Arabic-L:PEDA:NMELRC Arabic Teacher Training Seminar

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Date: 24 Feb 2006
From:belnap at byu.edu
Subject:NMELRC Arabic Teacher Training Seminar

Arabic Teacher Training Seminar

The National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC) announces  
its fourth annual Arabic Teacher Training Seminar, to be held August  
7-12, 2006, inclusive, at the Universityof Texas, Austin.   The  
seminar will be led by Professors Kristen Brustad and Mahmoud Al-Batal.

The seminar is particularly oriented towards:

§        Arabic language professionals desiring a skills update,

§        Advanced TAs who are preparing for a career that involves  
teaching Arabic,

§        Instructors whose primary training was in literature,  
religion, culture or other non-linguistic areas but are interested in  
training for language teaching

The seminar will address a variety of areas related to teaching,  
including:

Ø     Course syllabus design

Ø     Teaching reading comprehension

Ø     Teaching listening comprehension

Ø     Teaching vocabulary

Ø     Utilizing group work in class

Ø     Testing

The seminar will allow participants the chance to work on their own  
class syllabi in preparation for teaching in the fall semester 2006.   
In addition, the participants will have the chance to do micro  
teaching and apply the principles learned in the seminar.

The seminar will be conducted entirely in Arabic.

Seminar fees will be fully covered by NMELRC.  Participants will be  
responsible for their transportation to and from Austin as well as  
lodging and board for the week.  NMELRC has limited funds to assist  
some applicants with part of their transportation and lodging expenses.

All who are interested should submit their applications online to  
NMELRC by April 10, 2006.  Please go to www.nmelrc.org/ 
application.html to fill out and send in an application.

Interested applicants are urged to approach their institutions to  
determine what financial support or matching funds might be available  
to assist them in attending this seminar.

  For inquiries please call NMELRC at (801) 422-7192 or e-mail  
NMELRC_research at byu.edu


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