MEDLI Summer 2025 will be taught entirely online!
Welcome to MEDLI!
8-Week Online Summer Session
Monday, June 16-Friday, Aug 8, 2025
Pre-Service Orientation Week for WISLI Instructors
Monday, June 9-Friday, June 13, 2025
The Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Language Institute (MEDLI), formerly known as the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Institute (APTLI), offers high-quality, proficiency-based courses in 4 languages for undergraduates, graduate students, and adult learners. Our 8-week programs are the equivalent of one year of study. Students learn speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills though classroom instruction and a full range of co-curricular activities.
Students learn speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills through classroom instruction and a full range of co-curricular activities. Students will receive 8 credits and a letter grade (A-F) after completing the program. MEDLI participants must complete both 4-week sessions for a total of 8 weeks. Courses meet Monday-Friday, 9-11am and 12-2pm (CST), from June 16 – August 8, 2025.
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You Can Still Apply for the WISLI Tuition Scholarship!
February 3, 2025MEDLI 2025 Instructor Application is Now Open!
December 18, 2024WISLI Open House
December 18, 2024Online Persian Spring 2025 Classes
December 11, 2024WISLI Alumni Video
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