Arabic-L:PEDA&LING&GEN:Edinburgh Conference on Arabic on Campus and Beyond

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1) Subject:Edinburgh Conference on Arabic on Campus and Beyond

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Date: 14 Apr 2008
From:Elisabeth Kendall <elisabeth.kendall at ed.ac.uk>
Subject:Edinburgh Conference on Arabic on Campus and Beyond

Conference: Arabic on Campus and Beyond

Location: University of Edinburgh, UK (Martin Hall, New College, Mound  
Place)

Date: 25 April 2008

Organizer: Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW), a  
collaborative initiative comprising the Universities of Edinburgh,  
Durham and Manchester

Sponsors: CMEIS University of Cambridge, LLAS, CASAW (funded by ESRC,  
AHRC, SFC, HEFCE)

Aim: The main aim of the conference is to enable students and teachers  
of Arabic at UK institutions to share perspectives and experiences of  
the way Arabic is taught - at universities, schools, and in other  
professional environments. The final session compares the challenges  
and opportunities facing students and teachers of a range of  
strategically important languages: Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and  
Russian.

To Book a Free Place: Contact Sophie Lowry on Sophie.Lowry at ed.ac.uk or  
+44 (0)131 650 6814

Outline of Day:
Sessions will run consecutively through the day, with breaks for  
refreshments and lunch. Each session will open with a panel of four  
expert speakers, followed by a chaired question and answer and  
discussion session from the floor.

10.30am
Coffee

10.45am
Welcome by Professor Yasir Suleiman and Dr Elisabeth Kendall

11.00am
Session 1 – Learners’ Perspectives

12.15pm

Session 2 – Resources

1.30pm

Lunch
2.45pm

Session 3 – Arabic beyond Campus
4.00pm

Coffee
4.15pm
Session 4 – Comparative Perspectives

5.30pm

Conclusion

5.35pm

End


Session 1 – “Living Arabic”: Learners’ Perspectives

Purpose
This session invites students to reflect critically on their  
experiences of their year abroad.

Chair: Paul Anderson (Edinburgh)
Panel:
Yonatan Mendel (Cambridge)
Luke Peterson (Cambridge)
Lindsay Stewart (St Andrews) (tbc)
Edinburgh student (tbc)


Session 2 – “Resourcing the Future”

Purpose
This session invites practitioners to reflect critically on the  
resources they use in teaching Arabic.

Chair: Philip Sadgrove (Manchester)
Panel:
Shahla Suleiman (Edinburgh)
Otared Haidar (Oxford)
Manuela Giolfo (Exeter)
Mourad Diouri (Edinburgh)


Session 3 – Arabic Beyond Campus

Purpose
This session focuses on the methods and objectives of Arabic teaching  
outside universities, and the demands and needs for Arabic language  
expertise beyond universities.

Chair: Paul Starkey (Durham)
Panel:
Amal Ayoubi (SOAS)
Anissa Daoudi (Durham)
Haroon Shirwani (Eton)
Defence School of Languages speaker


Session 4 – “How hard is hard?” – Arabic in a Comparative Perspective

Purpose
This session considers similarities and differences in the way that  
“hard” languages are taught in the UK, and in particular the role of  
technology in teaching. The panel will consist of Russian, Arabic,  
Chinese and Japanese teachers working at ESRC-funded language-based  
area studies centres.

Chair: Yasir Suleiman (Cambridge)
Panel:
Shioyun Kan (Chinese ESRC centre – BICC)
Margaret Tejerizo (Russian ESRC centre – CEELBAS)
James Dickins (Salford - Arabic)
Tom McAuley (Japanese ESRC centre – White Rose)


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Dr Elisabeth Kendall
Director, Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World

Administrative Address:
University of Edinburgh
16-19 George Square
Edinburgh, EH8 9LD, U.K.

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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