prominent Armenian authors, daily conversations, and news of the day.

Levels:

This Armenian language school is designed for participants, at least 18 years old, who want to make well-grounded progress in their knowledge of the Armenian language and deepen their understanding of Armenian grammar, colloquial speech, and literary language.

The Armenian language winter school 2023 will have 1 group of up to 6 participants. The participants must have an upper-elementary or lower-intermediate level of Armenian language knowledge before starting the classes with ASPIRANTUM. Below are the descriptions of the mentioned levels:

1. Upper elementary level (A1-A2) :
You know the alphabet and can read words and expressions sometimes with difficulties; You can write words, expressions, and sentences in Armenian; You master certain typical phrases in Armenian and know how to write them; You barely understand the everyday Armenian language.

2. Lower intermediate level (A2) :
You have a certain amount of difficulty in understanding the Armenian language except in very precise situations. You are capable of having a simple conversation in Armenian; You understand a simple written text or isolated words in Armenian; You still make a lot of mistakes in expressions, vocabulary, and grammar.

Our instructors of the Armenian language have extensive experience teaching students of mentioned levels in one group so that all students have a rapid growth in their knowledge of the Armenian language. Depending on the number of students, ASPIRANTUM Armenian language winter school may have two groups, where the students will be split according to their levels.

ASPIRANTUM’s Armenian language schools are organized so that undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, professors, and anyone interested in learning Armenian benefit from it the most. So, everyone with upper elementary, lower-intermediate, and intermediate levels of Armenian is welcome to apply and participate in ASPIRANTUM’s Armenian language winter school from November 28 till December 24 in Yerevan.

Deadline

The deadline to apply to the 2023 Armenian language winter school is October 5, 2023.

To apply, please fill in the application form below.

Participation fee:
The participation fee is: 
$3200 - 8 weeks. Below, in the application form, you may also select a 4-7 weeks program.
$2900 - 7 weeks
$2600 - 6 weeks
$2400 - 5 weeks
$2200 - 4 weeks

Registered participants should send 100% of the participation fee before October 5, 2023, online or via a wire bank transfer.

This price includes reading and writing materials, coffee breaks, and a cultural trip to Garni Temple and Geghard Monastery.

We will not cover Accommodation, insurance, breakfast, lunch, dinner, visa costs, travel costs to Armenia, from Armenia and in Armenia, or any costs of accompanying friends or family members.

Each participant of the winter school may find other sources of financial aid from their own University/School/Community or other relevant foundations.

ASPIRANTUM will provide applicants with an official letter of invitation to support scholarship and travel grant applications.

For questions and inquiries, please contact [email protected] or WhatsApp Dr. Khachik Gevorgyan +374-91-557978

To apply, please fill in the application form below.