From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug  6 18:43:36 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:43:36 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Books on alternative readings for Quran query
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Date:  06 Aug 2002
From:Martha Schulte-Nafeh <marthas at u.arizona.edu>
Subject:Books on alternative readings for Quran query

Hi there,
when I was in Egypt, I ran across a seven volume series that documented
alternative reading for all Quranic verses for which alternative readings
exist/have been proposed at one time or another. I am interested in
acquiring these volumes but don't have any specific information on them.
Could someone give me the name and/or publishers or any other information
that would help me get hold of them. If anyone knows of a stateside
source
that would also be very helpful.
Peace,
Martha

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug  6 18:43:40 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:43:40 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Teaching Machine Translation Workshop
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Date:  06 Aug 2002
From:rh at nationalfinder.com
Subject:Teaching Machine Translation Workshop

6th EAMT Workshop: Teaching Machine Translation
Date: 14 - 15 November 2002
Venue: UMIST, Manchester, England
Web-site: http://www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/events/eamt-bcs/cfp.html
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The deadline for the submission of extended abstracts expired
on Wednesday, 31 July 2002. You may for some reason have missed
that deadline.

Late submissions received by (and preferably before, please)
Thursday 8th August will be welcome. The Call for Papers is
appended below.

With kind regards,

Roger Harris.

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Call for Papers

The sixth EAMT Workshop will take place on 14-15 November 2002
hosted by the Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST,
Manchester, England.

Organised by the European Association for Machine Translation,
in association with the Natural Language Translation Specialist Group
of the British Computer Society, the Workshop will focus on the topic
of:

                     Teaching Machine Translation

The following topics are of interest:

    why and to whom should MT be taught?
    teaching the theoretical background of MT: linguistics, computer
science,
    translation theory
    addressing preconceptions about MT in the classroom
    the use of commercial MT programs in hands-on teaching
    teaching computational aspects of MT to non-computational students
    web-based distance learning of MT MT education and industry:
    bridging the gap between academia and the real world
    teaching pre- and post-editing skills to MT users
    teaching MT evaluation
    building modules or `toy' MT systems in the laboratory
    experiences of the evaluation of MT instruction
    the role of MT in language learning
    translation studies and MT
    etc.

We invite submissions of an extended abstract of your proposed paper,
up to two pages, summarizing the main points that will be made in
the actual paper.

Submissions will be reviewed by members of the Programme Committee.
Authors of accepted papers will be asked to submit a full version of
the paper, maximum 12 pages, which will be included in the
proceedings.

A stylefile for accepted submissions will be available in due course.


Initially, an extended abstract should be sent, preferably by email
as an attachment in any of the standard formats (doc, html, pdf, ps)
or as plain text, to Harold.Somers at umist.ac.uk.

Otherwise, hardcopy can be sent to:
Harold Somers, Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST, PO Box
88, Manchester M60 1QD, England, or by fax to +44 161 200 3091.


Programme Committee

      Harold Somers, UMIST, Manchester
      Derek Lewis, University of Exeter
      Ruslan Mitkov, University of Wolverhampton
      Mikel Forcada, Universitat d'Alacant
      Karl-Heinz Freigang, Universit‰t des Saarlandes
      David Wigg, South Bank University, London
      John Hutchins, EAMT
      Roger Harris, BCS


Important dates:

Deadline for extended abstract: 31 July 2002:  EXPIRED
Acceptance notification: 6 September 2002
Final copies due: 14 October 2002
Conference dates: 14-15 November 2002

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:43:43 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:materials for American K-12 students query
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Date:  06 Aug 2002
From:Diana Scalera <dscalera at rcn.com>
Subject:materials for American K-12 students query

Are there Arabic instructional materials specifically designed with
American students K-12 (both second language and heritage learners)
available in the US?  If so, who publishes them and are they of well
designed?
Diana Scalera

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug  6 18:43:48 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:43:48 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:organize Arabic down under?
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Date:  06 Aug 2002
From:Sana.Zreika at det.nsw.edu.au
Subject:Arabic down under


to whom it may concern,

My name is Sana Zreika and I currently working as a languages consultant
for the department of education. I am from an Arabic background and I
also teach Arabic at High school. Its wonderful to see your website (not
many around especially for Arabic teachers). I would love to here from
you in order to discuss how you went about developing such group. Are
you all based in schools, or university. how often do u meet, who also
is involved. if u are ever in Australia i could maybe organise a
conference or lecture for the Arabic teachers. Where I'm currently
working, its full of resources especially computer based software in all
languages except of course Arabic. i would love to here from someone
that could share some light on this and how i could organise a group of
teachers or a website or even assess resources suitable for our children
living in Australia.

thank you for your time

Salam

Sana Zreika

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug  6 18:43:52 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:43:52 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Long and Short vowels
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Date:  06 Aug 2002
From:Haroon Shirwani <haroon.shirwani at st-johns.oxford.ac.uk>
Subject:Long and Short vowels

Firstly, many thanks (belatedly) to all those who helped with the query
about the differences between "li" and "3ind", especially Mustafa
Mughazy. (So, if a beginner asks, I can say that "li" is for inalienable
possession and "3ind" is for alienable possession.)

Now for another query. Some beginners (and some more advanced students)
I come across have trouble distinguishing between long and short vowels
when reading aloud. Firstly, why does this happen? Secondly, should it
be a cause for concern? Thirdly, if so, how can it be "remedied".
Thanks.
Yours,
Haroon

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug  6 18:43:56 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:43:56 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:shidd heelak
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Date:  06 Aug 2002
From:Dan Parvaz <dparvaz at unm.edu>
Subject:shidd heelak

I've heard shidd 7eelak used to mean "go for it," "pull yourself
together," and so forth. Apparently, yishidd (in Levantine, at any rate)
gets used in other contructions with similar meaning. So shidd baraghiik
"tighten your [own] screws!" can be said to someone who, for example is
being rambling or incoherent: spit it out, man!

-Dan.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug  8 23:06:10 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:06:10 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Long and Short Vowel responses
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2) Subject:Long and Short Vowel response
3) Subject:Long and Short Vowel response

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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:suma99 at att.net
Subject:Long and Short Vowel response

Not sure what exactly you mean when you say some
students have trouble differentiating between long and
short vowels.
If you mean they miss-read (mispronounce)words i.e.
reading it with long vowel when it should be short, or
vice-versa; I'd say it's nothing to worry about. The
tongue just still isn't quite used to producing the
Arabic words, so the put stress in wrong places or
misvowelize. It goes away with greater proficiency
develops.
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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:craig wallace <craigwal at yahoo.com>
Subject:Long and Short Vowel response

Are we talking  here of Arabic-speakers using their L1 or 
Arabic-speakers using English (their L2)?

Maybe the writer would also like to contact me personally, as much of  
the latter is the focus of my almost-completed doctorate.

Craig Wallace

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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:"Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:Long and Short Vowel response

  Yet we say inda-naa for "chez nous"="at our home/house." Isn't one's
home the most inalienable of one's possessions, or is this a question
for psychologists and/or anthropologists rather than linguists??

                                               Mike Schub

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug  8 23:06:15 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:06:15 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Chair of Arabic at Georgetown Job
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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:Connie Meale <mealec at georgetown.edu>
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Georgetown University wishes to make a rank-open appointment to chair 
its Department of Arabic Language, Literature and Linguistics. The 
Department, which has long been known for its graduate and undergraduate 
programs of Arabic language and linguistics, seeks to increase its 
attention to Islamic studies and to various forms of Arabic and Islamic 
literature. To this end, the research focus of this appointment will 
preferably be in the area of classical or medieval Islamic thought as 
this is expressed in Arabic literary sources. As Chair of the Department 
of Arabic, this faculty member will work collaboratively with Georgetown 
University faculty in such cognate units as the Department of History 
(Middle East and North Africa concentrations), the Center for 
Contemporary Arab Studies and the Center for Muslim-Christian 
Understanding. Additionally, outreach to the rich scholarly resources 
available in the Washington D.C. area will enhance the operations of the 
Department within the University. The search committee will begin its 
review of applications after 1 November 2002 and will continue to accept 
applications until the position is filled. A letter of application 
together with representative reprints, curriculum vitae, and at least 
three letters of reference should be sent to: Dr. Jane Dammen McAuliffe, 
Dean of the College, Georgetown University, Box 571003, Washington, D.C. 
20057-1003. Georgetown is a Catholic and Jesuit, student-centered 
research university and candidates are strongly encouraged to read its 
mission statement on the university’s website. Georgetown University is 
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug  8 23:06:13 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:06:13 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Threshhold level query
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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:Fernando Ramos <Fernando.Ramos at ono.com>
Subject:Threshhold level query

Dear professors,
I am an arabic language teacher in Spain. I am currently preparing a
syllabus for beginners and would like to know if is there some studies,
books or papers, dealing with "threshold level" refering to arabic
language. (Sorry about my English!)
Fernando Ramos.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug  8 23:06:17 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:06:17 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:New IMSA edition announcement
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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:Ernest McCarus <enm at umich.edu>
Subject:New IMSA edition announcement

This is to announce the preliminary revision of Modern Standard Arabic.
Intermediate Level, also called Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic, or
simply “IMSA”.  It retains the original goal of taking the intermediate 
student
to an Advanced or Advanced High proficiency level on the ACTFL scale in 
all
four language skills, but with a functional/communicative approach using 
the
top-to-bottom model, with increased emphasis on authenticity of language 
and on
Arab culture.

This edition consists of (1) fifteen lessons which classroom use at a 
number of
institutions has shown to be more than enough for a year’s work (the 
last five
lessons are prepared and will be added in the next printing); (2) a 
section of
grammatical notes relating to the fifteen lessons; and (3) audio 
cassette tapes
and CD’s for the Basic Texts and Reading Aloud passages.  Under 
preparation is
a separate reference grammar covering all the structures of EMSA 
(Elementary
Modern Standard Arabic) and IMSA as well as certain Listening 
Comprehension
passages.

Each lesson contains seven parts: Preliminaries to reading the Basic 
Text: pre-
reading questions, vocabulary presentation, cultural notes; Reading 
Activities
involving the Text itself; Review, a recasting of the Basic Text or 
expansion
on it, while reviewing vocabulary and structures; Applications, putting 
to
creative use items gleaned from the Text; Reading Comprehension and 
Listening
Comprehension, authentic texts prepared by Arabs for Arabs, with 
exercises to
develop effective reading and listening strategies; and Dictionary 
Studies,
presenting semantic word classes and derivatives.

Book price: $45.00.

Books may be ordered from

Chicago Distribution Center
11030 South Langley Avenue
Chicago, IL 60628
Tel. (800) 621-2736
kh at press.uchicago.edu
www.press.uchicago.edu
$45.00

Cassettes and CD’s may be ordered from

Language Resource Center
ATTN: FLACS Program
2018 Modern Language Building
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275
Tel. (734) 764-0424
flacs at umich.edu
www.umich.edu/~langres

Contact person:  Ernest McCarus, enm at umich.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug  8 23:06:19 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:06:19 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:List Web Site
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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:moderator
Subject:Arabic-L Web Site

We have had a fairly large number of people recently who have tried to
subscribe to Arabic-L in a multitude of incorrect ways.  We have
therefore added a web site that contains instructions for subscribing,
unsubscribing, and sending messages. It is at:

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:28 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:28 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Variant Readings responses
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:"Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:Variant Readings response

Dear M,
    In his *Al-Itqaan  fii  `Uluum  al-Qur'aan* al-Suyuti deals with
variant readings in Naw`'s (chapters) 22--27 (and a bit beyond).
     This work is available at <www.alwaraq.com>
      Best wishes,                 Mike Schub

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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:Munir <zilanaw at fas.harvard.edu>
Subject:Variant Readings response

when I was in Egypt, I ran across a seven volume series that documented
alternative reading for all Quranic verses for which alternative readings
exist/have been proposed at one time or another. I am interested in
acquiring these volumes but don't have any specific information on them.
Could someone give me the name and/or publishers or any other information
that would help me get hold of them. If anyone knows of a stateside
source
that would also be very helpful.

A good source is Leila Books, which ships to the U.S.:

* Visiting Address:
Office: 39 Kasr El Nil St.-2nd Floor,Office 12,Cairo,Egypt;
Tel.: 3959747-3934402-3587399;  Fax: (00202)3924475;
Bookshop: 17 Gawad Hossny St., Cairo, Egypt;
E-mail: leilabks at intouch.com;  http://www.leila-books.com;
* Postal Address: P.O.Box 31 Daher, 11271 Cairo, Egypt.

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:33 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:K-12 materials response
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:GnhBos at aol.com
Subject:K-12 materials response

> Are there Arabic instructional materials specifically designed with
> American students K-12 (both second language and heritage learners)
> available in the US?  If so, who publishes them and are they of well
> designed?
> Diana Scalera

There are Multimedia materials that have been localized into Arabic
and published by major English/American companies.

Other multimedia titles are published by other companies, who are
specialized in Arabic language and multilingual titles, originally.

Teach Your Children The Arabic Language
Arabic Language Tutors Multimedia

Resources to learn the Arabic language are available
at AramediA.

http://www.aramedia.com/atutors.htm

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:36 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:shidd heelak
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:Alex Dalati <aedalati at earthlink.net>
Subject:shidd heelak

Hi All,
I can vouch for the Syrian dialect, well at least the Damascene:
Shidd haylak is something to tell a slacker or a sufferer.  The tone of
voice distinguishes between Get with it!, or, Hang in there.
Someone who needs Shadd baraghi is someone who needs straightening out,
as in: Look here, hot stuff, ....
If someone is taking too long to say something, they need to just
Intu'ha! (min al-nutq), or, Intu'ha ba'a!
I hope these help.
Alex

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:38 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:38 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Structure of Arabic textbook
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:Mohammad <mohd at mail.ukans.edu>
Subject:Needs Structure of Arabic textbook

Dear All,
I'm looking for a good textbook to be used to teach the structure of
Arabic
for speakers of English language. The course is not supposed to teach
them how
to speak Arabic but to help them understand various aspects of its
structure.
I do not know of any book that covers the areas we need. The course
targets
junior and senior students who have had at least one course in
Linguistics,
thus familiar with the basics of phonetics, phonology, morphology,
syntax,
semantics and historical linguistics. The course should generally cover
these
areas about Modern Standard Arabic. I have recently found a valuable
book:
Watson, J. (2002)The Phonology and Morphology of Arabic. Oxford UP.
If you are familiar with any other resources, please let's share.
Your input is highly appreciated.
Mohammad Al-Masri

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:40 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:40 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic Language in the Media Conference
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1) Subject:Arabic Language in the Media Conference

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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:ashraf m <ashraf_m30 at hotmail.com>
Subject:Arabic Language in the Media Conference


CALL FOR PAPERS
The Department of linguistics
Faculty of Dar Al-Ulum
Cairo University
Announces

The First Conference on Arabic Language In The Media

On Tuesday and Wednesday December 17 & 18, 2002

Language of Conference: Arabic

Themes
*Language preparing for the workers in Media;
* The influence of Media on Arabic language;
*The levels of Arabic Language in the Media;
*The linguistic structure of the Media discourse.
 
Papers and pre-organized panels are welcome.
 
Abstracts: 250 words.
 
E-mail: firstconference at hotmail.com

Abstracts in attachments: Please use Word.

Deadline: September 15, 2002.
 
Organizer: Dr. Muhammad Hasan Abd Al-Aziz

Fax: 20-2- 3387672 , 5727477

Address: Dr. Muhammad Hasan Abd Al-Aziz.

Department of linguistics

Faculty of Dar Al-Ulum

Cairo University

Giza, Egypt.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:46 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:46 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:SLS looking for New Instructional Materials to
 publish
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1) Subject:SLS looking for New Instructional Materials to publish

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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:John Skawski <John at spokenlanguage.com>
Subject:SLS looking for New Instructional Materials to publish

Dear Instructor of Arabic,

My name is David Haas, and I'm a student in Comparative Literature at
Cornell University.  Currently, I am working as a publishing intern with
Spoken Language Services, Inc.

I am writing because Spoken Language Services, Inc. is presently seeking
accomplished authors of new instructional materials in Arabic, as well
as in
other languages.  In particular, we are interested in materials with an
audio-visual or multimedia component.

Keeping course materials current with the latest language-learning
techniques and methodologies is one of our most important goals, and as
part
of this effort, we are seeking accomplished authors of new instructional
materials.

You may be familiar with our Arabic-English dictionary, A Dictionary of
Modern Written Arabic, edited by J. Milton Cowan, founder of Spoken
Language
Services.  In addition to the dictionary and our publication Spoken
Arabic
by Merrill Y. Van Wagoner, we currently offer a series of English as a
Foreign Language, including English for Iranians, and will review
materials
geared toward students learning English as well.

I would like to take a moment, though, to further introduce you to Spoken
Language Services, Inc.  Cornell University Professor J. Milton Cowan,
founder and then Chairman of the Division of Modern Languages at Cornell,
founded Spoken Language Services in 1972.  His emphasis on the language's
spoken dimension as the proper starting point for acquiring a non-native
tongue is the guiding principle of our language learning courses,
instructional materials, and related reference works.  SLS is integrated
into the systems of the largest US book distributors, among them Baker &
Taylor, Ingram, and Amazon.com.

Please contact me by telephone at (607)-256-0500 or by email at
bob at spokenlanguage.com with any questions or suggestions.  Materials
submitted for review may be sent to the following address:

		Spoken Language Services, Inc.
				Publishing Department
		P.O. Box 783
		Ithaca, NY  14851

Our catalog is available upon request, and you may also visit us on the
web
at www.spokenlanguage.com

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,
David Haas
Publishing Department
Spoken Language Services, Inc.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:43 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:43 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Long and short vowels response
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1) Subject:Long and short vowels response

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1)
Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:Haruko SAKAEDANI <harukos at aa.tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:Long and short vowels response

For example, the English words "bees" and "biz" are recognaized as
[biiz] and [biz]
but in fact, there is no length difference between them.
Actually, they are pronounced [biz] (with tensed i) and [bIz] (with
laxed i) .

On the other hand, the vowel length of "bii (by me)" is diferent from
that of "bi (by)" in Arabic.
If some English-speaking learners pronounce them as [bi] and [bI]
with the transference from their native language
they do not pronounce "bii (by me)" with a long vowel but short one in
reality.

So i think that they may believe that they had pronounced long vowels.
Sorry for my English.

Haruko SAKAEDANI
harukos at aa.tufs.ac.jp

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:51 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:51 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic and a Century of Syntactic Study Conference
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1) Subject:Arabic and a Century of Syntactic Study Conference

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1)
Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:dayem at frcu.eun.eg
Subject:Arabic and a Century of Syntactic Study Conference

Dear Colleagues,
The Department of Morphology, Syntax and Prosody, CairoUniversity is =
pleased to invite linguists and grammarians to participate in its
second =
conference on " Arabic and a Century of Syntactic Study" All terms and =
details are herein enclosed.
For more information and electronically registration access to our web =
site www.frcu.eun.eg/cass or email dayem at frcu.eun.eg =20
We look forward to receiving your contribution with a view to advancing =
a serious constructive dialogue.
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Kishk

Dean of Faculty of Dar el-Ulum,

Cairo University

             The Topics

First Topic : Forming an Arabic Contemporary Gramatical Theory       =20

   1.. Grammatical Theorizing for Arabic:=20

     1.. Introducing and translating the western grammatical theories =
into Arabic.=20

     2.. Applying the most dominant grammatical theories on Arabic.=20

     3.. Deducting the characteristics of a grammatical theory based on =
the nature of Arabic.=20

     4.. Grammatical theorizing based on the Arabic grammatical =
tradition.=20

     5.. The most dominant grammatical theories of Arabic in the 20th =
century.=20

   2.. Developing the Approaches and Concepts of Arabic Grammatical =
Studies (Their Models).=20

   3.. Treatment of Terminology:=20

     1.. The works of the Linguistic Academies of Arabic.=20

     2.. Encyclopedias and dictionaries of terms.=20

     3.. The theorizing research papers and studies on terms.=20

Second Topic : the Study of Traditional Grammatical Theory
   1.      Historical studies:

a.        Study of the grammatical trends and schools.

b.       Study of the great grammarians.

2.      Editing manuscripts.

a.       The theorizing for editing traditional grammatical manuscripts.

b.       The outcomes of editing the traditional grammatical =
manuscripts.

3.      Studying the grammatical principles.=20

4.      Studying the attested data.

5.      Criticizing Works.

Third Topics : studies in the Grammatical Theory

           1.       Morphological theory

a.        Its basis and concepts.

b.       Its principles.

c.        Its characteristics.

d.       The morphological meanings.

e.        The morphological relations.

f.        Its challenges.

2.       Syntactic theory=20

a.        Its basis and concepts.

b.       Its principles.

c.        Its characteristics.

d.       Its challenges.

3.       The modern grammatical approaches and concepts:

a.       A comparison between the old and the new approaches

b.      Development of the concepts.

4.       Linguistic terms:

c.       Its development.

d.      Its problems.

e.       Difficulties of transferring and translating into Arabic.



Fourth Topic: Applications of the Grammatical Theories on Arabic

      =20

1.       Models of  the applications in:

a.        Morphology.

b.       Syntax.

2.       Evaluating of these models

3.       Efforts of simplifying & easing Arabic grammar in the light of =
the modern linguistic theory

4.       Evaluating of these efforts.



Fifth Topic: The History of Linguistic Study in the 20th Century=20

      =20

   1.       Its trends.

2.       Its pioneer grammarians=20

3.       Its pioneer contributions of grammatical Studies.

a.        The alternative proposals.

b.       Introducing and evaluating the dominant works in grammatical =
theorizing.

4.       Its efforts of simplifying & easing Arabic grammar.

5.       Evaluation its grammatical movement.

             Dates

Submission of the application: before October 3, 2002.

Notification of the acceptance: before October 16, 2002.

Final full typed text of the paper: before January 16, 2003.

             Correspondence

Dr. Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Dayem
Conference Organizer
Faculty of Dar El-Ulum
Cairo University
Giza
Egypt
Tel +202 567-5042
Fax +202 5727477
E-mail dayem at frcu.eun.eg=20
            Registration  Form
           =20


: Name
Job:              At the University                       Out of the =
University                 =20

Position:=20

Department:=20

  Faculty:        =20

  University: =20

  Phone:=20

Cell Phone :

Fax :

E-mail :=20

Business Address: =20

City:                      =20

Country:               =20

Correspondence Address=20

  City:   =20

Country:=20

Paper Title:=20

Paper Abstract : ( About 250 Words )


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:54 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:54 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NYU Arabic adjunct position
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:Kristin L Sands <kristin.sands at nyu.edu>
Subject:NYU Arabic adjunct position

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at New York University is
seeking a part-time adjunct instructor to teach one section of
Elementary Arabic during the 2002-2003 academic year.  The section
taught will meet Mondays through Thursdays, at either 9:30-10:45 or
11:00-12:15.  We are looking for a dynamic teacher with experience
teaching Modern Standard Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) at the
university level and familiarity with proficiency-based language
teaching and testing.  ABD or PhD preferred.  Please contact:

Kristin Sands
Acting Director of Arabic Language Instruction
Telephone: 212-998-8889
Fax: 212-995-4689
E-mail: kristin.sands at nyu.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:48 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:48 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Threshhold response
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1) Subject:Threshhold response

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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:Hammoud Salah Civ USAFA/DFF <Salah.Hammoud at usafa.af.mil>
Subject:Threshhold response

The Threshold Level refers to a set of language proficiency guidelines,
which was devised by the Council of Europe (an arm to the European
Parliament in the late 1970's, predating the European Union in its
present
form and constitution). It was elaborated specifically with the immigrant
population in mind, as a way to define exactly the language/communication
skills needed by members of immigrant communities in order to function in
and participate effectively in the life of their host communities.
As such, these European guidelines are not unlike the US government
Federal
Language InterLanguage Roundtable (FILR) which preceded them.

The set of benchmarks which come closest to the Threshold Level are the
ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
proficiency
guidelines for Arabic which were developed in mid-late 1980's and
revised in
1989.  See Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 22, No 4, September 1989, pp.
373-392.

They are used to gauge the skill levels, especially for oral
proficiency. In
fact they are still the defining criteria used in the standardized Oral
Proficiency Interview (OPI), used and recognized by a number of programs
for
placement and exit test purposes.

Since the time the guidelines were published, ACTFL has adopted new and
more
comprehensive "National Standards" which take a holistic approach at
considering learning, teaching, and using language. The Standards which
have
also been developed for specific languages including Russian and
Japanese,
are yet to be considered by the Arabic teaching community. A 1990's
effort
leading to a similar end under the title Language Learning Framework
(LLF)
has not to this date culminated in the publication of a single guidelines
document, endorsed by the profession at large.

The ACTFL Standards based on 5 Cs (Communication, Cultures, Communities,
Connections, Comparisons), are gaining wide endorsement among teachers
including those of some less commonly taught languages. A manual
detailing
them came out not long ago: Standards for Foreign Language Learning in
the
21st Century: Including Chinese, classical Languages, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish: Allen Press,
Lawrence,
Kansas, 1999. ISBN 0-935868-85-2. The volume may be ordered through
ACTFL, 6
Executive Plaza, Yonkers, NY 10701.

I realize this was a long answer to a short question, but the background
and
subsequent developments to the Threshold level may prove of interest.

Salah Hammoud
Department of Foreign Languages
US Air Force Academy, Colorado.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 22 22:20:55 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:20:55 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Wants English language literary essays by Arabs
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1) Subject:Wants English language literary essays by Arabs

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Date:  22 Aug 2002
From:Tom Johnson <thj5 at columbia.edu>
Subject:Wants English language literary essays by Arabs

I would like to know if you have any recommendations on literary essays 
by Arabs. In looking through our university library's collection of 
Arabic texts (the English translations), I mostly find fiction, poetry, 
or autobiography, and almost no literary essays in the spirit of the New 
Yorker or the Best American Essays (e.g., Joseph Epstein, Andre Aciman 
style). What I'm looking for is something a step up either in literary 
quality or critical awareness than what one finds on ahram.org.  I'm 
hoping to use some of these essays as primers and models for entry-level 
college students taking English 101. Thanks in advance for any help,
Tom Johnson

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 22 22:20:51 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:20:51 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Revised IMSA Announcement
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Date:  22 Aug 2002
From:enm at umich.edu
Subject:Revised IMSA Announcement

[a response to the original posting revealed an ambiguity in the 
description; here is the revised description]

This is to announce a more complete version of Modern Standard Arabic.
Intermediate Level, also called Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic, or
simply “IMSA”, 1977, Peter Abboud and Ernest McCarus, editors.  It 
contains the
original goal of taking the intermediate student to an Advanced or 
Advanced
High proficiency level on the ACTFL scale in all four language skills, 
using a
functional/communicative approach and the top-to-bottom model, with 
increased
emphasis on authenticity of language and on Arab culture.

This edition consists of (1) fifteen lessons which classroom use at a
number of institutions has shown to be more than enough for a year’s 
work (the
last five lessons are prepared and will be added in the next printing); 
(2) a
section of grammatical notes relating to the fifteen lessons; and (3) 
audio
cassette tapes and CD’s for the Basic Texts and Reading Aloud passages.  
Under
preparation is a separate reference grammar covering all the structures 
of EMSA
(Elementary Modern Standard Arabic) and IMSA as well as certain Listening
Comprehension passages.

Each lesson contains seven parts: Preliminaries to reading the Basic 
Text: pre-
reading questions, vocabulary presentation, cultural notes; Reading 
Activities
involving the Text itself; Review, a recasting of the Basic Text or 
expansion
on it, while reviewing vocabulary and structures; Applications, putting 
to
creative use items gleaned from the Text; Reading Comprehension and 
Listening
Comprehension, authentic texts prepared by Arabs for Arabs, with 
exercises to
develop effective reading and listening strategies; and Dictionary 
Studies,
presenting semantic word classes and derivatives.

ISBN 0-9724180-0-8.  Book price: $48.00.

Books may be ordered from

Chicago Distribution Center
11030 South Langley Avenue
Chicago, IL 60628
Tel. (800) 621-2736
kh at press.uchicago.edu
www.press.uchicago.edu
$48.00

Cassettes and CD’s may be ordered from

Language Resource Center
ATTN: FLACS Program
2018 Modern Language Building
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275
Tel. (734) 764-0424
flacs at umich.edu
www.umich.edu/~langres

Contact person:  Ernest McCarus, enm at umich.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 22 22:20:50 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:20:50 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Spoken LDC Arabic Corpus Announced
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1) Subject:Spoken LDC Arabic Corpus Announced

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Date:  22 Aug 2002
From:reposted from CORPORA
Subject:Spoken LDC Arabic Corpus Announced

From: LDC Office <ldc at ldc.upenn.edu>
Date: Wed Aug 21, 2002  02:28:28 PM US/Mountain
To: corpora at uib.no
Subject: [Corpora-List] New Release from the LDC
Reply-To: ldc at ldc.upenn.edu


        *   West Point Arabic Speech Corpus   *


The Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) is pleased to announce the
availability of the West Point Arabic Speech Corpus.

This corpus contains speech data that was collected and processed
by members of the Department of Foreign Languages at the United
States Military Academy at West Point and the Center For Technology
Enhanced Language Learning (CTELL), as part of an effort called
'Project Santiago'.  The original purpose of this corpus was to
train acoustic models for automatic speech recognition that could
be used as an aid in teaching Arabic to West Point cadets.

The West Point Arabic Speech Corpus consists of 8,516 speech files,
totaling 1.7 gigabytes or 11.42 hours of speech data. Each speech
file represents one person reciting one prompt from one of four
prompt scripts.

For further information, including online documentation, please visit:

http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Catalog/LDC2002S02.html

Institutions that have membership in the LDC during the 2002
Membership Year will be able to receive this corpus free of charge.
Nonmembers may purchase this publication for $600.

			   *

If you need additional information before placing your order, or
would like to inquire about membership in the LDC, please send email
to <ldc at ldc.upenn.edu> or call (215) 573-1275.


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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:20:53 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:COOP Mini-Grants Available for Student Programming
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Date:  22 Aug 2002
From:Elizabeth Schultz <Eschultz at nafsa.org>
Subject:COOP Mini-Grants Available for Student Programming

The Cooperative Grants Program (COOP), implemented by NAFSA: Association
of
International Educators and funded through the U.S. Department of State,
is
accepting proposals for its October 1, 2002 Mini-Grant competition.
Mini-Grants are awards of up to $2,000.

COOP invites proposals from U.S.-based institutions of higher education
and
non-profit organizations for innovative projects that:

* encourage international students and scholars attending U.S. colleges
and
universities to become involved in and knowledgeable about U.S. culture
and
society apart from their study/research programs;

* enhance the experience of U.S. students involved in study abroad prior
to
their departure or upon their return; and/or

* stimulate and strengthen interaction among international students,
their
U.S. peers, faculty, and communities.

While all proposals submitted to COOP for this competition that meet the
selection criteria are considered, the Cooperative Grants Committee will
give priority to grant proposals that address any of the themes below.

*  U.S. society and values, including pluralism, diversity, volunteerism,
religious tolerance, the partnership of the public and private sectors,
and
the arts and cultural heritage of the U.S.

* Democracy and human rights, including the U.S. elections process, the
role
of the media, and the rule of law and administration of justice

* U.S. economy and international trade issues

* U.S.-Muslim intercultural awareness

Application materials, grant writing resources and the COOP Model Program
List are available on the NAFSA web site at www.nafsa.org/coop  or
contact
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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:20:52 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:K-12 materials response
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Date:  22 Aug 2002
From:Raji Rammuny <raram at umich.edu>
Subject:K-12 materials response

I recommend my Arabic Sounds and Letters Book and Manual, distributed by
the University of Michigan Press. The book follows the programmed
learning
approach and is accompanied by audio tapes. Call Chicago Distribution
Center at (800)621-2736 to obtain further information about the Book and
Manual, and University of Michigan Language Resource Center at (734)0424
or E-mail  flacs at umich.edu to order tapes.

Raji Rammuny

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 22 22:20:54 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:20:54 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Structure of Arabic Textbook response
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Date:  22 Aug 2002
From:Tom Emerson <tree at basistech.com>
Subject:Structure of Arabic Textbook response

Mohammad Al-Masri asked on 13 August:
I'm looking for a good textbook to be used to teach the structure of
Arabic for speakers of English language. The course is not supposed
to teach them how to speak Arabic but to help them understand
various aspects of its structure.
[...]

One of the best books I've read on this topic is A.F.L. Beeston's "The
Arabic Language Today". It is one of the best descriptive grammar's
I've read for any language, second only to Chao's Mandarin
grammar.

Unfortunately Beeston's book is probably 30 years out of print. But if
you can find a copy, it may be exactly what you are looking for.

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:01:24 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:K-12 response
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Date:  29 Aug 2002
From: Charles E Bell <cbell at uakron.edu>
Subject:K-12 response

Green High School in Ohio has a four year Arabic program. You might
check with Faith Andrus there to see what they are already doing.

Charles Bell
Wayne College

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 29 22:01:26 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:01:26 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS:Contract Interpreter Jobs
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Date:  29 Aug 2002
From:James Williamson <jwilli65 at tampabay.rr.com>
Subject:Contract Interpreter Jobs

Worldwide Language Resources, Inc.    www.wwlr.com    is recruiting  
native speaking US citizens for contract interpreter assignments in the  
US and overseas.
 
Arabic (all dialects), Farsi, Dari, Pashtu, Urdu, Somali, Amharic,  
Kohistani, Kurdish, Turkish, etc.
 
Candidates must:
 
be a US citizen
submit a resume in MS word outlining their work and educational  
experience and languages spoken
be willing to live overseas for a minimum of six months
speak and write in native language and English
 
Please submit resumes to resumes at wwlr.com   or fax to (207) 392-1404

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 29 22:01:28 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:01:28 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U. of Florida Job
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Date:  29 Aug 2002
From: Aida Bamia <abamia at aall.ufl.edu>
Subject:U. of Florida Job

Instructor, Arabic Language

The Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures at the
University of Florida seeks applicants for a full time Instructor of
Arabic
beginning August, 2003. Position is part of the planned expansion of
Near
East Studies at UF, and annually renewable. Minimum requirements native
or
near-native fluency in Arabic and English and MA in linguistics, Arabic
literature or second language acquisition. Preference for candidates
with
experience teaching Arabic at college level, and commitment for
continued
development of computer-assisted language learning. Candidate should be
able to teach all levels of Modern Standard Arabic and occasionally an
Arabic dialect., with course load 3/3. Salary is competitive. Send
application letter with statement of teaching strategy , CV, sample
syllabus, and three letters of recommendation to Chair, Arabic Search
Committee, P.O.Box 115565, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
32611-5565. Short-listed candidates may  be asked to supply sample
teaching
video. Deadline for application is November 8, 2002. University of
Florida
is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.

African and Asian Languages and Literatures
470 Grinter Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL. 32611
Tel. (352) 392-8216 (new number)

Fax: (352) 392-1443
Office: Grinter 401
e.mail: abamia at aall.ufl.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 29 22:01:33 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:01:33 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:New Middle East LRC Announced
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Date:  29 Aug 2002
From:Kirk Belnap <rkb at byu.edu>
Subject:New Middle East LRC Announced

The U.S. Department of Education recently announced the creation of the  
National Middle East Language Resource Center, the first Title VI  
Language Resource Center to focus solely on the languages of the Middle  
East. The center will be headquartered at Brigham Young University and  
represents a consortium of language experts from more than twenty  
universities. Kirk Belnap, BYU associate professor of Arabic, will  
serve as the center's director.  The associate directors, each charged  
with primary oversight of one of the major languages of the region,  
are: Mahmoud Al-Batal (Arabic), Emory University; Shmuel Bolozky  
(Hebrew), the University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Erika H. Gilson  
(Turkish), Princeton University; Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (Persian),  
University of Washington.
The center will work with the country's Middle East language  
professionals and  other Title VI centers to coordinate efforts aimed  
at increasing and improving opportunities for learning the languages of  
the Middle East.  The center will also undertake and support projects  
in areas such as teacher training, materials development, testing and  
assessment, integration of pedagogy and technology, study abroad, and  
K-12 programs.  It will work across the four Middle East language  
groups (as well as with smaller language fields, such as Kurdish) to  
foster cooperation and joint utilization of expertise and resources.
The center will begin by surveying the needs of each language field and  
then work closely with each to create a strategic plan to be  
implemented in stages.  A significant portion of the center's funds  
from the Department of Education will be used for its grants program.   
These grants will serve as seed money to attract matching funds from  
other institutions and encourage broad field participation.  These  
grants will target the development of materials and programs that  
complement the center's other projects in building an integrated system  
of language learning support.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 29 22:01:31 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:01:31 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:NMELRC Coordinator Job
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Date:  29 Aug 2002
From: Kirk Belnap <rkb at byu.edu>
Subject:NMELRC Coordinator Job

The National Middle East Language Resource Center, headquartered at
Brigham Young University, would like to hire a full-time coordinator as
soon as possible.  The coordinator will oversee day-to-day operations
of the center and will track the progress of center projects.
Candidates for this position must: have a minimum of two years related
work experience; have experience running a complex organization; have
the ability to work well with people; have excellent technical skills,
ideally with educational software development experience; have
excellent English verbal and writing skills.  Familiarity with issues
involved in the learning of less-commonly-taught languages is a very
high priority.  A master's degree is also preferred.  Applicants should
be available to begin work by September 15, 2002.  Applications must be
received by September 5, 2002.  An application form and the official
job listing can be found at:

http://www.byu.edu/hr/employment/joblist.htm

Brigham Young University, an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer, is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints.  Observance of Church standards is required of all employees.
Before applying, candidates are strongly encouraged to familiarize
themselves with the university and its Honor Code, which can be found
at:

http://www.byu.edu/honorcode/honor_code.htm

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug  6 18:43:36 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:43:36 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Books on alternative readings for Quran query
Message-ID: <TUE.6.AUG.2002.124336.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  06 Aug 2002
From:Martha Schulte-Nafeh <marthas at u.arizona.edu>
Subject:Books on alternative readings for Quran query

Hi there,
when I was in Egypt, I ran across a seven volume series that documented
alternative reading for all Quranic verses for which alternative readings
exist/have been proposed at one time or another. I am interested in
acquiring these volumes but don't have any specific information on them.
Could someone give me the name and/or publishers or any other information
that would help me get hold of them. If anyone knows of a stateside
source
that would also be very helpful.
Peace,
Martha

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug  6 18:43:40 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:43:40 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Teaching Machine Translation Workshop
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Date:  06 Aug 2002
From:rh at nationalfinder.com
Subject:Teaching Machine Translation Workshop

6th EAMT Workshop: Teaching Machine Translation
Date: 14 - 15 November 2002
Venue: UMIST, Manchester, England
Web-site: http://www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/events/eamt-bcs/cfp.html
---------------------------------------------------------------


The deadline for the submission of extended abstracts expired
on Wednesday, 31 July 2002. You may for some reason have missed
that deadline.

Late submissions received by (and preferably before, please)
Thursday 8th August will be welcome. The Call for Papers is
appended below.

With kind regards,

Roger Harris.

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Call for Papers

The sixth EAMT Workshop will take place on 14-15 November 2002
hosted by the Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST,
Manchester, England.

Organised by the European Association for Machine Translation,
in association with the Natural Language Translation Specialist Group
of the British Computer Society, the Workshop will focus on the topic
of:

                     Teaching Machine Translation

The following topics are of interest:

    why and to whom should MT be taught?
    teaching the theoretical background of MT: linguistics, computer
science,
    translation theory
    addressing preconceptions about MT in the classroom
    the use of commercial MT programs in hands-on teaching
    teaching computational aspects of MT to non-computational students
    web-based distance learning of MT MT education and industry:
    bridging the gap between academia and the real world
    teaching pre- and post-editing skills to MT users
    teaching MT evaluation
    building modules or `toy' MT systems in the laboratory
    experiences of the evaluation of MT instruction
    the role of MT in language learning
    translation studies and MT
    etc.

We invite submissions of an extended abstract of your proposed paper,
up to two pages, summarizing the main points that will be made in
the actual paper.

Submissions will be reviewed by members of the Programme Committee.
Authors of accepted papers will be asked to submit a full version of
the paper, maximum 12 pages, which will be included in the
proceedings.

A stylefile for accepted submissions will be available in due course.


Initially, an extended abstract should be sent, preferably by email
as an attachment in any of the standard formats (doc, html, pdf, ps)
or as plain text, to Harold.Somers at umist.ac.uk.

Otherwise, hardcopy can be sent to:
Harold Somers, Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST, PO Box
88, Manchester M60 1QD, England, or by fax to +44 161 200 3091.


Programme Committee

      Harold Somers, UMIST, Manchester
      Derek Lewis, University of Exeter
      Ruslan Mitkov, University of Wolverhampton
      Mikel Forcada, Universitat d'Alacant
      Karl-Heinz Freigang, Universit?t des Saarlandes
      David Wigg, South Bank University, London
      John Hutchins, EAMT
      Roger Harris, BCS


Important dates:

Deadline for extended abstract: 31 July 2002:  EXPIRED
Acceptance notification: 6 September 2002
Final copies due: 14 October 2002
Conference dates: 14-15 November 2002

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:43:43 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:materials for American K-12 students query
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Date:  06 Aug 2002
From:Diana Scalera <dscalera at rcn.com>
Subject:materials for American K-12 students query

Are there Arabic instructional materials specifically designed with
American students K-12 (both second language and heritage learners)
available in the US?  If so, who publishes them and are they of well
designed?
Diana Scalera

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug  6 18:43:48 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:43:48 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:organize Arabic down under?
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Date:  06 Aug 2002
From:Sana.Zreika at det.nsw.edu.au
Subject:Arabic down under


to whom it may concern,

My name is Sana Zreika and I currently working as a languages consultant
for the department of education. I am from an Arabic background and I
also teach Arabic at High school. Its wonderful to see your website (not
many around especially for Arabic teachers). I would love to here from
you in order to discuss how you went about developing such group. Are
you all based in schools, or university. how often do u meet, who also
is involved. if u are ever in Australia i could maybe organise a
conference or lecture for the Arabic teachers. Where I'm currently
working, its full of resources especially computer based software in all
languages except of course Arabic. i would love to here from someone
that could share some light on this and how i could organise a group of
teachers or a website or even assess resources suitable for our children
living in Australia.

thank you for your time

Salam

Sana Zreika

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug  6 18:43:52 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:43:52 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Long and Short vowels
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Date:  06 Aug 2002
From:Haroon Shirwani <haroon.shirwani at st-johns.oxford.ac.uk>
Subject:Long and Short vowels

Firstly, many thanks (belatedly) to all those who helped with the query
about the differences between "li" and "3ind", especially Mustafa
Mughazy. (So, if a beginner asks, I can say that "li" is for inalienable
possession and "3ind" is for alienable possession.)

Now for another query. Some beginners (and some more advanced students)
I come across have trouble distinguishing between long and short vowels
when reading aloud. Firstly, why does this happen? Secondly, should it
be a cause for concern? Thirdly, if so, how can it be "remedied".
Thanks.
Yours,
Haroon

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug  6 18:43:56 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:43:56 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:shidd heelak
Message-ID: <TUE.6.AUG.2002.124356.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  06 Aug 2002
From:Dan Parvaz <dparvaz at unm.edu>
Subject:shidd heelak

I've heard shidd 7eelak used to mean "go for it," "pull yourself
together," and so forth. Apparently, yishidd (in Levantine, at any rate)
gets used in other contructions with similar meaning. So shidd baraghiik
"tighten your [own] screws!" can be said to someone who, for example is
being rambling or incoherent: spit it out, man!

-Dan.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug  8 23:06:10 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:06:10 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Long and Short Vowel responses
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2) Subject:Long and Short Vowel response
3) Subject:Long and Short Vowel response

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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:suma99 at att.net
Subject:Long and Short Vowel response

Not sure what exactly you mean when you say some
students have trouble differentiating between long and
short vowels.
If you mean they miss-read (mispronounce)words i.e.
reading it with long vowel when it should be short, or
vice-versa; I'd say it's nothing to worry about. The
tongue just still isn't quite used to producing the
Arabic words, so the put stress in wrong places or
misvowelize. It goes away with greater proficiency
develops.
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2)
Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:craig wallace <craigwal at yahoo.com>
Subject:Long and Short Vowel response

Are we talking? here of Arabic-speakers using their L1 or 
Arabic-speakers using English (their L2)?

Maybe the writer would also like to contact me personally, as much of? 
the latter is the focus of my almost-completed doctorate.

Craig Wallace

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3)
Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:"Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:Long and Short Vowel response

  Yet we say inda-naa for "chez nous"="at our home/house." Isn't one's
home the most inalienable of one's possessions, or is this a question
for psychologists and/or anthropologists rather than linguists??

                                               Mike Schub

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug  8 23:06:15 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:06:15 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Chair of Arabic at Georgetown Job
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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:Connie Meale <mealec at georgetown.edu>
Subject:

Georgetown University wishes to make a rank-open appointment to chair 
its Department of Arabic Language, Literature and Linguistics. The 
Department, which has long been known for its graduate and undergraduate 
programs of Arabic language and linguistics, seeks to increase its 
attention to Islamic studies and to various forms of Arabic and Islamic 
literature. To this end, the research focus of this appointment will 
preferably be in the area of classical or medieval Islamic thought as 
this is expressed in Arabic literary sources. As Chair of the Department 
of Arabic, this faculty member will work collaboratively with Georgetown 
University faculty in such cognate units as the Department of History 
(Middle East and North Africa concentrations), the Center for 
Contemporary Arab Studies and the Center for Muslim-Christian 
Understanding. Additionally, outreach to the rich scholarly resources 
available in the Washington D.C. area will enhance the operations of the 
Department within the University. The search committee will begin its 
review of applications after 1 November 2002 and will continue to accept 
applications until the position is filled. A letter of application 
together with representative reprints, curriculum vitae, and at least 
three letters of reference should be sent to: Dr. Jane Dammen McAuliffe, 
Dean of the College, Georgetown University, Box 571003, Washington, D.C. 
20057-1003. Georgetown is a Catholic and Jesuit, student-centered 
research university and candidates are strongly encouraged to read its 
mission statement on the university?s website. Georgetown University is 
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:06:13 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Threshhold level query
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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:Fernando Ramos <Fernando.Ramos at ono.com>
Subject:Threshhold level query

Dear professors,
I am an arabic language teacher in Spain. I am currently preparing a
syllabus for beginners and would like to know if is there some studies,
books or papers, dealing with "threshold level" refering to arabic
language. (Sorry about my English!)
Fernando Ramos.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug  8 23:06:17 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:06:17 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:New IMSA edition announcement
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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:Ernest McCarus <enm at umich.edu>
Subject:New IMSA edition announcement

This is to announce the preliminary revision of Modern Standard Arabic.
Intermediate Level, also called Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic, or
simply ?IMSA?.  It retains the original goal of taking the intermediate 
student
to an Advanced or Advanced High proficiency level on the ACTFL scale in 
all
four language skills, but with a functional/communicative approach using 
the
top-to-bottom model, with increased emphasis on authenticity of language 
and on
Arab culture.

This edition consists of (1) fifteen lessons which classroom use at a 
number of
institutions has shown to be more than enough for a year?s work (the 
last five
lessons are prepared and will be added in the next printing); (2) a 
section of
grammatical notes relating to the fifteen lessons; and (3) audio 
cassette tapes
and CD?s for the Basic Texts and Reading Aloud passages.  Under 
preparation is
a separate reference grammar covering all the structures of EMSA 
(Elementary
Modern Standard Arabic) and IMSA as well as certain Listening 
Comprehension
passages.

Each lesson contains seven parts: Preliminaries to reading the Basic 
Text: pre-
reading questions, vocabulary presentation, cultural notes; Reading 
Activities
involving the Text itself; Review, a recasting of the Basic Text or 
expansion
on it, while reviewing vocabulary and structures; Applications, putting 
to
creative use items gleaned from the Text; Reading Comprehension and 
Listening
Comprehension, authentic texts prepared by Arabs for Arabs, with 
exercises to
develop effective reading and listening strategies; and Dictionary 
Studies,
presenting semantic word classes and derivatives.

Book price: $45.00.

Books may be ordered from

Chicago Distribution Center
11030 South Langley Avenue
Chicago, IL 60628
Tel. (800) 621-2736
kh at press.uchicago.edu
www.press.uchicago.edu
$45.00

Cassettes and CD?s may be ordered from

Language Resource Center
ATTN: FLACS Program
2018 Modern Language Building
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275
Tel. (734) 764-0424
flacs at umich.edu
www.umich.edu/~langres

Contact person:  Ernest McCarus, enm at umich.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug  8 23:06:19 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:06:19 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:List Web Site
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Date:  08 Aug 2002
From:moderator
Subject:Arabic-L Web Site

We have had a fairly large number of people recently who have tried to
subscribe to Arabic-L in a multitude of incorrect ways.  We have
therefore added a web site that contains instructions for subscribing,
unsubscribing, and sending messages. It is at:

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:28 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:28 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Variant Readings responses
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2) Subject:Variant Readings response

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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:"Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:Variant Readings response

Dear M,
    In his *Al-Itqaan  fii  `Uluum  al-Qur'aan* al-Suyuti deals with
variant readings in Naw`'s (chapters) 22--27 (and a bit beyond).
     This work is available at <www.alwaraq.com>
      Best wishes,                 Mike Schub

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2)
Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:Munir <zilanaw at fas.harvard.edu>
Subject:Variant Readings response

when I was in Egypt, I ran across a seven volume series that documented
alternative reading for all Quranic verses for which alternative readings
exist/have been proposed at one time or another. I am interested in
acquiring these volumes but don't have any specific information on them.
Could someone give me the name and/or publishers or any other information
that would help me get hold of them. If anyone knows of a stateside
source
that would also be very helpful.

A good source is Leila Books, which ships to the U.S.:

* Visiting Address:
Office: 39 Kasr El Nil St.-2nd Floor,Office 12,Cairo,Egypt;
Tel.: 3959747-3934402-3587399;  Fax: (00202)3924475;
Bookshop: 17 Gawad Hossny St., Cairo, Egypt;
E-mail: leilabks at intouch.com;  http://www.leila-books.com;
* Postal Address: P.O.Box 31 Daher, 11271 Cairo, Egypt.

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:33 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:K-12 materials response
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:GnhBos at aol.com
Subject:K-12 materials response

> Are there Arabic instructional materials specifically designed with
> American students K-12 (both second language and heritage learners)
> available in the US?? If so, who publishes them and are they of well
> designed?
> Diana Scalera

There are Multimedia materials that have been localized into Arabic
and published by major English/American companies.

Other multimedia titles are published by other companies, who are
specialized in Arabic language and multilingual titles, originally.

Teach Your Children The Arabic Language
Arabic Language Tutors Multimedia

Resources to learn the Arabic language are available
at AramediA.

http://www.aramedia.com/atutors.htm

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:36 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:shidd heelak
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:Alex Dalati <aedalati at earthlink.net>
Subject:shidd heelak

Hi All,
I can vouch for the Syrian dialect, well at least the Damascene:
Shidd haylak is something to tell a slacker or a sufferer.  The tone of
voice distinguishes between Get with it!, or, Hang in there.
Someone who needs Shadd baraghi is someone who needs straightening out,
as in: Look here, hot stuff, ....
If someone is taking too long to say something, they need to just
Intu'ha! (min al-nutq), or, Intu'ha ba'a!
I hope these help.
Alex

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:38 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:38 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Structure of Arabic textbook
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:Mohammad <mohd at mail.ukans.edu>
Subject:Needs Structure of Arabic textbook

Dear All,
I'm looking for a good textbook to be used to teach the structure of
Arabic
for speakers of English language. The course is not supposed to teach
them how
to speak Arabic but to help them understand various aspects of its
structure.
I do not know of any book that covers the areas we need. The course
targets
junior and senior students who have had at least one course in
Linguistics,
thus familiar with the basics of phonetics, phonology, morphology,
syntax,
semantics and historical linguistics. The course should generally cover
these
areas about Modern Standard Arabic. I have recently found a valuable
book:
Watson, J. (2002)The Phonology and Morphology of Arabic. Oxford UP.
If you are familiar with any other resources, please let's share.
Your input is highly appreciated.
Mohammad Al-Masri

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:40 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:40 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic Language in the Media Conference
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:ashraf m <ashraf_m30 at hotmail.com>
Subject:Arabic Language in the Media Conference


CALL FOR PAPERS
The Department of linguistics
Faculty of Dar Al-Ulum
Cairo University
Announces

The First Conference on Arabic Language In The Media

On Tuesday and Wednesday December 17 & 18, 2002

Language of Conference: Arabic

Themes
*Language preparing for the workers in Media;
* The influence of Media on Arabic language;
*The levels of Arabic Language in the Media;
*The linguistic structure of the Media discourse.
?
Papers and pre-organized panels are welcome.
?
Abstracts: 250 words.
?
E-mail: firstconference at hotmail.com

Abstracts in attachments: Please use Word.

Deadline: September 15, 2002.
?
Organizer: Dr. Muhammad Hasan Abd Al-Aziz

Fax: 20-2- 3387672 , 5727477

Address: Dr. Muhammad Hasan Abd Al-Aziz.

Department of linguistics

Faculty of Dar Al-Ulum

Cairo University

Giza, Egypt.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:46 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:46 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:SLS looking for New Instructional Materials to
 publish
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:John Skawski <John at spokenlanguage.com>
Subject:SLS looking for New Instructional Materials to publish

Dear Instructor of Arabic,

My name is David Haas, and I'm a student in Comparative Literature at
Cornell University.  Currently, I am working as a publishing intern with
Spoken Language Services, Inc.

I am writing because Spoken Language Services, Inc. is presently seeking
accomplished authors of new instructional materials in Arabic, as well
as in
other languages.  In particular, we are interested in materials with an
audio-visual or multimedia component.

Keeping course materials current with the latest language-learning
techniques and methodologies is one of our most important goals, and as
part
of this effort, we are seeking accomplished authors of new instructional
materials.

You may be familiar with our Arabic-English dictionary, A Dictionary of
Modern Written Arabic, edited by J. Milton Cowan, founder of Spoken
Language
Services.  In addition to the dictionary and our publication Spoken
Arabic
by Merrill Y. Van Wagoner, we currently offer a series of English as a
Foreign Language, including English for Iranians, and will review
materials
geared toward students learning English as well.

I would like to take a moment, though, to further introduce you to Spoken
Language Services, Inc.  Cornell University Professor J. Milton Cowan,
founder and then Chairman of the Division of Modern Languages at Cornell,
founded Spoken Language Services in 1972.  His emphasis on the language's
spoken dimension as the proper starting point for acquiring a non-native
tongue is the guiding principle of our language learning courses,
instructional materials, and related reference works.  SLS is integrated
into the systems of the largest US book distributors, among them Baker &
Taylor, Ingram, and Amazon.com.

Please contact me by telephone at (607)-256-0500 or by email at
bob at spokenlanguage.com with any questions or suggestions.  Materials
submitted for review may be sent to the following address:

		Spoken Language Services, Inc.
				Publishing Department
		P.O. Box 783
		Ithaca, NY  14851

Our catalog is available upon request, and you may also visit us on the
web
at www.spokenlanguage.com

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,
David Haas
Publishing Department
Spoken Language Services, Inc.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:43 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:43 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Long and short vowels response
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:Haruko SAKAEDANI <harukos at aa.tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:Long and short vowels response

For example, the English words "bees" and "biz" are recognaized as
[biiz] and [biz]
but in fact, there is no length difference between them.
Actually, they are pronounced [biz] (with tensed i) and [bIz] (with
laxed i) .

On the other hand, the vowel length of "bii (by me)" is diferent from
that of "bi (by)" in Arabic.
If some English-speaking learners pronounce them as [bi] and [bI]
with the transference from their native language
they do not pronounce "bii (by me)" with a long vowel but short one in
reality.

So i think that they may believe that they had pronounced long vowels.
Sorry for my English.

Haruko SAKAEDANI
harukos at aa.tufs.ac.jp

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:51 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:51 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic and a Century of Syntactic Study Conference
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:dayem at frcu.eun.eg
Subject:Arabic and a Century of Syntactic Study Conference

Dear Colleagues,
The Department of Morphology, Syntax and Prosody, CairoUniversity is =
pleased to invite linguists and grammarians to participate in its
second =
conference on " Arabic and a Century of Syntactic Study" All terms and =
details are herein enclosed.
For more information and electronically registration access to our web =
site www.frcu.eun.eg/cass or email dayem at frcu.eun.eg =20
We look forward to receiving your contribution with a view to advancing =
a serious constructive dialogue.
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Kishk

Dean of Faculty of Dar el-Ulum,

Cairo University

             The Topics

First Topic : Forming an Arabic Contemporary Gramatical Theory       =20

   1.. Grammatical Theorizing for Arabic:=20

     1.. Introducing and translating the western grammatical theories =
into Arabic.=20

     2.. Applying the most dominant grammatical theories on Arabic.=20

     3.. Deducting the characteristics of a grammatical theory based on =
the nature of Arabic.=20

     4.. Grammatical theorizing based on the Arabic grammatical =
tradition.=20

     5.. The most dominant grammatical theories of Arabic in the 20th =
century.=20

   2.. Developing the Approaches and Concepts of Arabic Grammatical =
Studies (Their Models).=20

   3.. Treatment of Terminology:=20

     1.. The works of the Linguistic Academies of Arabic.=20

     2.. Encyclopedias and dictionaries of terms.=20

     3.. The theorizing research papers and studies on terms.=20

Second Topic : the Study of Traditional Grammatical Theory
   1.      Historical studies:

a.        Study of the grammatical trends and schools.

b.       Study of the great grammarians.

2.      Editing manuscripts.

a.       The theorizing for editing traditional grammatical manuscripts.

b.       The outcomes of editing the traditional grammatical =
manuscripts.

3.      Studying the grammatical principles.=20

4.      Studying the attested data.

5.      Criticizing Works.

Third Topics : studies in the Grammatical Theory

           1.       Morphological theory

a.        Its basis and concepts.

b.       Its principles.

c.        Its characteristics.

d.       The morphological meanings.

e.        The morphological relations.

f.        Its challenges.

2.       Syntactic theory=20

a.        Its basis and concepts.

b.       Its principles.

c.        Its characteristics.

d.       Its challenges.

3.       The modern grammatical approaches and concepts:

a.       A comparison between the old and the new approaches

b.      Development of the concepts.

4.       Linguistic terms:

c.       Its development.

d.      Its problems.

e.       Difficulties of transferring and translating into Arabic.



Fourth Topic: Applications of the Grammatical Theories on Arabic

      =20

1.       Models of  the applications in:

a.        Morphology.

b.       Syntax.

2.       Evaluating of these models

3.       Efforts of simplifying & easing Arabic grammar in the light of =
the modern linguistic theory

4.       Evaluating of these efforts.



Fifth Topic: The History of Linguistic Study in the 20th Century=20

      =20

   1.       Its trends.

2.       Its pioneer grammarians=20

3.       Its pioneer contributions of grammatical Studies.

a.        The alternative proposals.

b.       Introducing and evaluating the dominant works in grammatical =
theorizing.

4.       Its efforts of simplifying & easing Arabic grammar.

5.       Evaluation its grammatical movement.

             Dates

Submission of the application: before October 3, 2002.

Notification of the acceptance: before October 16, 2002.

Final full typed text of the paper: before January 16, 2003.

             Correspondence

Dr. Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Dayem
Conference Organizer
Faculty of Dar El-Ulum
Cairo University
Giza
Egypt
Tel +202 567-5042
Fax +202 5727477
E-mail dayem at frcu.eun.eg=20
            Registration  Form
           =20


: Name
Job:              At the University                       Out of the =
University                 =20

Position:=20

Department:=20

  Faculty:        =20

  University: =20

  Phone:=20

Cell Phone :

Fax :

E-mail :=20

Business Address: =20

City:                      =20

Country:               =20

Correspondence Address=20

  City:   =20

Country:=20

Paper Title:=20

Paper Abstract : ( About 250 Words )


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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:54 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NYU Arabic adjunct position
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:Kristin L Sands <kristin.sands at nyu.edu>
Subject:NYU Arabic adjunct position

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at New York University is
seeking a part-time adjunct instructor to teach one section of
Elementary Arabic during the 2002-2003 academic year.  The section
taught will meet Mondays through Thursdays, at either 9:30-10:45 or
11:00-12:15.  We are looking for a dynamic teacher with experience
teaching Modern Standard Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) at the
university level and familiarity with proficiency-based language
teaching and testing.  ABD or PhD preferred.  Please contact:

Kristin Sands
Acting Director of Arabic Language Instruction
Telephone: 212-998-8889
Fax: 212-995-4689
E-mail: kristin.sands at nyu.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Aug 13 22:11:48 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:11:48 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Threshhold response
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Date:  13 Aug 2002
From:Hammoud Salah Civ USAFA/DFF <Salah.Hammoud at usafa.af.mil>
Subject:Threshhold response

The Threshold Level refers to a set of language proficiency guidelines,
which was devised by the Council of Europe (an arm to the European
Parliament in the late 1970's, predating the European Union in its
present
form and constitution). It was elaborated specifically with the immigrant
population in mind, as a way to define exactly the language/communication
skills needed by members of immigrant communities in order to function in
and participate effectively in the life of their host communities.
As such, these European guidelines are not unlike the US government
Federal
Language InterLanguage Roundtable (FILR) which preceded them.

The set of benchmarks which come closest to the Threshold Level are the
ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
proficiency
guidelines for Arabic which were developed in mid-late 1980's and
revised in
1989.  See Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 22, No 4, September 1989, pp.
373-392.

They are used to gauge the skill levels, especially for oral
proficiency. In
fact they are still the defining criteria used in the standardized Oral
Proficiency Interview (OPI), used and recognized by a number of programs
for
placement and exit test purposes.

Since the time the guidelines were published, ACTFL has adopted new and
more
comprehensive "National Standards" which take a holistic approach at
considering learning, teaching, and using language. The Standards which
have
also been developed for specific languages including Russian and
Japanese,
are yet to be considered by the Arabic teaching community. A 1990's
effort
leading to a similar end under the title Language Learning Framework
(LLF)
has not to this date culminated in the publication of a single guidelines
document, endorsed by the profession at large.

The ACTFL Standards based on 5 Cs (Communication, Cultures, Communities,
Connections, Comparisons), are gaining wide endorsement among teachers
including those of some less commonly taught languages. A manual
detailing
them came out not long ago: Standards for Foreign Language Learning in
the
21st Century: Including Chinese, classical Languages, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish: Allen Press,
Lawrence,
Kansas, 1999. ISBN 0-935868-85-2. The volume may be ordered through
ACTFL, 6
Executive Plaza, Yonkers, NY 10701.

I realize this was a long answer to a short question, but the background
and
subsequent developments to the Threshold level may prove of interest.

Salah Hammoud
Department of Foreign Languages
US Air Force Academy, Colorado.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 22 22:20:55 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:20:55 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Wants English language literary essays by Arabs
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Date:  22 Aug 2002
From:Tom Johnson <thj5 at columbia.edu>
Subject:Wants English language literary essays by Arabs

I would like to know if you have any recommendations on literary essays 
by Arabs. In looking through our university library's collection of 
Arabic texts (the English translations), I mostly find fiction, poetry, 
or autobiography, and almost no literary essays in the spirit of the New 
Yorker or the Best American Essays (e.g., Joseph Epstein, Andre Aciman 
style). What I'm looking for is something a step up either in?literary 
quality or critical awareness than what one finds on ahram.org.  I'm 
hoping to use some of these essays as primers and models for entry-level 
college students taking English 101. Thanks in advance for any help,
Tom Johnson

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 22 22:20:51 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:20:51 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Revised IMSA Announcement
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Date:  22 Aug 2002
From:enm at umich.edu
Subject:Revised IMSA Announcement

[a response to the original posting revealed an ambiguity in the 
description; here is the revised description]

This is to announce a more complete version of Modern Standard Arabic.
Intermediate Level, also called Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic, or
simply ?IMSA?, 1977, Peter Abboud and Ernest McCarus, editors.  It 
contains the
original goal of taking the intermediate student to an Advanced or 
Advanced
High proficiency level on the ACTFL scale in all four language skills, 
using a
functional/communicative approach and the top-to-bottom model, with 
increased
emphasis on authenticity of language and on Arab culture.

This edition consists of (1) fifteen lessons which classroom use at a
number of institutions has shown to be more than enough for a year?s 
work (the
last five lessons are prepared and will be added in the next printing); 
(2) a
section of grammatical notes relating to the fifteen lessons; and (3) 
audio
cassette tapes and CD?s for the Basic Texts and Reading Aloud passages.  
Under
preparation is a separate reference grammar covering all the structures 
of EMSA
(Elementary Modern Standard Arabic) and IMSA as well as certain Listening
Comprehension passages.

Each lesson contains seven parts: Preliminaries to reading the Basic 
Text: pre-
reading questions, vocabulary presentation, cultural notes; Reading 
Activities
involving the Text itself; Review, a recasting of the Basic Text or 
expansion
on it, while reviewing vocabulary and structures; Applications, putting 
to
creative use items gleaned from the Text; Reading Comprehension and 
Listening
Comprehension, authentic texts prepared by Arabs for Arabs, with 
exercises to
develop effective reading and listening strategies; and Dictionary 
Studies,
presenting semantic word classes and derivatives.

ISBN 0-9724180-0-8.  Book price: $48.00.

Books may be ordered from

Chicago Distribution Center
11030 South Langley Avenue
Chicago, IL 60628
Tel. (800) 621-2736
kh at press.uchicago.edu
www.press.uchicago.edu
$48.00

Cassettes and CD?s may be ordered from

Language Resource Center
ATTN: FLACS Program
2018 Modern Language Building
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275
Tel. (734) 764-0424
flacs at umich.edu
www.umich.edu/~langres

Contact person:  Ernest McCarus, enm at umich.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 22 22:20:50 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:20:50 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Spoken LDC Arabic Corpus Announced
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1) Subject:Spoken LDC Arabic Corpus Announced

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Date:  22 Aug 2002
From:reposted from CORPORA
Subject:Spoken LDC Arabic Corpus Announced

From: LDC Office <ldc at ldc.upenn.edu>
Date: Wed Aug 21, 2002  02:28:28 PM US/Mountain
To: corpora at uib.no
Subject: [Corpora-List] New Release from the LDC
Reply-To: ldc at ldc.upenn.edu


        *   West Point Arabic Speech Corpus   *


The Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) is pleased to announce the
availability of the West Point Arabic Speech Corpus.

This corpus contains speech data that was collected and processed
by members of the Department of Foreign Languages at the United
States Military Academy at West Point and the Center For Technology
Enhanced Language Learning (CTELL), as part of an effort called
'Project Santiago'.  The original purpose of this corpus was to
train acoustic models for automatic speech recognition that could
be used as an aid in teaching Arabic to West Point cadets.

The West Point Arabic Speech Corpus consists of 8,516 speech files,
totaling 1.7 gigabytes or 11.42 hours of speech data. Each speech
file represents one person reciting one prompt from one of four
prompt scripts.

For further information, including online documentation, please visit:

http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Catalog/LDC2002S02.html

Institutions that have membership in the LDC during the 2002
Membership Year will be able to receive this corpus free of charge.
Nonmembers may purchase this publication for $600.

			   *

If you need additional information before placing your order, or
would like to inquire about membership in the LDC, please send email
to <ldc at ldc.upenn.edu> or call (215) 573-1275.


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 22 22:20:53 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:20:53 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:COOP Mini-Grants Available for Student Programming
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Date:  22 Aug 2002
From:Elizabeth Schultz <Eschultz at nafsa.org>
Subject:COOP Mini-Grants Available for Student Programming

The Cooperative Grants Program (COOP), implemented by NAFSA: Association
of
International Educators and funded through the U.S. Department of State,
is
accepting proposals for its October 1, 2002 Mini-Grant competition.
Mini-Grants are awards of up to $2,000.

COOP invites proposals from U.S.-based institutions of higher education
and
non-profit organizations for innovative projects that:

* encourage international students and scholars attending U.S. colleges
and
universities to become involved in and knowledgeable about U.S. culture
and
society apart from their study/research programs;

* enhance the experience of U.S. students involved in study abroad prior
to
their departure or upon their return; and/or

* stimulate and strengthen interaction among international students,
their
U.S. peers, faculty, and communities.

While all proposals submitted to COOP for this competition that meet the
selection criteria are considered, the Cooperative Grants Committee will
give priority to grant proposals that address any of the themes below.

*  U.S. society and values, including pluralism, diversity, volunteerism,
religious tolerance, the partnership of the public and private sectors,
and
the arts and cultural heritage of the U.S.

* Democracy and human rights, including the U.S. elections process, the
role
of the media, and the rule of law and administration of justice

* U.S. economy and international trade issues

* U.S.-Muslim intercultural awareness

Application materials, grant writing resources and the COOP Model Program
List are available on the NAFSA web site at www.nafsa.org/coop  or
contact
COOP staff at coop at nafsa.org.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 22 22:20:52 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:20:52 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:K-12 materials response
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Date:  22 Aug 2002
From:Raji Rammuny <raram at umich.edu>
Subject:K-12 materials response

I recommend my Arabic Sounds and Letters Book and Manual, distributed by
the University of Michigan Press. The book follows the programmed
learning
approach and is accompanied by audio tapes. Call Chicago Distribution
Center at (800)621-2736 to obtain further information about the Book and
Manual, and University of Michigan Language Resource Center at (734)0424
or E-mail  flacs at umich.edu to order tapes.

Raji Rammuny

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 22 22:20:54 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 16:20:54 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Structure of Arabic Textbook response
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1) Subject:Structure of Arabic Textbook response

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Date:  22 Aug 2002
From:Tom Emerson <tree at basistech.com>
Subject:Structure of Arabic Textbook response

Mohammad Al-Masri asked on 13 August:
I'm looking for a good textbook to be used to teach the structure of
Arabic for speakers of English language. The course is not supposed
to teach them how to speak Arabic but to help them understand
various aspects of its structure.
[...]

One of the best books I've read on this topic is A.F.L. Beeston's "The
Arabic Language Today". It is one of the best descriptive grammar's
I've read for any language, second only to Chao's Mandarin
grammar.

Unfortunately Beeston's book is probably 30 years out of print. But if
you can find a copy, it may be exactly what you are looking for.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 29 22:01:24 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:01:24 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:K-12 response
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Date:  29 Aug 2002
From: Charles E Bell <cbell at uakron.edu>
Subject:K-12 response

Green High School in Ohio has a four year Arabic program. You might
check with Faith Andrus there to see what they are already doing.

Charles Bell
Wayne College

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 29 22:01:26 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:01:26 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS:Contract Interpreter Jobs
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Date:  29 Aug 2002
From:James Williamson <jwilli65 at tampabay.rr.com>
Subject:Contract Interpreter Jobs

Worldwide Language Resources, Inc.??? www.wwlr.com??? is recruiting  
native speaking US citizens for contract interpreter assignments in the  
US and overseas.
?
Arabic (all dialects), Farsi, Dari, Pashtu, Urdu, Somali, Amharic,  
Kohistani, Kurdish, Turkish, etc.
?
Candidates must:
?
be a US citizen
submit a resume in MS word outlining their work and educational  
experience and languages spoken
be willing to live overseas for a minimum of six months
speak and write in native language and English
?
Please submit resumes to resumes at wwlr.com?? or fax to (207) 392-1404

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 29 22:01:28 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:01:28 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U. of Florida Job
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1) Subject:U. of Florida Job

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Date:  29 Aug 2002
From: Aida Bamia <abamia at aall.ufl.edu>
Subject:U. of Florida Job

Instructor, Arabic Language

The Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures at the
University of Florida seeks applicants for a full time Instructor of
Arabic
beginning August, 2003. Position is part of the planned expansion of
Near
East Studies at UF, and annually renewable. Minimum requirements native
or
near-native fluency in Arabic and English and MA in linguistics, Arabic
literature or second language acquisition. Preference for candidates
with
experience teaching Arabic at college level, and commitment for
continued
development of computer-assisted language learning. Candidate should be
able to teach all levels of Modern Standard Arabic and occasionally an
Arabic dialect., with course load 3/3. Salary is competitive. Send
application letter with statement of teaching strategy , CV, sample
syllabus, and three letters of recommendation to Chair, Arabic Search
Committee, P.O.Box 115565, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
32611-5565. Short-listed candidates may  be asked to supply sample
teaching
video. Deadline for application is November 8, 2002. University of
Florida
is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.

African and Asian Languages and Literatures
470 Grinter Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL. 32611
Tel. (352) 392-8216 (new number)

Fax: (352) 392-1443
Office: Grinter 401
e.mail: abamia at aall.ufl.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 29 22:01:33 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:01:33 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:New Middle East LRC Announced
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Date:  29 Aug 2002
From:Kirk Belnap <rkb at byu.edu>
Subject:New Middle East LRC Announced

The U.S. Department of Education recently announced the creation of the  
National Middle East Language Resource Center, the first Title VI  
Language Resource Center to focus solely on the languages of the Middle  
East. The center will be headquartered at Brigham Young University and  
represents a consortium of language experts from more than twenty  
universities. Kirk Belnap, BYU associate professor of Arabic, will  
serve as the center's director.? The associate directors, each charged  
with primary oversight of one of the major languages of the region,  
are: Mahmoud Al-Batal (Arabic), Emory University; Shmuel Bolozky  
(Hebrew), the University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Erika H. Gilson  
(Turkish), Princeton University; Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (Persian),  
University of Washington.
The center will work with the country's Middle East language  
professionals and? other Title VI centers to coordinate efforts aimed  
at increasing and improving opportunities for learning the languages of  
the Middle East.? The center will also undertake and support projects  
in areas such as teacher training, materials development, testing and  
assessment, integration of pedagogy and technology, study abroad, and  
K-12 programs.? It will work across the four Middle East language  
groups (as well as with smaller language fields, such as Kurdish) to  
foster cooperation and joint utilization of expertise and resources.
The center will begin by surveying the needs of each language field and  
then work closely with each to create a strategic plan to be  
implemented in stages.? A significant portion of the center's funds  
from the Department of Education will be used for its grants program.?  
These grants will serve as seed money to attract matching funds from  
other institutions and encourage broad field participation.? These  
grants will target the development of materials and programs that  
complement the center's other projects in building an integrated system  
of language learning support.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Aug 29 22:01:31 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:01:31 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:NMELRC Coordinator Job
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Date:  29 Aug 2002
From: Kirk Belnap <rkb at byu.edu>
Subject:NMELRC Coordinator Job

The National Middle East Language Resource Center, headquartered at
Brigham Young University, would like to hire a full-time coordinator as
soon as possible.  The coordinator will oversee day-to-day operations
of the center and will track the progress of center projects.
Candidates for this position must: have a minimum of two years related
work experience; have experience running a complex organization; have
the ability to work well with people; have excellent technical skills,
ideally with educational software development experience; have
excellent English verbal and writing skills.  Familiarity with issues
involved in the learning of less-commonly-taught languages is a very
high priority.  A master's degree is also preferred.  Applicants should
be available to begin work by September 15, 2002.  Applications must be
received by September 5, 2002.  An application form and the official
job listing can be found at:

http://www.byu.edu/hr/employment/joblist.htm

Brigham Young University, an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer, is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints.  Observance of Church standards is required of all employees.
Before applying, candidates are strongly encouraged to familiarize
themselves with the university and its Honor Code, which can be found
at:

http://www.byu.edu/honorcode/honor_code.htm

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