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Summer 2011

We had one English program during the summer of 2011:

     Zakho (We had 10 teachers and 150 registered students in 11 intensive classes, during a period of 5½ weeks. We also held our first TEFL training course and had 2 local high school English teachers as students.)

Summer 2010

We had one English program during the summer of 2010:

     Zakho (We had 12 teachers. Because we were not allowed to hold our regular program, we gave private tutorials to 6-8 students. Our main work, though, was taking pictures for a new
"At Home in Zakho " photo book, which was published in 2011.)

Summer 2009

We had one English program during the summer of 2009:

     Zakho (We had 11 teachers and 185 registered students in 12 intensive classes, during a period of 6 weeks)

Summer 2008

We had one English program during the summer of 2008:

     Zakho (We had 8 teachers and 188 registered students in 10 intensive classes, during a period of 6 weeks)

Summer 2007

We had one English program during the summer of 2007:

     Zakho (We had 4 teachers and 136 registered students in 7 classes, teaching 7 weeks.)

School Year 2006-2007

We had one English program during the school year of 2006-2007:

     Erbil (We had 3 teachers working for the University of Salahaddin at the Language Center, teaching 12 hours a week)

Summer 2006

We had one English program during the summer of 2006:

     Erbil (We had 3 teachers working for the University of Salahaddin at the Language Center, teaching 12 hours a week)

School Year 2005-2006

We have three English programs during the school year of 2005-2006:

     Dohuk (We have 1 teacher working for the Ministry of Education, teaching 12 hours a week)

     Erbil #1 (We have 2 teachers working for the Ministry of Education, teaching 12 hours a week)

     Erbil #2 (We have 3 teachers working for the University of Salahaddin at the Language Center, teaching 12 hours a week)

Summer 2005

We had three English programs during the summer of 2005:

     Dohuk (We had 5 teachers and 376 registered students in 18 classes)

     Erbil (We had 5 teachers and 378 registered students in 20 classes)

     Zakho (We had 2 teachers and 115 registered students in 7 classes)

Summer 2004

We had two English programs during the summer of 2004:

     Dohuk (We had 7 teachers and 288 registered students in 14 full-time classes)

     Erbil (We had 2 teachers and over 100 students in 6 part-time classes)

Fall 2003

We had one English program during the fall of 2003:

     Dohuk (We had 3 teachers and about 75 students in 4 classes)

Summer 2012

We anticipate having another great summer in 2012, building relationships with Kurds through our English teaching and Kurdish language/culture learning program. We anticipate having about 175 students and 10-12 teachers.

We're looking forward to continuing our TEFL training classes, too!

Due to Ramadan moving forward each year, we’ll
be teaching classes 6 days / week so that we can complete our program before Ramadan begins
July 19.

Come join us and bring your ideas and expertise!

Kurdish languages and dialects