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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Museum needs help deciphering calligraphy
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1) Subject:Museum needs help deciphering calligraphy

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:"Uhlmann, Allon" <uhlmanna at umsl.edu>
Subject:Museum needs help deciphering calligraphy

Hi Everyone,

Our museum studies people encountered a bowl, probably purchased in  
the Middle East in the 19th century, with ornamental calligraphy.  I  
can decipher some Arabic words there, but not all.  Can anybody  
suggest someone who might be able to interpret such calligraphy?  Or  
better yet, is there anybody on the list who is willing to rise to the  
challenge of 19th century calligraphy?

Cheers,
Allon

Allon J. Uhlmann
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Missouri - St. Louis
http://www.umsl.edu/~uhlmanna/

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS 23 Dues and Fees information
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1) Subject:ALS 23 Dues and Fees information

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:moderator
Subject:ALS 23 Dues and Fees information

Prof. Hamid Ouali, the organizer of ALS 23 in Wisconsin coming up in  
April, has informed me that the university there will NOT be able to  
handle the ALS dues along with the conference fees.  There are two  
options.  You can either send two checks to them, one made out to the  
University for the conference fees, and one made out to ALS for the  
amount of the dues ($30), or you can pay the conference fees online at  
the conference website with your credit card, and then bring a check  
for $30 to the conference, again made out to ALS.
Thank you for helping us get this matter sorted out.  ALS dues have  
been kept very low, but they are needed to support the publication of  
the proceedings and the organization of the conference.
Thanks for you attention to this matter.
dil

Reminder: the conference website is:
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Workshop of Pharyngealization program
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Ghada Khattab <ghada.khattab at newcastle.ac.uk>
Subject:Workshop of Pharyngealization program

International Workshop on Pharyngeals & Pharyngealisation: 26-27  
March, 2009, Newcastle University, UK.

Co-organised by the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language  
Science (CRiLLS), Newcastle University and Praxiling Centre National  
de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Montpellier III

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/news/events/item/international-workshop-on-pharyngeals-pharyngealisation

The final programme for our International Workshop on Pharyngeals &  
Pharyngealisation to be held at Newcastle University (UK) is now  
available. To access the workshop programme, please click here: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/workshopprogramme.htm

To find out more about the workshop and to register, please click here:
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/news/events/item/international-workshop-on-pharyngeals-pharyngealisation

The deadline for early registration is the 22nd of February.

We look forward to seeing you there,

Ghada Khattab and the Organising Committee.

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Ghada Khattab
Speech and Language Sciences Section
King George VI bldg
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
UK
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/staff/profile/ghada.khattab

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Colloquials taught at Georgetown
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From:Terrence Potter <tmp28 at georgetown.edu>
Subject:Colloquials taught at Georgetown

Georgetown University has offered colloquial Egyptian during the current
academic year, and it will offer courses in spoken Egyptian, Levantine
and Iraqi in the summer of 2009.

Best regards,
Terry Potter

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:International Arabic Short Story Competition for
 Students
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1) Subject:International Arabic Short Story Competition for Students

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:ghanem at arabacademy.com
Subject:International Arabic Short Story Competition for Students

The Arab Academy announces an "International Arabic Short Story  
Competition" open to all those currently studying Arabic as a foreign  
language. The stories should take place in the Middle East (past or  
present), and the aim of the stories should be to enable the readers  
to better understand the history, culture, societies and/or  
geopolitics of the region.  For more information, visit:
http://www.arabacademy.com/competition

Who may participate?
Students of Arabic in the West or those residing in an Arab country.


When is the entry deadline?
30th June 2009

What is the objective of this competition?
To encourage non-Arabs to write about the riches of the region from  
their own personal vantage point so that they help their readers to  
better understand the diverse cultures of the Middle East.


What are the requirements?
Two versions of the story: One version of the story in English and the  
other in Arabic. The English version should have a minimum of 5000  
words. The Arabic version of the story should be an excerpt and should  
have a maximum of 1,000 words. Stories should be submitted via email  
to (stories at arabacademy.com) with current email address, physical  
address and telephone numbers.

Who are the jury?
** The jury are renowned novelists, historians and literary critics  
from the Middle East.

Dr. MBaye Bashir (Duke Unviersity, United States)
Dr. Zeinab Ibrahim (Amideast, Cairo, Egypt)
Dr. Salih Abdel Rahman (Howard Community College, United States)

When will the results be announced?
31st July 2009. Winners will be notified by email.
The winners of our prizes will have their stories published on the  
Arab Academy website.

What are the prizes?
** First Prize: 1 month of free tuition at Arab Academy in Cairo,  
Egypt + accommodation.
** Second Prize: 1 month of free tuition at Arab Academy in Cairo,  
Egypt.
** Third Prize: 6 months of free online Arabic language tuition

Best regards,
Sanaa

-- 
Sanaa Ghanem
President, Arab Academy
3 Alif Al-Nabataat Street, Garden City,
Cairo, Egypt
Cellular: +2 012 218 0305
E-mail: sanaa.ghanem at gmail.com
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:MEDAR 2009 Deadline Extension
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Prof_Khaled Shaalan <khaled.shaalan at gmail.com>
Subject:MEDAR 2009 Deadline Extension


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALL For Papers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>>> 2nd International Conference on Arabic Resources and Tools <<<

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 22-23 April 2009, Cairo, Egypt <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.medar.info/conference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



The second international conference on Arabic Language Resources and
Tools is organised by the MEDAR consortium in Cairo, Egypt. MEDAR
(Mediterranean  Arabic  Language  and  Speech  Technology)  is a
follow-up of NEMLAR, and is supported by the European Commission.


>>>> Conference aims <<<<<
Language Resources (LRs) are a central component of the linguistic
infrastructure, necessary for the development of HLT applications and
products, and therefore for industrial development. In this conference
we will focus on Arabic language technology and on the necessary
language resources and tools for both research and commercial
development of language technology for Arabic. Multilingual language
technology is a particular focus, as well as general methodologies.
The other important aspect for the promotion of Arabic language
technology is cooperation: Cooperation is extremely important for the
advancement of the field, be it cooperation between European, Arabic
and American partners, cooperation between Arabic partners,
cooperation between research and industry etc. MEDAR will present its
first proposal for a Cooperation Roadmap, and will seek discussion and
collaboration for its final version. The aim of this conference is to
provide a forum for the discussion of the state-of-the-art for Arabic
resources and tools, in particular for machine translation and
multilingual information retrieval, discuss problems and
opportunities, exchange information regarding LRs and tools, their
applications, ongoing and planned activities, industrial uses and
needs, requirements coming from the new e-society, both with respect
to policy issues and to technological and organisational ones. The
roadmap discussions will in particular bring in policy issues and
collaboration and organisation issues.

>>>> Important Dates <<<<

Submission of proposals for papers, posters, referenced demos: 30
January 2009 (extended to 4 February 2009)
Notification of acceptance: 9 March 2009
Final versions for the proceedings: 6 April 2009

>>>>> Submission Guidelines <<<<<
Submit an Abstract for Oral and Poster presentation. The instructions
for abstract and final submission can be found at
http://www.medar.info/conference/submission.php

>>>> For Further Information <<<<

Bente Maegaard (co-ordinator)
Tel: + 45 35 32 90 90
Fax: + 45 35 32 90 89
Email: nemlar[AT]hum.ku.dk
Web: www.medar.info


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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs good intermediate fusha conversation book
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Gisele El Khoury <gelkhoury at stlawu.edu>
Subject:Needs good intermediate fusha conversation book

Hello,
Allow me first to introduce myself: My name is Gisele El Khoury and
I'm an Arabic Instructor in SUNY-Potsdam and SLU.
I was wondering if maybe you can help me finding what is the best book
for teaching Intermediate conversation, I will be teaching this course
in the fall and I'm looking for a good book which use "FusHa".
I would appreciate a lot your help and thank you in advance,
Regards,
Gisele
-- 
Gisele El Khoury
Director, Language Resource Center
Adjunct Instructor of Arabic
St. Lawrence University
Canton, New York 13617
Office: Carnegie 215
Phone: 315-229-5088

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:33 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Using private blogs with Arabic Instruction
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Afra Al-Mussawir <afraalmussawir at yahoo.com>
Subject:Using private blogs with Arabic Instruction

marhaba all,
Thank you for the great responses regarding my query about free  
resources for Yemeni dialects -- I have been meaning to respond to the  
private emails I got but unexpectedly got swamped. In an effort to  
make my tutoring work a more efficient use of face-to-face time, I've  
set up a blog for each of my students -- a private blog on a free  
server (I am using blogspot right now, we'll see how that goes). My  
students post exercises they've written, and I post corrections in the  
comments area. I am also posting info as I come by it on related  
events of interest going on in town (e.g. open lectures on campus),  
other materials they could get on their own (e.g. videos to rent),  
books and websites, etc. Students can post questions (before they  
forget it by our next meeting). Because each student has their own  
blog, I can tailor responses to each student's level, interests, and  
goals.

My question is this: do any of you have suggestions for how else I can  
use this resource? I've never used blogs before for instruction,  
though I've used blackboard with formal classes. Keep in mind that I  
only see each student once or twice a week! I am especially looking  
for pedagogical techniques that will appeal to different modes:  
visual, aural, kinesthetic (?) and Gardner's multiple intelligences.

Ideas?

Many thanks,
Afra Al-Mussawir

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:10 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Aramaic origins lecture at Rutgers
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Subject:Aramaic origins lecture at Rutgers

Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:08:00
From: Charles Häberl [haberl at rutgers.edu]
Subject: Aramaic Lecture at Rutgers, 16 February 2009

'"Aramaic Origins and Dialects: a Model for Proto-Afroasiatic"

On Monday, 16 February 2009, William Fulco will deliver a lecture on the
evolution of Aramaic dialects as a model for understanding linguistic
evolution in the greater Afroasiatic language phylum. The lecture will  
take
place between 1:40 and 3:00 PM in the Alexander Library Scholarly
Communication Center at 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ.

William J. Fulco, S.J., PhD, is the National Endowment for the  
Humanities
Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Loyola Marymount  
University
in Los Angeles, California. In addition to a Ph.D. in Near Eastern
Languages and Literatures from Yale University, he holds graduate  
degrees
in Classics, Philosophy and Theology. His interests encompass ancient
languages, archaeology and Biblical studies, all of which he teaches at
LMU. He has published widely in reconstructive Afroasiatic linguistics  
and
the study of the Hebrew scriptures.

He is well known for his work in reconstructing Aramaic for the script  
of
the 2004 film "The Passion of the Christ" directed by Mel Gibson, and is
currently working on a script in Punic for the upcoming film "Hannibal  
the
Conqueror", directed by Vin Diesel.

The lecture is free and open to the public.  It is being sponsored by  
the
Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and
Literatures (AMESALL), The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), the
Office of the Vice President for Undergraduate Education, the  
Department of
Jewish Studies, and the Department of Comparative Literature.  For  
further
information, please contact Charles Häberl at the Department of African,
Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures, Rutgers, the
State University of New Jersey, Lucy Stone Hall B329, 54 Joyce Kilmer
Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8045, phone (732) 445-8444, email
haberl at rutgers.edu.

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Arabic, Persian and Turkish at Georgetown
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From:Terrence Potter <tmp28 at georgetown.edu>
Subject:Summer Arabic, Persian and Turkish at Georgetown

Summer Arabic, Persian and Turkish at Georgetown 2009

The Summer Institute at Georgetown University will again offer  
intensive and non-intensive language and culture credit courses in  
summer 2009 with expanded offerings in Arabic, Persian and Turkish.

Arabic: In addition to daytime intensive Arabic at all three levels,  
and three evening courses in colloquial Arabic (Egyptian, Iraqi and  
Levantine), a daytime course on Arabic media, and an advanced evening  
course on the Qur’an and another on the Middle East will be available  
each session this summer.

Persian: In addition to daytime intensive first and second level  
Persian, a new evening advanced Persian course will also be offered  
each session.

Turkish: For those who have completed first level instruction in  
Turkish a new course in Turkish Media will be available.

Non-intensive evening courses for those beginning their study of  
Arabic or Persian will again be available.

Completed intensive courses earn 6 credits and non-intensive courses  
earn 3 credits.

For detailed information about courses, enrollment and scholarship aid  
for non-Georgetown students visit: http://scs.georgetown.edu/arabicpersian

Contact us for a brochure or for further information:

Meriem Tikue, Assistant Director, mmt43 at georgetown.edu or (202)  
687-2735; Terry Potter, Director, tmp28 at georgetown.edu or (202)  
687-6580.

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Kenyon College Job (visiting)
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:quinlivana at kenyon.edu
Subject:Kenyon College Job (visiting)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic

The Departments of Modern Language at Denison University and Kenyon  
College seek applications for a two-year visiting position at the  
assistant professor or instructor level beginning Fall 2009.  The area  
of specialization is Arabic.

Yearly teaching load is five courses: two introductory courses and one  
intermediate course in the fall, with continuation of the two  
introductory courses in the spring.  Each semester one introductory  
course meets four times a week at Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, the  
other four times a week at Denison University, Granville, OH, which is  
27 miles from Kenyon.  The intermediate course meets twice a week at  
Kenyon, twice at Denison, on each occasion the remote campus being  
linked via distance-learning technology.

Minimum requirements: Master’s degree, together with native or near- 
native fluency in Arabic and proven excellence as a teacher of Arabic,  
experience with the use of teaching technology preferred.

To be assured full consideration, please submit the following  
materials electronically at https://employment.kenyon.edu: letter of  
application, CV, three letters of recommendation, teaching  
evaluations, representative syllabus, writing sample, and  
transcripts.  The deadline for applications is March 13, 2009, but the  
position will remain open until appropriately filled.

Denison University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity  
Employer.  Kenyon College is an equal opportunity employer.  Women and  
people of color are encouraged to apply.

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Palestinian Dialect book response
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1) Subject:Palestinian Dialect book response

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Susan Hedahl <shedahl at ltsg.edu>
Subject:Palestinian Dialect book response

Dr. Moin Halloun of Bethlehem University in Palestine has written just  
such works.
S. Hedahl

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:When and where are ALS 24?
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1) Subject:When and where are ALS 24?

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Azra Nahid Ali <a.n.ali at hud.ac.uk>
Subject:When and where are ALS 24?

Hi,

Could someone tell when the ALS 24 is likely to be and where?.  Also,  
if anyone knows when the call for the next ALS 24 is likely to be too.

Thanks
Azra


Dr Azra Ali
School of Computing and Engineering
University of Huddersfield

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:56:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:ACTFL seeking help with Proficiency Guidelines
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1) Subject:ACTFL seeking help with Proficiency Guidelines

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Mahmoud Al-Batal <albatal at AUSTIN.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject:ACTFL seeking help with Proficiency Guidelines

Dear Arabic language educator,

ACTFL is currently collaborating with a number of Arabic Flagship  
Programs to build consensus regarding:

1) The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines as they apply to Arabic, and
2) The testing of spoken Arabic using the ACTFL Oral Proficiency  
Interview (OPI).

The results of the consensus building will serve to inform the 2010  
revision of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines and help develop  
explanatory notes for Arabic. These notes will accompany the ACTFL  
Generic Guidelines and contribute to future OPI tester training in  
Arabic.  In order to gain input from the field at large,  a survey  
that addresses several proposed points of consensus has been designed  
and posted online for your comment.

I am writing at this time to ask you to contribute to this effort by  
responding to our short survey, the results of which will be presented  
and discussed at a national meeting in April. Your input will be of  
great value to us and we would be appreciative if you could complete  
the survey by Feb. 25, 2009.

To begin the survey, please click on the web link below. It will  
direct you to the Survey Monkey website, where the points of consensus  
are posted. You may respond to each statement by selecting a degree of  
agreement on a scale from 5 (strongly agree) to 1 (strongly disagree).  
You can also write comments in the text box following each statement.  
Comments need not be extensive, and bulleted comments are fine. The  
survey site is:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xj9l5CeOAzr0of_2f6uk2AjA_3d_3d

Thank you for your interest in ACTFL, the Arabic Flagship Programs,  
and Arabic language education and assessment.


Dr. Elvira Swender, Director
ACTFL Professional Programs
3 Barker Avenue - Suite 300
White Plains, NY 10601
Tel:  (914) 963.8830  Ext. 238
Fax: (914) 963.1275
Email: eswender at actfl.org<mailto:eswender at actfl.org>

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NMELRC Arabic Summer Workshop: Teaching Arabic in
 HS and College
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1) Subject:NMELRC Arabic Summer Workshop: Teaching Arabic in HS and  
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:mnnassif at byu.edu
Subject:NMELRC Arabic Summer Workshop: Teaching Arabic in HS and College

2009 NMELRC Arabic Summer Workshop with Professors Mahmoud Al-Batal  
and Kristen Brustad at UT Austin

Teaching Arabic to Upper High School and College Students:
A Hands-On Workshop for teachers conducted in Arabic by Mahmoud Al- 
Batal and Kristan Brustad, University of Texas.
July 27 - August 1, 2009

NMELRC will cover workshop tuition. Applicants are responsible for  
their own housing and travel expenses. Limited NMELRC Financial Aid  
available in the form of travel awards.

Teachers of Arabic will learn about current methods and practices in  
learner-centered, proficiency-based instruction. Through  
demonstrations, video, discussion, and interactive activities,  
participants will experience the methods of learner-centered,  
proficiency-based instruction. The presenters will demonstrate best  
practices by micro-teaching with small groups of university students,  
and participants will practice learner-centered instruction with  
coaching and feedback from the presenters. Limited space.

Deadline for applications, April 1st, 2009. For an application form  
please click on link below:

http://www.nmelrc.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=1&MMN_position=74:72

For more information please email nmelrc at byu.edu

Maggie N. Nassif, PhD, MBA
Administrative Director
National Middle East
Language Resource Center
Brigham Young University
212 HRCB, BYU,
Provo, Utah, 84602
mnnassif at byu.edu

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:24:50 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:DC-Metro Area Association of Arabic Language
 Teachers
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1) Subject:DC-Metro Area Association of Arabic Language Teachers

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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:paul roochnik <proochnikllc at yahoo.com>
Subject:DC-Metro Area Association of Arabic Language Teachers

Dear Arabic Teachers in the Washington, DC area:

You are cordially invited to attend the first gathering of the DC- 
Metro Area Association of Arabic Language Teachers.  Please mark your  
calendar!

Date:
Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Time:
7:40 PM

Place:
Georgetown University, Inter-Cultural Center, Room 115

Language of the meeting:
Arabic.

Purpose of the meeting:
1. Exchange ideas and insights salient to our profession as teachers  
of Arabic.
2. Launch our association.
3. Become acquainted with one another.
4. Renew old friendships.

Agenda:
1. Refreshments, networking.
2. Opening remarks by organizers.
3. Break up into small groups to brain-storm the mission of our  
association.
4. Re-assemble as a whole to discuss best ideas.
5. More refreshments, more networking.

Cheers,
Abu Sammy


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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:24:56 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:PhD correspondence programs?
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1) Subject:PhD correspondence programs?

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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:David Wilmsen <david.wilmsen at gmail.com>
Subject:PhD correspondence programs?

Does anyone know of a correspondence program by which one could pursue  
a PhD in some aspect of Arabic language pedagogy? I have a former  
student, now with a masters in teaching Arabic as a foreign language  
(and teaching Arabic) who wants to pursue a PhD but does not want to  
leave her position in order to do so.

-- 
David Wilmsen, PhD, Arabic language and linguistics
Visiting Associate Professor of Arabic
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages
American University of Beirut

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:00 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic dialects wiht /m-/ prefix for present
 continuous
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1) Subject:Arabic dialects wiht /m-/ prefix for present continuous

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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:<kmiller3 at email.arizona.edu>
Subject:Arabic dialects wiht /m-/ prefix for present continuous

'm curious if there are any dialects other than dialects of Arabic in  
Central
Asia that use the prefix /m-/ in a similar way to Levantine and  
Egyption /b-/
with verbs in order to express present continuous time?

Thanks,
Keri Miller
MA Candidate, Near Eastern Studies
University of Arizona

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Tue Feb 10 00:25:15 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Palestinian Dialect book
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1) Subject:Palestinian Dialect book

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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:raram <raram at umich.edu>
Subject:Palestinian Dialect book

Hi,

Check with The International Book Centre, Inc. Telephone: (248)  
879-8436 for

Course in Levantine Arabic (Palestinian Dialect) by McCarus-Rammuny- 
Qafisheh, 1979.

Raji Rammuny

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:03 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs Student stories
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1) Subject:Needs Student stories

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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:mnnassif at byu.edu
Subject:Needs Student stories

Greeting from Utah

The National Middle East Language Resource Center is seeking  
nominations of students of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish with  
truly inspiring success stories for an upcoming NMELRC publication. If  
you have students in your departments/centers who have excelled in  
language learning, overcame obstacles in learning a language, or  
contributed through volunteer or professional language related  
experiences in a way that would inspire new incoming students, please  
let us know. Successful candidates will be interviewed and their  
profiles will be included in our publication. I would be grateful if  
you sent me the following information no later than February 15th, 2009:

  Student name:

  Email address:

  Reason for nomination:

If you need any more details, please do not hesitate to email me or  
call at 801 422 7192

Many Thanks,

MNN

Maggie N. Nassif, PhD, MBA
Administrative Director
National Middle East
Language Resource Center
Brigham Young University
212 HRCB, BYU,
Provo, Utah, 84602
mnnassif at byu.edu

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Tue Feb 10 00:25:22 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:When and where ALS 24 is
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1) Subject:When and where ALS 24 is

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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:Mustafa Mughazy <mustafa.mughazy at wmich.edu>
Subject:When and where ALS 24 is

Dear Azra,

The ALS 24 (2010) will be at the University of Texas at Austin.

The ALS conference is usually held in March. The call for papers will  
be announced on the Arabic-L, the Linguist List and other lists and  
websites in October.

Thank you,

Mustafa Mughazy
ALS, Executive Director

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Tue Feb 10 00:25:09 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:LLCMC conference reminder
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1) Subject:LLCMC conference reminder

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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:National Foreign Language Resource Center <nflrc at hawaii.edu>
Subject:LLCMC conference reminder

LANGUAGE LEARNING IN COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNITIES (LLCMC) CONFERENCE
October 11-13, 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/llcmc/

Once, computers were seen as thinking machines or electronic tutors. Now
the computer has become one of many devices that people use to form
virtual communities of all kinds. In the field of language education,
computer mediated communication (CMC) enables students to interact with
one another free of space and time constraints and to participate in
communities of learning with their counterparts in the target culture.  
The
Language Learning in Computer Mediated Communities (LLCMC) Conference
explores the use of computers as a medium of communication in language
learning communities.

Conference highlights
	* Keynote talk by Dr. Gilberte Furstenberg (Massachusetts
	  Institute of Technology)
	* Special colloquium showcasing online cultural exchanges based at
	  the University of Hawaii
	* Optional pre-conference event - CULTURA: Web-based Intercultural
	  Exchanges (October 10-11)

We welcome your session proposal submissions in this exciting area.  Use
our convenient online submission form - deadline March 1, 2009.

http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/llcmc/call.html


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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Wants blogs in Arabic
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1) Subject:Wants blogs in Arabic

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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:Kerstin <kwilsch at hotmail.com>
Subject:Wants blogs in Arabic

Dear all,

Does anyone know any blogs in Arabic along the lines of
Ma3a Nafsi

Orz Bellaban lesha5sein

Wanna Be a Bride

which were published as books in Egypt, i.e. blogs containing texts  
that could be considered as literary in a wider sense and would be  
worth translating and publishing?

I would be grateful for any hints.

Best wishes

Kerstin


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From dil at BYU.EDU  Tue Feb 10 00:24:46 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:24:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic 2 Online Developer/Instructor Job
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1) Subject:Arabic 2 Online Developer/Instructor Job

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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:Ann Gunter <AGunter at dpi.state.nc.us>
Subject:Arabic 2 Online Developer/Instructor Job

TO: All Foreign Language Educators
RE: Arabic 2 Online Developer/Instructor Job Posting

Please forward the job posting below to all those you know who might  
be interested in developing and teaching an Arabic 2 course that would  
be offered through the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS).

Thank you!


Arabic 2
Developer Description and Instructor Description
Application Deadline: March 9, 2009
Video Introduction to similar course project in Chinese: www.marinegrafics.com/chinese/promo.htm

LEARN NC, a K-12 outreach program of the University of North Carolina  
at Chapel Hill, in collaboration with the NC Department of Public  
Instruction, the NC General Assembly and the NC Virtual Public School,  
is currently seeking a developer and instructor for Level 2 of Online  
Arabic. This course is the second in a two-part series designed to  
help students develop proficiency in Arabic. The opportunity requires  
the individual to both develop and then teach the course online. This  
course will place great emphasis on the spoken language, while  
cultivating reading and writing skills in Modern Standard Arabic. With  
the assistance of the development team, the course will be completed  
by December 31, 2009, to be taught in early January 2010.


The following features will be included:
• Emphasis on spoken Arabic
• Student self-reporting of proficiency and understanding through the  
use of LinguaFolio (http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/secondlang/archives/2006/04/linguafolio.php 
  )
• Each lesson begins with a video vignette to introduce new language  
structures. The videos tell the story of two young people who meet and  
get to know one another.
• Listening/speaking comprehension exercises to provide practice
• Weekly conversation coaches work to one-on-one and in groups to  
assist with student pronunciation
• Skype (www.skype.com ( http://www.skype.com/ )) is used to provide  
real-time conversation with conversation coaches and instructor
• Culture is embedded throughout the course to reinforce language  
learning.
• Sense of community is cultivated through group activities where  
students share via discussion boards, internal messages system, and  
Skype. Student must feel a part of the course with activities that not  
only engage them, but also connect them to others, including the  
instructor.
• Course is developed in Blackboard (www.blackboard.com ( http://www.blackboard.com/ 
  )) with the assistance of an instructional designer
• Course content does not depend on a textbook; therefore, all content  
of the course must be developed and reside within the course.
• Students receive individualized feedback on a weekly basis from the  
instructor.
• In addition to practicing speaking and listening with conversation  
coaches, the instructor will also speak with students on a weekly  
basis to determine student oral proficiency and listening  
comprehension skills development.
• Maximum enrollment will be held at 20 students for the initial  
offering

The following information details our expectations/requirements for  
both the developer position and the instructor position. In addition,  
we will be seeking conversation coaches to provide two (2), 45-minute  
practice sessions with a group of 3-4 students weekly for the semester  
(18 weeks).


Developer Expectations and Requirements
• Must be proficient in Arabic
• Must be, or be able to be, certified as an Arabic teacher
• Must have American high school teaching experience or comparable  
work with teenagers
• Must have basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, use of Arabic  
characters in the electronic environment, and preferred knowledge of  
HTML editor like Dreamweaver or similar HTML editors (www.nvu.com is a  
great HTML editor that is free!)
• Must be detail-oriented and be able to collaborate regularly with  
the Project Manager, the Instructional Designer, and the Development  
Team during the development stage
• Must have daily, reliable Internet access to collaborate with  
Instructional Designer and Project Manager
• Must have a background in language education and second language  
acquisition
• Willingness to complete 2 online instructor preparation courses this  
summer and fall to develop and improve teaching skills online
• Willingness to become familiar with LinguaFolio, a formative  
assessment tool, and incorporate its use in the course
• Willingness to review other Arabic courses’ materials and resources  
at leisure to understand development standards and to effectively  
develop Arabic 2
• Willingness to learn Blackboard, the course management system in  
which the course will be developed (LEARN NC can provide online  
instruction in the use of this tool)
• Ability to work with video team to develop scripts for introductory  
dialogue for each lesson (video vignette) and approve video/audio  
content produced by video team
• Willingness to work with a development team
• Ability to communicate effectively in English with development team
• Desire to be a part of a pioneering effort to bring Arabic language  
and culture to students who would not otherwise have the opportunity  
to learn!
• Ability to work with development team to finish course by December  
31, 2009
• Developer salary: $6,000-8,000


Instructor Expectations and Requirements
• Must be proficient in Arabic
• Must be, or be able to be, certified as an Arabic teacher
• Must have American high school teaching experience or comparable  
work with teenagers
• Must have basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, use of Arabic  
characters in the electronic environment
• Must have daily, reliable Internet access
• Background in language education and second language acquisition
• Willingness to complete 2 online instructor preparation courses this  
summer and fall to develop and improve teaching skills online
• Willingness to become familiar with LinguaFolio, a formative  
assessment tool, and incorporate its use in the course
• Willingness to learn Blackboard, the course management system in  
which the course will be developed (LEARN NC can provide online  
instruction in the use of this tool)
• Must coordinate with conversation coaches (1 per 4-5 students) on a  
weekly basis what students should practice
• Must keep good records of students’ progress and grades throughout  
the course
• Must communicate with the NC Virtual Public School about  
registration and technical issues
• Must work with NCVPS to communicate with the Distance Learning  
Coordinators at representative high schools where students are enrolled
• Must love teaching Arabic to a range of students!
• Instructor Salary ~ $225 per student



Application Process
The following materials must be submitted electronically no later than  
March 9, 2009, to Dr. Bobby Hobgood at bhobgood at learnnc.org Please use  
the following subject line for your message: Arabic 2 Developer  
Application
1. A current resume or CV
2. A description of current and past teaching experience in Arabic
3. A statement of current teacher certification(s) and in what states
4. A statement of your use of technology and any experience in online  
teaching and learning
5. A statement to indicate you are available to begin working this  
summer
6. Contact information


Ann Marie Gunter
Second Language Consultant
K-12 Program Areas
K-12 Curriculum, Instruction and Technology
NC Department of Public Instruction
6349 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6349
agunter at dpi.state.nc.us
Ph: 919-807-3865
Website:  http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/secondlang/

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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies Sprint 09
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:nhedayet at yahoo.com
Subject:Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies Sprint 09 program

v     Program Duration: 14 wks starting March 5th ending June 9th,09:  
includes 20hrs/ wk of MSA and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, weekly  
trips, seminars, cultural activities, gatherings with Egyptian Youth,  
parties and much more.


v     Total Cost: $4450 covering language instruction, cultural  
activities with transportation and a guide to Cairo sites, placement  
test, orientation, welcome package, airport pick up, free wireless  
internet at school, assistance in search for suitable housing (shared  
furnished apartments by 2 or 3 students approximately between 250 and  
350 USD per month)

The deadline for registration is Feb. 15th, 09

Hurry up for an Incomparable Learning Experience!

10% Discount for groups of three and more & for two semester together

v     For registration please fill an application online at : www.hedayetinstitute.com 
<http://www.hedayetinstitute.com/> or send us at info at hedayetinstitute.com 
<mailto:info at hedayetinstitute.com>


Latest News:

v    HIAS held its biannual AFL Teachers’ Training Workshop for tree  
days Jan.22-24, 09 in cooperation with the some of the best trainers  
in this field
v    An Information Session will be held soon by Nahdet el Mahrous at  
HIAS for all our students who are interested in volunteer work in Egypt

Egypt :

v    Live Discussions between Arab intellectuals and the big audience  
including some HIAS students The 41st Cairo Book Fair this winter; for  
more details www.cairoibf.org<http://www.cairoibf.org/>

For info. about the Summer semester starting June 15th, 09 please
check the website and email us at info at hedayetinstitute.com<mailto:info at hedayetinstitute.com 
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Nagwa Hedayet, PhD.
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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Heritage Language Institute
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:Dora Johnson <dJohnson at cal.org>
Subject:Heritage Language Institute

The National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA invites  
applications to participate in The 3rd Summer Heritage Language  
Research Institute. This year's institute will be held on the campus  
of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It will focus on  
the implications of research for classroom instruction. Each  
participant will design a small classroom research project during the  
course of the institute and carry it out during the fall 2009 term.

Applications are invited from faculty in languages, linguistics, and  
education. Graduate students are encouraged to apply, and some  
financial assistance may be available for them. Details and the online  
application may be found at

http://www.international.ucla.edu/languages/nhlrc/2009summer/


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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Soqotri original text available
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
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Subject:Soqotri original text available

Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:16:59
From: Vladimir Agafonov [soqotra at yandex.ru]
Subject: Soqotri original text available in Semitic linguistics archive

California Linguistic Notes, Volume XXXIV No. 1 ISSN 1548-1484,	 winter,
2009, has published one more Soqotri original text in North-Western
Soqotri dialect - a Tale of Two Brothers (the first beginning part of  
the
Soqotran tale) which is very close to the Ancient Egyptian tale of Two
Brothers from the d'Orbiney papirus.

With English translation and comments.

The sound recording of this fragment could be found at SemArch website  
of
Heidelberg University:

http://www.semarch.uni-hd.de/index.php4?lang=en
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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:24:53 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer program in Oman
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:Maria Persson <Maria.Persson at ling.lu.se>
Subject:Summer program in Oman

Gulf Arabic Programme Intensive Summer Programme

The Gulf Arabic Programme is offering a one-month intensive course in  
colloquial Gulf Arabic from Sunday, June 28 until Thursday, July 23.  
The summer the course will be in Buraimi, Oman, a twin city to Al Ain,  
United Arab Emirates.

This course is for (almost) beginners. We require that students be  
able to read, write, pronounce and recognise the characters of the  
Arabic script before they arrive. We have placed this requirement on  
applicants because it is possible for students to acquire this  
familiarity at home using one of the many 'Teach Yourself' courses and  
it allows us to move straight into teaching the language. To help  
students see if they are sufficiently competent in the script to  
benefit from the course we have devised a self-test for the Arabic  
alphabet on our website at http://www.gapschool.net/Alif_Baa_Web_Test/Alif_Baa_Web_Test.htm

This course concentrates on the spoken Arabic so no Modern Standard  
Arabic is taught. If you are interested in verbal communication with  
Gulf Arabs and with developing your speaking and listening skills then  
this course is for you. If you are interested in improving your  
reading and writing skills then it is not. Local native speakers will  
teach you everyday vocabulary and common expressions used by Arabic  
speakers in this part of the world, within a framework that teaches  
you to express yourself as Arabs would express themselves. Classes run  
from 8:00 a.m. until 2:40 p.m. every day with a one-hour lunch break.   
However, once the day's classes are over the learning continues!!  
Students will then need to spend 4 hours a day divided between  
'community learning' (spending time with local people) and private  
study (practising and preparing for classes).

By the end of the course it is expected that students will be at  
Novice High level on the ACTFL scale, i.e. be able to give and receive  
directions; use verbs in the past and (to some extent) the present and  
engage in very basic conversations in a few topics.

The total cost for the Intensive Summer Programme is AED 3 500, this  
includes tuition fees and the course book. Students should also allow  
for AED 10 per day for travel to and from the institute. Please  
contact us if you would like more details on accommodation options.

For further details or application information please email to
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present
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3) Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous
4) Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous
5) Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous

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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:Uri Horesh <uri.horesh at fandm.edu>
Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous

'm assuming this isn't specifically what you were talking about, but  
Levantine dialects (probably most notable the dialect of Damascus)  
have a /m-/ prefix for 1st person plural verbs. It is merely the  
result of phonological assimilation:

b --> m /_n

E.g.: bnoktob --> mnoktob 'we write'.

To be precise, these prefixes don't denote any particular time/tense,  
but rather the indicative mood.

Another instance of this phonological assimilation is the adverb / 
bnoob/ '[not] at all', which is often pronounced [mnoob] in Damascene.

I, for one, would like to hear more about these Central Asian dialects.

Thanks,
Uri
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2)
Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:Robert Ratcliffe <ratcliffe at tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous

Dear Keri, a very interesting question. I think its the first time I  
have seen Central Asian Arabic refered to on this list. Of course you  
have b- assimilating to the n- of the 1pl. maker and becoming m- in  
Damascus (mi-n-kitib "we are writing" or "will write") and I'm not  
sure how much farther afield. My best guess (Ratcliffe 2005) is that  
the Central Asian m- (as in: eysh kom m-isuun "they were making  
bread") either reflects a similar assimilation of b- plus analogic  
extension or it's borrowed from the Persian present progressive mi-.  
Of course you have a bunch of these little particles filling this  
function, d- in Iraq, k- and t- in Morocco, etc. and the etymologies  
are fairly obscure in most cases, so it could be an independent  
development of something else. If you come up with a better  idea let  
us know.

Ratcliffe. R. 2005. "Bukhara Arabic: a Metatypized Dialect of Arabic  
in Central Asia." in Csato, Isaksson and Jahani, eds. Linguistic  
Convergence and Areal Diffusion, case studies from Iranian, Semitic,  
and Turkic. RoutledgeCurzon: London.

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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:"A. Ferhadi" <af3 at nyu.edu>
Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous

Dear Keri,

In Iraqi Arabic the prefix /da-/ is used in the same way the prefix / 
b-/ is used in Egyptian and Levantine Arabic to for the present  
continuous/progressive as exemplified in the affirmative,  
interrogative and negative below:

da-yibchi "He is crying."

lesh da-tSayyiH  "Why are you screaming?"

ma da-asma9 "I am not hearing."


Ahmed Ferhadi

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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:Steve Robertson <stevebinrobert at gmail.com>
Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous

  think you are unlikely to find other dialects that use /m-/ as a  
indicator of present continuous due to its likely origin in what is  
now the present/future marker in Persian (/mi-/ in Persian, /me-/ in  
Tajik). I have only heard of it being used in the dialects in  
Uzbekistan and the related dialects in the Balkh region of Afghanistan.

As for other dialects using /m-/, it is used as a phonemic variant of / 
b-/ in the environment of /n/ in the first person plural of verbs in  
Syrian Arabic, e.g. /mniktub/, /mnidrus/, /mniHki/, /mnit3ashsha/

Hope this helps,

Steve Robertson

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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:Afra Al-Mussawir <afraalmussawir at yahoo.com>
Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous

Dear Keri,
To answer your question directly: no, I don't know of any dialects of  
Arabic which use /m/ as a progressive marker for verbs.

However, the Baghdadi dialect I know best uses /d/ as such a marker.  
Given Iraq's historical geographical and political position between  
the Middle East and Asia, you may find this fact meaningful.

Best,
Afra Al-Mussawir

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic Conference
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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:aima3 at unifi.it
Subject:Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic Conference

Troisième Colloque International (Florence, 11-14 octobre 2010) « Le  
moyen arabe et l’arabe mixte : un choix volontaire de registre ?  
Recherches sur les sources médiévales, modernes et contemporaines »

Third International Symposium (Florence, 11-14 October 2010) « Middle  
Arabic and Mixed Arabic: an intentional choice of register? Researches  
on medieval, modern and contemporary sources »


http://www.linguistica.unifi.it/


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FIRST CIRCULAR
Third International Symposium (Florence, 11-14 October 2010)
« Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic: an intentional choice of register?
Researches on medieval, modern and contemporary sources »
Dear Colleague,
We are very pleased to invite you to take part in the Third  
International Symposium on
Middle and Mixed Arabic, which will be held from Monday 11 to Thursday  
14 October 2010 at the
Università di Firenze, Dipartimento di Linguistica, piazza  
Brunelleschi 4, 50121 Firenze, Italy.
After the successful accomplishment of the First Symposium in Louvain- 
la-Neuve and the
Second Symposium in Amsterdam, our department has taken over the task  
to convene the Third
Symposium which is dedicated to the same topics, i. e. Middle Arabic.
The objectives of the third Symposium are the same as those of the two  
preceding ones, i. e.
to study written varieties of Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic, and  
particularly oral varieties of con-
temporary Arabic; the proposed subject of the Symposium is: «Middle  
Arabic and Mixed Arabic:
an intentional choice of register? Researches on medieval, modern and  
contemporary sources».
Please find attached four documents:
1. A presentation of the International Association for the Study of  
Middle and Mixed Arabic
(AIMA).
2. A summary of the objectives and a list of the topics or themas on  
which we wish the
papers to be concentrated; please feel free to send this document to  
colleagues specialized in other
linguistic areas, who might be interested in these themas and possibly  
would wish to give a paper
related with their and our concern.
3. A list of the Organizing and Scientific Committees.
4. An answer form.
Colleagues and researchers who plan to attend the Symposium are kindly  
requested to fill
up and to send back the Answer form upon receipt of this circular not  
later than 30 June 2009 to
Lidia Bettini, or Paolo La Spisa, or Cecilia Picchi
aima3 at unifi.it
If you are planning to attend the Symposium, please let us know before  
30 June 2009 (and
send your provisional title if you are intending to give a paper).
Participants who wish to give a paper are requested to sent an  
abstract (about half a page) by
e-mail not later than 1 December 2009. Title and abstract will be  
passed on to the Scientific
Committee which is expected to give you its definite answer before the  
end of March 2010. Papers
may be given in Arabic, English or French and should not exceed 20  
minutes. Every paper is
planned to be followed by 10 minutes discussion.
All infomation on boarding, lodging, transportations facilities,  
working sessions planning
and the General Assembly ot AIMA will be published on the Dipartimento  
di Linguistica home
page (www.unifi.it/linguistica).
Hoping to meet you in Florence, kind regards from the Organizers
Prof. Lidia Bettini
Dr. Paolo La Spisa
Mrs Cecilia Picchi

Objectives of AIMA, issues that should be given priority,
aims and goals of the third Symposium

The structural differences between spoken and written varieties in the  
Arabic language,
which has been a permanent reality throughout its history, resulted in  
the creation and development
of intermediate and mixed varieties which were written and probably  
spoken as well. These are
commonly called “Middle Arabic” varieties. After the publication of  
some pioneering research
work in that field, Middle Arabic has been established as a new  
scientific branch of its own right by
Prof. J. Blau’s works. Although research on Middle Arabic is of vital  
importance to the
reconstruction of the history of the Arabic language, its value has  
not been sufficiently recognized,
as the dispersion of the work in the field and the absence of an  
overview on the research reveal.

This third Symposium on that topic aims again at reviewing the current  
state of knowledge
of Middle Arabic, taking into account its historical and geographical  
context, and at thinking over
the different methods of analysis, as well as the problems of  
definition and terminology which are
still under discussion in this field of research. In this respect, it  
is more than ever wanted to try to
improve our state of knowledge through a comparison with the results  
of researches conducted
simultaneously during the last forty years in a field closely  
connected with it: we refer here to the
modern study of so called “middle” or “mixed” varieties of Arabic.  
Data, methods of analysis and
problems which arise in that type of research are all comparable whith  
those which have already
arisen in Middle Arabic, and are sometimes the very same.
We are also still eager to extend the comparison to neighbouring  
sociolinguistical situations,
either in Semitic (Hebrew for instance) or in other areas (Chinese,  
Greek, English, German, Italian,
French ...).
The organizers also wish that specialists of different fields of  
Arabic studies (history,
philosophy, history of sciences or literature etc.) should take part  
in the Symposium. Not being
always linguists, they are nevertheless faced, in the texts they  
study, with mixed or intermediate
varieties of Arabic of which they are the best experts.
Let us recall that during the previous Symposia, participants largely  
agreed that Middle
Arabic, in spite of its different expressions, constitutes an  
autonomous variety which can and must
be systematically described, that it has rules which can be drawn, and  
that it follows norms on
which standards are established.
Let us finally give again a short list of issues which our association  
considers as deserving
particular attention :
- Middle Arabic (=MA) and its definition
- Standards in Middle and Mixed Arabic (= MMA)
- Elaboration of data bases of distinctive features in MMA
- MMA written forms
- Elaboration of some edition standards for written MMA
- A typology of MMA styles, to whom they are addressed and which  
styles of MMA
are used according to the persons addressed
- MMA in poetry
- MMA in popular literature
- MMA in scientific texts
- “Spoken” and “written” in MMA
- MMA and Ancient Arabic
- Unity and variety of Middle Arabic in time and space
- Unity and variety of Mixed Arabic in space
- Middle Arabic and Contemporary Mixed Arabic : analogies and  
differences
- MMA influences on dialects and Standard Written Arabic
- “Middle” Linguistic varieties in Semitic Languages
- “Middle” Linguistic varieties in other languages


Comité scientifique / Scientific Committee



Dionisius Agius
Federico Corriente
Johannes den Heijer
Madiha Doss
Jacques Grand’Henry
Benjamin Hary
Simon Hopkins
Jérôme Lentin
Gunvor Mejdell



Comité d’organisation / Organizing Committee


Lidia Bettini
Paolo La Spisa
Mirella Cassarino
Giuliano Lancioni

Formulaire de réponse/Answer Form

Troisième Colloque International (Florence, 11-14 octobre 2010)
« Le moyen arabe et l’arabe mixte :un choix volontaire de registre ?
Recherches sur les sources médiévales, modernes et contemporaines »


Third International Symposium (Florence, 11-14 October 2010)
«Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic: an intentional choice of register?
Researches on medieval, modern and contemporary sources»


Nom/ 
Name 
: .........................................................................................................
Prénom/ 
Surname 
: ................................................................................................
Fonction/Position  
held 
  : .......................................................................................
Nom de l’Institution/Name of the  
Institution : .....................................................
courriel/e- 
mail 
  :.....................................................................................................
Adresse de contact/Contact  
address 
  :....................................................................
...............................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................

souhaite participer/ne souhaite pas participer au Troisième colloque  
international sur le
moyen arabe (11-14 octobre 2010)
avec/sans communication
is /is not intending to attend the Third International Symposium on  
Middle Arabic (11-14
October 2010)
is/is not intending to give a paper.

Titre provisoire/Provisional  
Title 
: ...................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................

Signature :       Date :

A renvoyer au plus tard le 30 juin 2009 à/ to be sent not later than  
30 June 2009 to
Cecilia Picchi or Paolo La Spisa
Dipartimento di Linguistica
piazza Brunelleschi 4
50121 Firenze (Italy)
e-mail:  aima3 at unifi.it



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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Feb 12 23:38:38 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabesque Festival at Kennedy Center
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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:paul roochnik <proochnikllc at yahoo.com>
Subject:Arabesque Festival at Kennedy Center

Dear Friends,

The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) will be hosting an incredible  
festival that you do NOT want to miss:

Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World, 23 February to 15 March 2009.

Best thing is that this festival includes LOTS of outstanding FREE  
events, like poetry recitations and musical performances, as well as  
round-table discussions.  You can check out the calendar of events at  
the following website:

http://kennedy-center.org/programs/festivals/08%2D09/arabesque/

PLEASE note:
Some of the free events do require a ticket.  If you call up the  
Kennedy Center, they will send you tickets for free.

Hope to see some of you at the festival.

Cheers,
Abu Sammy

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:35 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Title VI confeence
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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:calper at psu.edu
Subject:Title VI confeence

Dear Colleagues,

On March 19-21, 2009, the U.S. Department of Education will celebrate  
the 50th Anniversary of Title VI <http://e2ma.net/go/1717856957/1563193/57492303/goto:http://titlevi50th.msu.edu 
 > with a two-day conference held in Washington, DC. The conference  
will highlight the significant impacts of Title VI programs in the  
United States, demonstrate the pressing need for Title VI programs in  
light of future and present needs, and address future directions of  
Title VI programs. The keynote address will be given by The Honorable  
Madeleine K. Albright.

The National Language Resource Centers (LRCs) Program is one of the  
programs funded by Title VI.

Recently, the LRCs composed and compiled a substantial booklet that  
describes some of our projects and initiatives and also provides a  
short overview of each center. Visit CALPER's web site to take a look  
at the Language Resource Center Booklet<http://e2ma.net/go/1717856957/1563193/57492306/goto:http://calper.la.psu.edu/nflrc.php 
 >. The download might take a few moments.

The Center for Language Acquisition<http://e2ma.net/go/1717856957/1563193/57492308/goto:http://language.la.psu.edu 
 > at Penn State will hold its 3rd Summer Institute in Applied  
Linguistics from June 22 - July 17, 2009. The faculty and staff at  
CALPER, who co-sponsors the event, hope to be able to welcome many of  
you to University Park.

As you probably noticed, we are using a new mailing system that will  
make sending out our occasional NEWS UPDATE more efficient. To ensure  
that you will receive future notes from CALPER, please add the service  
to your address book or safe list. Our emails are optimized to be  
viewed with Firefox and Internet Explorer. And feel free to share our  
CALPER NEWS UPDATE with your colleagues -- it's easy - just click the  
little envelope icon above this page.

Best regards - from the LRC in Pennsylvania

Gabriela Appel

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:37 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic online publishers query
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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From: Iman Soliman <halleluiah3 at yahoo.com>
Subject:Arabic online publishers query

Hello Eeryone,
Does anyone know of any names of publishers who publish Arabic  
teaching materials on line?
Mny thanks for your help
Best wishes
Iman Aziz


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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:UVA-Yarmouk Arabic Summer Program
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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:Uva Yarmouk Arabic Program [uvayarm at cms.mail.virginia.edu]
Subject:UVA-Yarmouk Arabic Summer Program

The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program
Summer 2009

The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program  
has been in operation since 1984. It is an intensive, eight-week  
Program in Modern Standard Arabic, designed for undergraduate and  
graduate students currently pursuing a university degree. The Program  
focuses on all language skills: listening, speaking, reading and  
writing. In addition to Modern Standard Arabic, all students will take  
a course in the Jordanian dialect. All courses will be taught in  
Arabic. Instructors are members of the Yarmouk University faculty.  
Four levels of skill-based instruction are provided.

·      Intensive summer study of the Arabic Language at Yarmouk  
University, Irbid, Jordan.

·       Immersion in Arab Culture, and first-hand experience of the  
Middle East through travel in the region.

·      Three levels of language instruction equivalent to Second,  
Third, and Fourth year Arabic at the University of Virginia.

·      A fourth “Islamics Arabic” level will focus on studying the  
language of Islamic literature in classical and modern texts.

·      Academic credit is transferable to your home institution from  
Yarmouk University.

·      Cost is $6,300.00*.  This includes:

1. International airfare (JFK-Amman-JFK).

2. Accommodations in Yarmouk University housing facility.

3. Tuition.

4. Entry fees to archeological sites.

5. Two educational trips within Jordan.

Dates
·       Application Deadline: March 13, 2009

·       Pre-departure Orientation and group  travel from New York:  
Tuesday, June 11, 2009

·      End of Program and return to New York: Saturday, August 10, 2009


*Please note that airfares may vary and this may result in a slight  
adjustment of the program cost.

Fees DO NOT include food, health/accident insurance, incidentals, or  
domestic airfare to JFK.

INSTRUCTIONS AND APPLICATION AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: http://www.studyabroad.virginia.edu/

For more information please contact:

UVAYARMK at virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 982-2304 Fax: (434) 924-6977

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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:37 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs work on Jordanian Beduin dialect
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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:hanadamasri at yahoo.com
Subject:Needs work on Jordanian Beduin dialect

Did anybody work on Jordanian dialect and its exhibition of Bedouin  
linguistic traits, especially the qaf to gah.

Thank you
hanada

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Wed Feb 18 19:19:34 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:34 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:simplified news webcasts
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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:from Arabic K-12 list
Subject:simplified news webcasts

[ some of you might not be aware of the Arabic K-12 lists (separate  
from Arabic-L) which posts items of interest to K-12 teachers.  Go to www.arabick12.org 
<http://www.arabick12.org> for more info.  The following message is  
from that list.]

Dear Educators,

We're pleased to inform you about a brand new project we've started  
with the Arabic K12 Project. We will now be posting regular Arabic  
podcasts directed toward Arabic teachers and students.

The News in Simplified Arabic is posted to the web twice monthly and  
delivers a survey of the previous two weeks' news in simplified  
standard Arabic Listeners of Voice of America's "Special English"  
broadcasts will recognize the slightly slower rate of speech and  
textual redundancy which characterize these webcasts.

Why? In earlier times, the news was easy to understand. The formulaic  
messages were predictable and the diction clear and slow. But since  
the advent of modern media outlets such as Al Jazeera Al Arabiya,  
newscasts feature telegraphic speech and fast diction. Our webcasts  
serve as a stepping stone between the teacher talk of the classroom  
and the "real" Arabic of the media.

Authentic news. The news itself is taken from a number of Arabic- 
language sites, including BBC-Arabic Service, Al Jazeera, CNN, Al  
Hayat, and others. The editorial "slant" is left unchanged and should  
not be taken to represent the views of the NCLRC.

Go to:


http://nclrc.org/webcasts/arabic/


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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:42 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:dialects with /m-/ prefix
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2) Subject:dialects with /m-/ prefix

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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:"Woidich, M.A." <M.A.Woidich at uva.nl>
Subject:dialects with /m-/ prefix

Dear Keri,
there is a dialect in Upper Egypt which has ma- instead of the usual  
bi- as a prefix, presumably derived from ma3a < 3ama < 3ammaal. It is  
Silwa BaHari, as far as I remember. You have to check this in the  
Egyptian dialect atlas (P.Behnstedt, M. Woidich, Die ägyptisch- 
arabischen Dialekte. Vol.2. Wiesbaden 1985).
Best,
Manfred Woidich

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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:wasamy at UMICH.EDU
Subject:dialects with /m-/ prefix

Here's a view with عم:

عم+بنكتب --> عم+نكتب --> عمنكتب --> منكتب

Waheed

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Wed Feb 18 19:19:50 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:50 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabesque Festival
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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:David Wilmsen <david.wilmsen at gmail.com>
Subject:Arabesque Festival

I enthusiastically encourage anyone who happens to be in DC on 8 March  
to attend Fathy Salama's concert at the Kennedy Centre on 8 March. His  
music blends jazz and eastern elements, which is a difficult thing to  
accomplish, but accomplish it he does with stunning success. He is  
known amongst western jazz musicians and has played with many of them.  
The jazz elements in the music appear especially when Fathy solos,  
which he doesn't always do; but when he does, his piano reminds me of  
Cecil Taylor in his earlier, more lyrical phase. His band Sharkiat  
encompasses highly proficient mucisians in their own right, amongst  
whom it would be hard for me to name a favourite, but Ayman Sidky's  
performances on traps (which he sometimes plays with his bare hands)  
are an inspiration to behold, and Salah El Artist's accordian sends me  
into bliss!

If you are there, don't miss it!  (Or, as they say, "Be Square")

-- 
David Wilmsen, PhD, Arabic language and linguistics
Visiting Associate Professor of Arabic
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages
American University of Beirut

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic News Parallel Text corpus from LDC
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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:ldc at ldc.upenn.edu
Subject:Arabic News Parallel Text corpus from LDC

(2) GALE Phase 1 Arabic Newsgroup Parallel Text - Part 1 was prepared  
by LDC and contains a total of 178,000 words (264 files) of Arabic  
newsgroup text and its translation selected from thirty-five sources.  
Newsgroups consist of posts to electronic bulletin boards, Usenet  
newsgroups, discussion groups and similar forums. This release was  
used as training data in Phase 1 (year 1) of the DARPA-funded GALE  
program.

Preparing the source data involved four stages of work: data scouting,  
data harvesting, formatting and data selection.

Data scouting involved manually searching the web for suitable  
newsgroup text. Data scouts were assigned particular topics and genres  
along with a production target in order to focus their web search.  
Formal annotation guidelines and a customized annotation toolkit  
helped data scouts to manage the search process and to track progress.

Data scouts logged their decisions about potential text of interest to  
a database. A nightly process queried the annotation database and  
harvested all designated URLs. Whenever possible, the entire site was  
downloaded, not just the individual thread or post located by the data  
scout. Once the text was downloaded, its format was standardized so  
that the data could be more easily integrated into downstream  
annotation processes. Typically, a new script was required for each  
new domain name that was identified. After scripts were run, an  
optional manual process corrected any remaining formatting problems.

The selected documents were then reviewed for content-suitability  
using a semi-automatic process. A statistical approach was used to  
rank a document's relevance to a set of already-selected documents  
labeled as "good." An annotator then reviewed the list of relevance- 
ranked documents and selected those which were suitable for a  
particular annotation task or for annotation in general. These newly- 
judged documents in turn provided additional input for the generation  
of new ranked lists.

Manual sentence units/segments (SU) annotation was also performed as  
part of the transcription task. Three types of end of sentence SU were  
identified: statement SU, question SU, and incomplete SU. After  
transcription and SU annotation, files were reformatted into a human- 
readable translation format and assigned to professional translators  
for careful translation. Translators followed LDC's GALE Translation  
guidelines which describe the makeup of the translation team, the  
source data format, the translation data format, best practices for  
translating certain linguistic features and quality control procedures  
applied to completed translations.

All final data are presented in Tab Delimited Format (TDF). TDF is  
compatible with other transcription formats, such as the Transcriber  
format and AG format making it easy to process.

GALE Phase 1 Arabic Newsgroup Parallel Text - Part 1 is distributed  
via web download.

Linguistic Data Consortium                     Phone: (215) 573-1275
University of Pennsylvania                       Fax: (215) 573-2175
3600 Market St., Suite 810                         ldc at ldc.upenn.edu
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:07 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Michigan Spring/Summer Arabic Courses
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:raram <raram at umich.edu>
Subject:U of Michigan Spring/Summer Arabic Courses

Hello, Please announce:

The U-M Department of Near Eastern Studies will offer the following
intensive Arabic courses in Spring/Summer 2009:

AAPTIS 103-Intensive Elementary Modern Standard Arabic 1&11
June1-August 7, 2009 MTWTHF  9am-1pm.   10 credits

AAPTIS 205- Intensive Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic 1&11
June1-August 7, 2009 MTWTHF  9am-1pm.   10 credits

AAPTIS 506- Intensive Advanced Arabic Media
June 29-August 14   MTWTHF 9am-1pm.   8 credits

Raji Rammuny
University of Michigan

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:NooJ 2009 Call for Abstracts
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:mesfar slim <mesfarslim at yahoo.fr>
Subject:NooJ 2009 Call for Abstracts

********************************************************************
  *Second Call for abstracts*
NOOJ'09 : Conference & Workshop
08-10 June 2009, Tozeur , Tunisia * *
www.miracl.rnu.tn/nooj.
  ********************************************************************
*Important Dates*
·         Abstract submission: Mars 15, 2009
·          Notification of Acceptance : May 04, 2009
·          Conference : 08-10 June, 2009
  ********************************************************************

NOOJ 2009 will be organized by the research laboratory MIR at CL
(Multimedia InfoRmation & Advanced Computing Laboratory), Sfax
University in collaboration with the "Semio-linguistic, the Didactic
and computer science Laboratory", Franche-Comté University and the
"Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Claude Ledoux".

NOOJ 2009 will be held in Tozeur city-Tunisia, 450 Km in the south- 
west of Tunis .

The conference intends to
   - give NooJ users and researchers in Linguistics and in
   Computational Linguistics the opportunity to meet and share their
   experience as developers, researchers and teachers;
   - present to NooJ users the latest linguistic resources and NLP
   applications developed for/with NooJ, its latest functionalities,
   as well as its future developments;
   - offer researchers and graduate students two tutorials (one basic
   and one advanced) to help them parse corpora and build NLP
   applications using NooJ.
   - Present NooJ's Arabic resources to all researchers in Arabic
   studies : linguists, computational linguists as well as all
   researchers who work with/on Arabic corpora.

NooJ is a freeware, linguistic engineering development environment
used to formalize various types of textual phenomena (orthography,
lexical and productive morphology, local, structural and
transformational syntax) using a large gamut of computational devices
(from Finite-State Automata to Augmented Recursive Transition
Networks). NooJ includes tools to construct, test, debug, maintain and
accumulate large sets of linguistic resources, and can apply them to
large texts.

Modules for a dozen languages are already available for free download:
Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, English, French,
Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. A dozen of
other modules are under construction.
  ******************************************************
  *Topics of Interest*
Suggested topics include but are not limited to:
·         Syntactic analysis
·         Lexical analysis
·         Linguistic resources
·         Dictionary

******************************************************:
*Submission*
We invite the submission of papers until the March 15, 2009 either in
English or in French. The abstracts should contain the title of the
article, the name, the institution, the surface mail and the
electronic address of each co-author. The abstracts should not exceed
one page, and should be submitted from the workshop web site:
www.miracl.rnu.tn/nooj.
All proposals will be reviewed by the scientific committee. You will
be given notice about the acceptance of the proposals no later than
May 04, 2009.
For more information, please contact:
abdelmajid.benhamadou at isimsf.rnu.tn.

********************************************************************:
*Program Committee***
* *Abdelmajid Ben Hamadou* (MIRACL, ISIM-Sfax , Tunisia )
* *Max Silberztein* ( University of Franche-Comté , France )
* Anaid Donabedian (INALCO, Paris)
* Belinda Maia ( University of Porto , Portugal )
* Bilel Gargouri (MIRACL, FSEG-Sfax , Tunisia )
* Denis Le Pesant (University Paris 10)
* Dusko Vitas ( University of Belgrade , Serbia )
* Gisele Chevalier ( University of Moncton , Canada )
* Kais Haddar (MIRACL, FSS-Sfax , Tunisia )
* Kimmo Koskenniemi ( University of Helsinki , Finland )
* Krzysztof Bogacki ( University of Warshaw , Poland )
* Mireille Piot (University Stendhal 3, Grenoble )
* Odile Piton (University Paris 1, France)
* Peter Machonis (Intnl University of Florida , USA )
* Philippe Schepens ( University of Franche-Comté , France )
* Simona Vietri (University Salerne , Italy )
* Xavier Blanco (University Autonomous Barcelona , Spain )

*Organization Committee***
* Bilel GARGOURI, FSEG Sfax , Tunisia
* Héla FEHRI, FS Sfax , Tunisia
* Inès ZALILA, FS Sfax , Tunisia
* Kais HADDAR, FS Sfax , Tunisia
* Slim MESFAR,  ISI Tunis,Tunisia

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:25 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs literature on Arabic grammar and spelling
 checkers, etc.
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Andrew Freeman <andyf at u.washington.edu>
Subject:Needs literature on Arabic grammar and spelling checkers, etc.

Hello all,

                 I have settled on an MA thesis topic, which is to  
build and test a parser that flags spelling and grammar errors in  
Arabic language texts produced by second language learners.  As  
currently envisioned, the final prototype will contain a state of the  
art vowel recovery tool, segmenter, Part-of-Speech tagger, spell- 
checker and parser.  It will also contain an online dictionary  
containing the 3000 or so head words that a student is likely to need  
in her or his first three years of study at a university in the US.

                 Is anybody aware of any literature that documents the  
following issues?

1)      Common errors made by Anglophones learning Arabic.
2)      Prior art with Arabic grammar checkers.
3)      Prior art with Arabic spell checkers.
4)      Prior art with the use of grammar checkers and spell checkers  
in Computer assisted language learning.

Thank you,

Andy Freeman
andyf at u.washington.edu


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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Feb 26 20:51:31 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:axu: bani: + a clan's name query
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:ethanrom77 at GMAIL.COM
Subject:axu: bani: + a clan's name query

Ibn Hisham (or more correctly Ibn Ishaq), in his sira of Muhammd, uses  
the
phrase: axu: bani: + a clan's name, with reference to a certain  
person. For
example: Mikraz b. Hafs is said to be: axu: ban: 'A:mir b. Lu'ayy; Al- 
Jadd
b. Qays is said to be: axu: bani: Salima; Suhayl b. 'Amr is also said  
to be:
axu: bani: 'A:mir b. Lu'ayy. The translators into English and German  
render
these phrases verbatim. I would be thankgul if anyone could explain what
this characterization really means.
Thanks,
Ethan

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:21 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Jordanian Beduin dialect responses
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1) Subject::Jordanian Beduin dialect response
2) Subject::Jordanian Beduin dialect response
3) Subject::Jordanian Beduin dialect response
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Slavomír Čéplö <bulbulthegreat at gmail.com>
Subject::Jordanian Beduin dialect response

Dear Hanada,

you might try

PALVA, Heikki: Typological problems in the classification of Jordanian
dialects : Bedouin or sedentary? IN: UTAS, Bo; Vikør, Knut S.: The
Middle East viewed from the North : papers from the first Nordic
conference on Middle Eastern studies, Uppsala 26-29 January 1989. -
Bergen : Nordic Soc. for Middle Eastern Studies, 1992
SAKARNA, Ahmad Khalaf  : The linguistic status of the modern Jordanian
dialects - Arabica, 52/4, 2005
AL-WER, Enam Essa  : Why do different variables behave differently? :
Data from Jordanian Arabic. IN: SULEIMAN, Yasir: Language and society
in the Middle East and North Africa : studies in variation and
identity. - Richmond : Curzon Press, 1999
There might also be some papers of interest in Perspectives on Arabic
linguistics XI : Papers form the Eleventh Annual Symposium on Arabic
linguistics" published by Benjamins.

Hope this helps :)

bulbul

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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Steve Robertson <stevebinrobert at gmail.com>
Subject::Jordanian Beduin dialect response

Hello Hanada,

You might take a look at Enam Al-Wer's chapter on the formation of the  
dialect of Amman in "Arabic in the City: Issues in Dialect Contact and  
Language Variation".

You might also check out Heikke Palva's works on Bedouin/semi-nomadic  
tribes in Jordan.

Hope this helps,

Steve Robertson

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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Bruno Herin <Bruno.Herin at ulb.ac.be>
Subject::Jordanian Beduin dialect response

Here are some names :

Heikki Palva
Ahmad Khalaf Sakarna
Jonathan Owens
Omar M. Irshied

These are the names I can think of.

Bruno Herin
University of Malta

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim
 World
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Abdulkafi Albirini <aalbirini at yahoo.com>
Subject:Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois in Urbana- 
Champaign in collaboration with the Center for South Asian and Middle  
Eastern Studies , theCenter for African Studies, CIBER, and the  
European Union Center is pleased to host the Summer Institute for the  
Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW) in summer 2009 (June 15-August  
6, 2009).

SILMW will offer intensive courses in a variety of Muslim World  
languages, including Arabic, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu and  
Indonesian, by experienced, trained, and highly proficient  
instructors. Classes will be held four hours per day over a period of  
eight weeks, for a total of 132 hours. Students will earn credits  
equivalent to one full academic year of language instruction.

SILMW provides a unique opportunity to explore the languages and  
cultures of the Muslim World and interact with experts in this region.  
In addition to classroom instruction, SILMW will offer a variety of  
extracurricular activities designed to enhance classroom instruction,  
provide additional channels for language contact and practice, and  
expose learners to the traditions of the Muslim World communities.  
These extracurricular activities include research forums, conversation  
hours, cooking demonstrations, music, film showings, and other  
cultural activities.

The SILMW at UIUC is being organized by Abdulkafi Albirini (Director),  
Ercan Balci, Abbas Benmamoun, Peyman Nojoumian, and Peter Otiato, from  
the Department of Linguistics.

Please feel free to contact us at albirini at uiuc.edu if you have any  
questions or like to get more information about SILMW or visit our  
SILMW website at:http://silmw.linguistics.uiuc.edu/


Abdulkafi Albirini, PhD

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguisitcs
4080 FLB mc 168
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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Feb 26 20:51:35 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:35 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book on Lexical Variation in MSA
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:zeinabib at aucegypt.edu
Subject:New Book on Lexical Variation in MSA

Beyond Lexical Variation in Modern Standard Arabic: Egypt, Lebanon and  
Morocco
Author: Zeinab Ibrahim
Date Of Publication: 2009
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-0342-7
Isbn: 1-4438-0342-1
Beyond Lexical Variation in Modern Standard Arabic presents several  
aspects concerning Modern Standard Arabic. It analyzes the different  
forms of lexical variation, and the causes for these variations. This  
starting point led to many other vital issues related to the present  
state of the Arabic Language such as language planning, native  
speakers' identity and fears and most importantly the relationship  
between the different Arabic varieties: Classical, Modern Standard,  
and dialects. The book analyzes lexical variation comprehensively and  
provides deep insights on the present state of the language with some  
speculations on its future.

http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Beyond-Lexical-Variation-in-Modern-Standard-Arabic--Egypt--Lebanon-and-Morocco1-4438-0342-1.htm

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:19 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Meknes Morocco Summer Arabic Study Program
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Nasr E Yahyaoui <y0nasr02.yahyaoui at louisville.edu>
Subject:Meknes Morocco Summer Arabic Study Program

Please pass this information on to your students and anyone you think
might be interested.

NEW APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 28TH!!!

Join U of L faculty members Dr. Gregory Hutcheson and Mr. Nasr
Yahyaoui
in Meknès, Morocco, this coming summer! Sip mint tea as you study on
the
rooftop terrace of an ornate eighteenth-century riad.  See Volubilis,
one of North Africa's most spectacular Roman sites.  Lose yourself in
the medina of Fez, city of a thousand mosques....

KIIS's month-long Morocco program departs on May 30, 2009. Total cost
(excluding airfare) is $3000 and includes up to six credits in
humanities and language.  (Course descriptions below.)  For details,
go
to www.kiis.org (select "Study abroad programs," then "Summer
programs,"
then "Morocco") or contact Dr. Gregory Hutcheson, KIIS Morocco
director,
at gshutch at louisville.edu.

To start your application:
* open a MyKIIS account at www.kiis.org.  (Select "MyKIIS Application"
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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Special issue of Arabic Natural Language Processing
 TALIP
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Prof_Khaled Shaalan <khaled.shaalan at gmail.com>
Subject:Special issue of Arabic Natural Language Processing TALIP

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALL For Papers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Special Issue on Arabic Natural Language Processing (ANLP)
ACM Transactions on Asian Language Information Processing (TALIP)
http://talip.acm.org/
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Arabic is a Semitic language spoken by over 250 million people, in an  
area extending from the Arabian Gulf in the east to the Atlantic Ocean  
in the west. It is one of the six official languages of the United  
Nations. It is also the language in which some of the world's greatest  
works of literature, science, and history have been written.

Arabic is a strongly structured and highly derivational language.  
Arabic language processing requires the treatment of the language  
constituents at all levels. Each level requires extensive study and  
exploitation of the associated linguistic characteristics. Over the  
last few years, Arabic natural language processing (ANLP) has been  
gaining increasing importance, and has found a wide range of  
applications including: machine translation, information extraction,  
and tutoring systems. These applications require developing innovative  
approaches and techniques for natural language analysis, natural  
language generation, and linguistic resources.

Various forums have been dedicated to ANLP:
* Special track on Natural Language Processing, The  International  
Conference on Informatics and Systems (NLP-INFOS 2008), Cairo Univ.,  
Egypt.
* Workshop on HLT & NLP within the Arabic world: Arabic Language and  
local languages processing: Status Updates and Prospects, LREC, 2008
* Computational Approaches to Arabic Script-based Languages, workshop  
series (04, 07).
* International Conference on Arabic Language Resources and Tools  
(NEMLAR 2004), Cairo Egypt.
* ACL Workshop on Computational Approaches to Semitic Languages (2005,  
2007)

This special issue of the ACM Transactions on Asian Language  
Information Processing (TALIP) is intended to present the state-of-the- 
art in research on Arabic natural language processing, Arabic  
computational linguistics, applied Arabic linguistics and related  
areas. This call is intended to be as broad as possible. We solicit  
original research papers on topics including, but not limited to:

* Linguistic resources (corpora, electronic dictionaries, treebanks,  
etc.)
* Transliteration, transcription and diacritization
* Part of speech tagging
* Morphological analysis and generation
* Shallow and deep parsing
* Machine translation
* Word sense and syntactic disambiguation
* Semantic analysis
* Information extraction and retrieval
* Question answering
* Text clustering, and classification
* Text summarization
* Text and web content  mining
* Named entity recognition
* Colloquial-based language processing

 >>>> Important Dates <<<<<
* Submissions due for review: 1 April 2009
* Notification of 1st decision: 1 July 2009
* Revisions due: 15 August 2009
* Notification of acceptance: 1 October 2009
* Final version submitted: 1 November 2009
* Issue publication: March 2010

 >>>>> Submission Guidelines <<<<<
Papers should be formatted following the style guidelines for the ACM  
Transactions on Asian Language Information Processing (http://talip.acm.org 
). The instructions for preparing manuscripts for submission can be  
found at http://www.acm.org/publications/submissions. Please submit  
papers in PDF format using the web-based submission system Manuscript  
Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/talip). In order to identify  
the submission as for the special issue, please indicate "This paper  
is being submitted to the Special Issue on Arabic NLP" on the first  
page of the paper. Please notice that the typical paper length is  
20-30 pages.

                *-*-*-*-*

 >>>>> Guest Editors <<<<<
* Prof. Khaled Shaalan, (Fellow) School of Informatics University of  
Edinburgh, UK; Faculty of Computers & Information, Cairo University;  
Faculty of Informatics, British Univ. in Dubai. Email:  
k.shaalan_AT_fci-cu.edu.eg.
* Prof. Ali Farghaly, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Text Group,  
Oracle USA, CA; Adjunct Professor of Arabic Linguistics, Monterey  
Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA, USA. Email:  
ali.farghaly_AT_oracle.com

For a one page PDF version of this Call for papers upload http://www.buid.ac.ae/shaalan/arabnlpcfp.pdf

-- 
Regards,
Khaled
________________________________________________________________________________________
Khaled Shaalan, Ph. D.
Professor
Computer Science Dept.
Faculty of Computers & Information
Cairo University

5 Ahmed Zewel St.,
Orman, Dokki, Giza
12613 Egypt

Email: k.shaalan at fci-cu.edu.eg
Personal Email: khaled.shaalan at gmail.com

(Fellow) School of Informatics
University of Edinburgh, UK


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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:34 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Welcome to ALS-23
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:ouali at uwm.edu
Subject:Welcome to ALS-23

Dear Colleagues,
   We are just over five weeks before our ALS23 meeting, and let me  
first say that we are extremely excited to have all of you here at UWM  
and in Milwaukee. You will receive few e-mails about some conference  
related issues between now and the Symposium time. The first issue  
that I want to direct attention to has to do with the recommended  
Hotel; in order to secure a room with the conference rate you need to  
do your booking by March 1st otherwise the rate will go up. We have  
only received few registration fees, I encourage you to register in  
advance and for more information about how to register please visit  
the conference website:

http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/arabic_symposium/index.html

With every best wish,

Hamid Ouali
_______________________________________________
Als-23 mailing list
Als-23 at uwm.edu
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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Feb 26 20:51:39 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:39 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:EU or UK funding for Arabic study abroad?
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:David Wilmsen <david.wilmsen at gmail.com>
Subject:EU or UK funding for Arabic study abroad?

  am getting more and more requests for information about funding  
sources from European students and those from the UK who wish to study  
Arabic abroad. Some of them are already abroad and studying in Beirut  
but wish to continue their studies here. I have done a bit of research  
into the subject and I find that there seem not to be as many programs  
to which prospective students might apply than there are now in the  
US. My EU students are inclined to agree with me. The UK seems a bit  
more generous but not much. Am I missing something? Does anyone on the  
list know of funding sources for European students wishing to study  
Arabic abroad?

-- 
David Wilmsen, PhD, Arabic language and linguistics
Visiting Associate Professor of Arabic
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages
American University of Beirut

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:37 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Int'l Faculty Development Seminar Deadline Extended
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:IFDS <IFDS at ciee.org>
Subject:Int'l Faculty Development Seminar Deadline Extended

Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) announces the  
extension of the application deadline for the Summer 2009  
International Faculty Development Seminars (IFDS) toMarch 1, 2009.

Detailed seminar itineraries are now available online at http://ciee.org/IFDS/seminars.aspx 
. Click on the seminar of your choice and follow the link to the  
online itinerary.

To apply to one of the 24 seminars in 27 countries, please go to http://ciee.org/IFDS/apply/application_Instructions.aspx 
.

If you would like to receive further information, please contact Kate  
Shalvoy at 207-553-4044 or kshalvoy at ciee.org or Teri Coviello at  
207-553-4042 or tcoviello at ciee.org.

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Museum needs help deciphering calligraphy
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:"Uhlmann, Allon" <uhlmanna at umsl.edu>
Subject:Museum needs help deciphering calligraphy

Hi Everyone,

Our museum studies people encountered a bowl, probably purchased in  
the Middle East in the 19th century, with ornamental calligraphy.  I  
can decipher some Arabic words there, but not all.  Can anybody  
suggest someone who might be able to interpret such calligraphy?  Or  
better yet, is there anybody on the list who is willing to rise to the  
challenge of 19th century calligraphy?

Cheers,
Allon

Allon J. Uhlmann
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Missouri - St. Louis
http://www.umsl.edu/~uhlmanna/

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Fri Feb  6 16:40:06 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS 23 Dues and Fees information
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:moderator
Subject:ALS 23 Dues and Fees information

Prof. Hamid Ouali, the organizer of ALS 23 in Wisconsin coming up in  
April, has informed me that the university there will NOT be able to  
handle the ALS dues along with the conference fees.  There are two  
options.  You can either send two checks to them, one made out to the  
University for the conference fees, and one made out to ALS for the  
amount of the dues ($30), or you can pay the conference fees online at  
the conference website with your credit card, and then bring a check  
for $30 to the conference, again made out to ALS.
Thank you for helping us get this matter sorted out.  ALS dues have  
been kept very low, but they are needed to support the publication of  
the proceedings and the organization of the conference.
Thanks for you attention to this matter.
dil

Reminder: the conference website is:
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Workshop of Pharyngealization program
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Ghada Khattab <ghada.khattab at newcastle.ac.uk>
Subject:Workshop of Pharyngealization program

International Workshop on Pharyngeals & Pharyngealisation: 26-27  
March, 2009, Newcastle University, UK.

Co-organised by the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language  
Science (CRiLLS), Newcastle University and Praxiling Centre National  
de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universit? Montpellier III

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/news/events/item/international-workshop-on-pharyngeals-pharyngealisation

The final programme for our International Workshop on Pharyngeals &  
Pharyngealisation to be held at Newcastle University (UK) is now  
available. To access the workshop programme, please click here: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/workshopprogramme.htm

To find out more about the workshop and to register, please click here:
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/news/events/item/international-workshop-on-pharyngeals-pharyngealisation

The deadline for early registration is the 22nd of February.

We look forward to seeing you there,

Ghada Khattab and the Organising Committee.

----------------------
Ghada Khattab
Speech and Language Sciences Section
King George VI bldg
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
UK
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/staff/profile/ghada.khattab

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Colloquials taught at Georgetown
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Terrence Potter <tmp28 at georgetown.edu>
Subject:Colloquials taught at Georgetown

Georgetown University has offered colloquial Egyptian during the current
academic year, and it will offer courses in spoken Egyptian, Levantine
and Iraqi in the summer of 2009.

Best regards,
Terry Potter

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:International Arabic Short Story Competition for
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:ghanem at arabacademy.com
Subject:International Arabic Short Story Competition for Students

The Arab Academy announces an "International Arabic Short Story  
Competition" open to all those currently studying Arabic as a foreign  
language. The stories should take place in the Middle East (past or  
present), and the aim of the stories should be to enable the readers  
to better understand the history, culture, societies and/or  
geopolitics of the region.  For more information, visit:
http://www.arabacademy.com/competition

Who may participate?
Students of Arabic in the West or those residing in an Arab country.


When is the entry deadline?
30th June 2009

What is the objective of this competition?
To encourage non-Arabs to write about the riches of the region from  
their own personal vantage point so that they help their readers to  
better understand the diverse cultures of the Middle East.


What are the requirements?
Two versions of the story: One version of the story in English and the  
other in Arabic. The English version should have a minimum of 5000  
words. The Arabic version of the story should be an excerpt and should  
have a maximum of 1,000 words. Stories should be submitted via email  
to (stories at arabacademy.com) with current email address, physical  
address and telephone numbers.

Who are the jury?
** The jury are renowned novelists, historians and literary critics  
from the Middle East.

Dr. MBaye Bashir (Duke Unviersity, United States)
Dr. Zeinab Ibrahim (Amideast, Cairo, Egypt)
Dr. Salih Abdel Rahman (Howard Community College, United States)

When will the results be announced?
31st July 2009. Winners will be notified by email.
The winners of our prizes will have their stories published on the  
Arab Academy website.

What are the prizes?
** First Prize: 1 month of free tuition at Arab Academy in Cairo,  
Egypt + accommodation.
** Second Prize: 1 month of free tuition at Arab Academy in Cairo,  
Egypt.
** Third Prize: 6 months of free online Arabic language tuition

Best regards,
Sanaa

-- 
Sanaa Ghanem
President, Arab Academy
3 Alif Al-Nabataat Street, Garden City,
Cairo, Egypt
Cellular: +2 012 218 0305
E-mail: sanaa.ghanem at gmail.com
Web Site: www.arabacademy.com
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:MEDAR 2009 Deadline Extension
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Prof_Khaled Shaalan <khaled.shaalan at gmail.com>
Subject:MEDAR 2009 Deadline Extension


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALL For Papers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>>> 2nd International Conference on Arabic Resources and Tools <<<

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 22-23 April 2009, Cairo, Egypt <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~http://www.medar.info/conference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



The second international conference on Arabic Language Resources and
Tools is organised by the MEDAR consortium in Cairo, Egypt. MEDAR
(Mediterranean  Arabic  Language  and  Speech  Technology)  is a
follow-up of NEMLAR, and is supported by the European Commission.


>>>> Conference aims <<<<<
Language Resources (LRs) are a central component of the linguistic
infrastructure, necessary for the development of HLT applications and
products, and therefore for industrial development. In this conference
we will focus on Arabic language technology and on the necessary
language resources and tools for both research and commercial
development of language technology for Arabic. Multilingual language
technology is a particular focus, as well as general methodologies.
The other important aspect for the promotion of Arabic language
technology is cooperation: Cooperation is extremely important for the
advancement of the field, be it cooperation between European, Arabic
and American partners, cooperation between Arabic partners,
cooperation between research and industry etc. MEDAR will present its
first proposal for a Cooperation Roadmap, and will seek discussion and
collaboration for its final version. The aim of this conference is to
provide a forum for the discussion of the state-of-the-art for Arabic
resources and tools, in particular for machine translation and
multilingual information retrieval, discuss problems and
opportunities, exchange information regarding LRs and tools, their
applications, ongoing and planned activities, industrial uses and
needs, requirements coming from the new e-society, both with respect
to policy issues and to technological and organisational ones. The
roadmap discussions will in particular bring in policy issues and
collaboration and organisation issues.

>>>> Important Dates <<<<

Submission of proposals for papers, posters, referenced demos: 30
January 2009 (extended to 4 February 2009)
Notification of acceptance: 9 March 2009
Final versions for the proceedings: 6 April 2009

>>>>> Submission Guidelines <<<<<
Submit an Abstract for Oral and Poster presentation. The instructions
for abstract and final submission can be found at
http://www.medar.info/conference/submission.php

>>>> For Further Information <<<<

Bente Maegaard (co-ordinator)
Tel: + 45 35 32 90 90
Fax: + 45 35 32 90 89
Email: nemlar[AT]hum.ku.dk
Web: www.medar.info


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From dil at BYU.EDU  Fri Feb  6 16:40:26 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs good intermediate fusha conversation book
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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Gisele El Khoury <gelkhoury at stlawu.edu>
Subject:Needs good intermediate fusha conversation book

Hello,
Allow me first to introduce myself: My name is Gisele El Khoury and
I'm an Arabic Instructor in SUNY-Potsdam and SLU.
I was wondering if maybe you can help me finding what is the best book
for teaching Intermediate conversation, I will be teaching this course
in the fall and I'm looking for a good book which use "FusHa".
I would appreciate a lot your help and thank you in advance,
Regards,
Gisele
-- 
Gisele El Khoury
Director, Language Resource Center
Adjunct Instructor of Arabic
St. Lawrence University
Canton, New York 13617
Office: Carnegie 215
Phone: 315-229-5088

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:33 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Using private blogs with Arabic Instruction
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1) Subject:Using private blogs with Arabic Instruction

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Afra Al-Mussawir <afraalmussawir at yahoo.com>
Subject:Using private blogs with Arabic Instruction

marhaba all,
Thank you for the great responses regarding my query about free  
resources for Yemeni dialects -- I have been meaning to respond to the  
private emails I got but unexpectedly got swamped. In an effort to  
make my tutoring work a more efficient use of face-to-face time, I've  
set up a blog for each of my students -- a private blog on a free  
server (I am using blogspot right now, we'll see how that goes). My  
students post exercises they've written, and I post corrections in the  
comments area. I am also posting info as I come by it on related  
events of interest going on in town (e.g. open lectures on campus),  
other materials they could get on their own (e.g. videos to rent),  
books and websites, etc. Students can post questions (before they  
forget it by our next meeting). Because each student has their own  
blog, I can tailor responses to each student's level, interests, and  
goals.

My question is this: do any of you have suggestions for how else I can  
use this resource? I've never used blogs before for instruction,  
though I've used blackboard with formal classes. Keep in mind that I  
only see each student once or twice a week! I am especially looking  
for pedagogical techniques that will appeal to different modes:  
visual, aural, kinesthetic (?) and Gardner's multiple intelligences.

Ideas?

Many thanks,
Afra Al-Mussawir

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:10 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Aramaic origins lecture at Rutgers
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Subject:Aramaic origins lecture at Rutgers

Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:08:00
From: Charles H?berl [haberl at rutgers.edu]
Subject: Aramaic Lecture at Rutgers, 16 February 2009

'"Aramaic Origins and Dialects: a Model for Proto-Afroasiatic"

On Monday, 16 February 2009, William Fulco will deliver a lecture on the
evolution of Aramaic dialects as a model for understanding linguistic
evolution in the greater Afroasiatic language phylum. The lecture will  
take
place between 1:40 and 3:00 PM in the Alexander Library Scholarly
Communication Center at 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ.

William J. Fulco, S.J., PhD, is the National Endowment for the  
Humanities
Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Loyola Marymount  
University
in Los Angeles, California. In addition to a Ph.D. in Near Eastern
Languages and Literatures from Yale University, he holds graduate  
degrees
in Classics, Philosophy and Theology. His interests encompass ancient
languages, archaeology and Biblical studies, all of which he teaches at
LMU. He has published widely in reconstructive Afroasiatic linguistics  
and
the study of the Hebrew scriptures.

He is well known for his work in reconstructing Aramaic for the script  
of
the 2004 film "The Passion of the Christ" directed by Mel Gibson, and is
currently working on a script in Punic for the upcoming film "Hannibal  
the
Conqueror", directed by Vin Diesel.

The lecture is free and open to the public.  It is being sponsored by  
the
Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and
Literatures (AMESALL), The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), the
Office of the Vice President for Undergraduate Education, the  
Department of
Jewish Studies, and the Department of Comparative Literature.  For  
further
information, please contact Charles H?berl at the Department of African,
Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures, Rutgers, the
State University of New Jersey, Lucy Stone Hall B329, 54 Joyce Kilmer
Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8045, phone (732) 445-8444, email
haberl at rutgers.edu.

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Arabic, Persian and Turkish at Georgetown
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1) Subject:Summer Arabic, Persian and Turkish at Georgetown

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Terrence Potter <tmp28 at georgetown.edu>
Subject:Summer Arabic, Persian and Turkish at Georgetown

Summer Arabic, Persian and Turkish at Georgetown 2009

The Summer Institute at Georgetown University will again offer  
intensive and non-intensive language and culture credit courses in  
summer 2009 with expanded offerings in Arabic, Persian and Turkish.

Arabic: In addition to daytime intensive Arabic at all three levels,  
and three evening courses in colloquial Arabic (Egyptian, Iraqi and  
Levantine), a daytime course on Arabic media, and an advanced evening  
course on the Qur?an and another on the Middle East will be available  
each session this summer.

Persian: In addition to daytime intensive first and second level  
Persian, a new evening advanced Persian course will also be offered  
each session.

Turkish: For those who have completed first level instruction in  
Turkish a new course in Turkish Media will be available.

Non-intensive evening courses for those beginning their study of  
Arabic or Persian will again be available.

Completed intensive courses earn 6 credits and non-intensive courses  
earn 3 credits.

For detailed information about courses, enrollment and scholarship aid  
for non-Georgetown students visit: http://scs.georgetown.edu/arabicpersian

Contact us for a brochure or for further information:

Meriem Tikue, Assistant Director, mmt43 at georgetown.edu or (202)  
687-2735; Terry Potter, Director, tmp28 at georgetown.edu or (202)  
687-6580.

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Kenyon College Job (visiting)
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1) Subject:Kenyon College Job (visiting)

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:quinlivana at kenyon.edu
Subject:Kenyon College Job (visiting)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic

The Departments of Modern Language at Denison University and Kenyon  
College seek applications for a two-year visiting position at the  
assistant professor or instructor level beginning Fall 2009.  The area  
of specialization is Arabic.

Yearly teaching load is five courses: two introductory courses and one  
intermediate course in the fall, with continuation of the two  
introductory courses in the spring.  Each semester one introductory  
course meets four times a week at Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, the  
other four times a week at Denison University, Granville, OH, which is  
27 miles from Kenyon.  The intermediate course meets twice a week at  
Kenyon, twice at Denison, on each occasion the remote campus being  
linked via distance-learning technology.

Minimum requirements: Master?s degree, together with native or near- 
native fluency in Arabic and proven excellence as a teacher of Arabic,  
experience with the use of teaching technology preferred.

To be assured full consideration, please submit the following  
materials electronically at https://employment.kenyon.edu: letter of  
application, CV, three letters of recommendation, teaching  
evaluations, representative syllabus, writing sample, and  
transcripts.  The deadline for applications is March 13, 2009, but the  
position will remain open until appropriately filled.

Denison University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity  
Employer.  Kenyon College is an equal opportunity employer.  Women and  
people of color are encouraged to apply.

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Palestinian Dialect book response
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1) Subject:Palestinian Dialect book response

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Susan Hedahl <shedahl at ltsg.edu>
Subject:Palestinian Dialect book response

Dr. Moin Halloun of Bethlehem University in Palestine has written just  
such works.
S. Hedahl

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Fri Feb  6 16:40:15 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:When and where are ALS 24?
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1) Subject:When and where are ALS 24?

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Azra Nahid Ali <a.n.ali at hud.ac.uk>
Subject:When and where are ALS 24?

Hi,

Could someone tell when the ALS 24 is likely to be and where?.  Also,  
if anyone knows when the call for the next ALS 24 is likely to be too.

Thanks
Azra


Dr Azra Ali
School of Computing and Engineering
University of Huddersfield

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:56:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:ACTFL seeking help with Proficiency Guidelines
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1) Subject:ACTFL seeking help with Proficiency Guidelines

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:Mahmoud Al-Batal <albatal at AUSTIN.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject:ACTFL seeking help with Proficiency Guidelines

Dear Arabic language educator,

ACTFL is currently collaborating with a number of Arabic Flagship  
Programs to build consensus regarding:

1) The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines as they apply to Arabic, and
2) The testing of spoken Arabic using the ACTFL Oral Proficiency  
Interview (OPI).

The results of the consensus building will serve to inform the 2010  
revision of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines and help develop  
explanatory notes for Arabic. These notes will accompany the ACTFL  
Generic Guidelines and contribute to future OPI tester training in  
Arabic.  In order to gain input from the field at large,  a survey  
that addresses several proposed points of consensus has been designed  
and posted online for your comment.

I am writing at this time to ask you to contribute to this effort by  
responding to our short survey, the results of which will be presented  
and discussed at a national meeting in April. Your input will be of  
great value to us and we would be appreciative if you could complete  
the survey by Feb. 25, 2009.

To begin the survey, please click on the web link below. It will  
direct you to the Survey Monkey website, where the points of consensus  
are posted. You may respond to each statement by selecting a degree of  
agreement on a scale from 5 (strongly agree) to 1 (strongly disagree).  
You can also write comments in the text box following each statement.  
Comments need not be extensive, and bulleted comments are fine. The  
survey site is:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xj9l5CeOAzr0of_2f6uk2AjA_3d_3d

Thank you for your interest in ACTFL, the Arabic Flagship Programs,  
and Arabic language education and assessment.


Dr. Elvira Swender, Director
ACTFL Professional Programs
3 Barker Avenue - Suite 300
White Plains, NY 10601
Tel:  (914) 963.8830  Ext. 238
Fax: (914) 963.1275
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:40:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NMELRC Arabic Summer Workshop: Teaching Arabic in
 HS and College
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1) Subject:NMELRC Arabic Summer Workshop: Teaching Arabic in HS and  
College

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Date: 06 Feb 2009
From:mnnassif at byu.edu
Subject:NMELRC Arabic Summer Workshop: Teaching Arabic in HS and College

2009 NMELRC Arabic Summer Workshop with Professors Mahmoud Al-Batal  
and Kristen Brustad at UT Austin

Teaching Arabic to Upper High School and College Students:
A Hands-On Workshop for teachers conducted in Arabic by Mahmoud Al- 
Batal and Kristan Brustad, University of Texas.
July 27 - August 1, 2009

NMELRC will cover workshop tuition. Applicants are responsible for  
their own housing and travel expenses. Limited NMELRC Financial Aid  
available in the form of travel awards.

Teachers of Arabic will learn about current methods and practices in  
learner-centered, proficiency-based instruction. Through  
demonstrations, video, discussion, and interactive activities,  
participants will experience the methods of learner-centered,  
proficiency-based instruction. The presenters will demonstrate best  
practices by micro-teaching with small groups of university students,  
and participants will practice learner-centered instruction with  
coaching and feedback from the presenters. Limited space.

Deadline for applications, April 1st, 2009. For an application form  
please click on link below:

http://www.nmelrc.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=1&MMN_position=74:72

For more information please email nmelrc at byu.edu

Maggie N. Nassif, PhD, MBA
Administrative Director
National Middle East
Language Resource Center
Brigham Young University
212 HRCB, BYU,
Provo, Utah, 84602
mnnassif at byu.edu

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Tue Feb 10 00:24:50 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:24:50 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:DC-Metro Area Association of Arabic Language
 Teachers
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:paul roochnik <proochnikllc at yahoo.com>
Subject:DC-Metro Area Association of Arabic Language Teachers

Dear Arabic Teachers in the Washington, DC area:

You are cordially invited to attend the first gathering of the DC- 
Metro Area Association of Arabic Language Teachers.  Please mark your  
calendar!

Date:
Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Time:
7:40 PM

Place:
Georgetown University, Inter-Cultural Center, Room 115

Language of the meeting:
Arabic.

Purpose of the meeting:
1. Exchange ideas and insights salient to our profession as teachers  
of Arabic.
2. Launch our association.
3. Become acquainted with one another.
4. Renew old friendships.

Agenda:
1. Refreshments, networking.
2. Opening remarks by organizers.
3. Break up into small groups to brain-storm the mission of our  
association.
4. Re-assemble as a whole to discuss best ideas.
5. More refreshments, more networking.

Cheers,
Abu Sammy


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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:24:56 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:PhD correspondence programs?
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:David Wilmsen <david.wilmsen at gmail.com>
Subject:PhD correspondence programs?

Does anyone know of a correspondence program by which one could pursue  
a PhD in some aspect of Arabic language pedagogy? I have a former  
student, now with a masters in teaching Arabic as a foreign language  
(and teaching Arabic) who wants to pursue a PhD but does not want to  
leave her position in order to do so.

-- 
David Wilmsen, PhD, Arabic language and linguistics
Visiting Associate Professor of Arabic
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages
American University of Beirut

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:00 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic dialects wiht /m-/ prefix for present
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:<kmiller3 at email.arizona.edu>
Subject:Arabic dialects wiht /m-/ prefix for present continuous

'm curious if there are any dialects other than dialects of Arabic in  
Central
Asia that use the prefix /m-/ in a similar way to Levantine and  
Egyption /b-/
with verbs in order to express present continuous time?

Thanks,
Keri Miller
MA Candidate, Near Eastern Studies
University of Arizona

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Palestinian Dialect book
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:raram <raram at umich.edu>
Subject:Palestinian Dialect book

Hi,

Check with The International Book Centre, Inc. Telephone: (248)  
879-8436 for

Course in Levantine Arabic (Palestinian Dialect) by McCarus-Rammuny- 
Qafisheh, 1979.

Raji Rammuny

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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:03 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs Student stories
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:mnnassif at byu.edu
Subject:Needs Student stories

Greeting from Utah

The National Middle East Language Resource Center is seeking  
nominations of students of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish with  
truly inspiring success stories for an upcoming NMELRC publication. If  
you have students in your departments/centers who have excelled in  
language learning, overcame obstacles in learning a language, or  
contributed through volunteer or professional language related  
experiences in a way that would inspire new incoming students, please  
let us know. Successful candidates will be interviewed and their  
profiles will be included in our publication. I would be grateful if  
you sent me the following information no later than February 15th, 2009:

  Student name:

  Email address:

  Reason for nomination:

If you need any more details, please do not hesitate to email me or  
call at 801 422 7192

Many Thanks,

MNN

Maggie N. Nassif, PhD, MBA
Administrative Director
National Middle East
Language Resource Center
Brigham Young University
212 HRCB, BYU,
Provo, Utah, 84602
mnnassif at byu.edu

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:When and where ALS 24 is
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:Mustafa Mughazy <mustafa.mughazy at wmich.edu>
Subject:When and where ALS 24 is

Dear Azra,

The ALS 24 (2010) will be at the University of Texas at Austin.

The ALS conference is usually held in March. The call for papers will  
be announced on the Arabic-L, the Linguist List and other lists and  
websites in October.

Thank you,

Mustafa Mughazy
ALS, Executive Director

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:LLCMC conference reminder
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:National Foreign Language Resource Center <nflrc at hawaii.edu>
Subject:LLCMC conference reminder

LANGUAGE LEARNING IN COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNITIES (LLCMC) CONFERENCE
October 11-13, 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/llcmc/

Once, computers were seen as thinking machines or electronic tutors. Now
the computer has become one of many devices that people use to form
virtual communities of all kinds. In the field of language education,
computer mediated communication (CMC) enables students to interact with
one another free of space and time constraints and to participate in
communities of learning with their counterparts in the target culture.  
The
Language Learning in Computer Mediated Communities (LLCMC) Conference
explores the use of computers as a medium of communication in language
learning communities.

Conference highlights
	* Keynote talk by Dr. Gilberte Furstenberg (Massachusetts
	  Institute of Technology)
	* Special colloquium showcasing online cultural exchanges based at
	  the University of Hawaii
	* Optional pre-conference event - CULTURA: Web-based Intercultural
	  Exchanges (October 10-11)

We welcome your session proposal submissions in this exciting area.  Use
our convenient online submission form - deadline March 1, 2009.

http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/llcmc/call.html


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   F          University of Hawai'i
    L         1859 East-West Road, #106
     R        Honolulu HI 96822
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Wants blogs in Arabic
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:Kerstin <kwilsch at hotmail.com>
Subject:Wants blogs in Arabic

Dear all,

Does anyone know any blogs in Arabic along the lines of
Ma3a Nafsi

Orz Bellaban lesha5sein

Wanna Be a Bride

which were published as books in Egypt, i.e. blogs containing texts  
that could be considered as literary in a wider sense and would be  
worth translating and publishing?

I would be grateful for any hints.

Best wishes

Kerstin


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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:24:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic 2 Online Developer/Instructor Job
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:Ann Gunter <AGunter at dpi.state.nc.us>
Subject:Arabic 2 Online Developer/Instructor Job

TO: All Foreign Language Educators
RE: Arabic 2 Online Developer/Instructor Job Posting

Please forward the job posting below to all those you know who might  
be interested in developing and teaching an Arabic 2 course that would  
be offered through the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS).

Thank you!


Arabic 2
Developer Description and Instructor Description
Application Deadline: March 9, 2009
Video Introduction to similar course project in Chinese: www.marinegrafics.com/chinese/promo.htm

LEARN NC, a K-12 outreach program of the University of North Carolina  
at Chapel Hill, in collaboration with the NC Department of Public  
Instruction, the NC General Assembly and the NC Virtual Public School,  
is currently seeking a developer and instructor for Level 2 of Online  
Arabic. This course is the second in a two-part series designed to  
help students develop proficiency in Arabic. The opportunity requires  
the individual to both develop and then teach the course online. This  
course will place great emphasis on the spoken language, while  
cultivating reading and writing skills in Modern Standard Arabic. With  
the assistance of the development team, the course will be completed  
by December 31, 2009, to be taught in early January 2010.


The following features will be included:
? Emphasis on spoken Arabic
? Student self-reporting of proficiency and understanding through the  
use of LinguaFolio (http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/secondlang/archives/2006/04/linguafolio.php 
  )
? Each lesson begins with a video vignette to introduce new language  
structures. The videos tell the story of two young people who meet and  
get to know one another.
? Listening/speaking comprehension exercises to provide practice
? Weekly conversation coaches work to one-on-one and in groups to  
assist with student pronunciation
? Skype (www.skype.com ( http://www.skype.com/ )) is used to provide  
real-time conversation with conversation coaches and instructor
? Culture is embedded throughout the course to reinforce language  
learning.
? Sense of community is cultivated through group activities where  
students share via discussion boards, internal messages system, and  
Skype. Student must feel a part of the course with activities that not  
only engage them, but also connect them to others, including the  
instructor.
? Course is developed in Blackboard (www.blackboard.com ( http://www.blackboard.com/ 
  )) with the assistance of an instructional designer
? Course content does not depend on a textbook; therefore, all content  
of the course must be developed and reside within the course.
? Students receive individualized feedback on a weekly basis from the  
instructor.
? In addition to practicing speaking and listening with conversation  
coaches, the instructor will also speak with students on a weekly  
basis to determine student oral proficiency and listening  
comprehension skills development.
? Maximum enrollment will be held at 20 students for the initial  
offering

The following information details our expectations/requirements for  
both the developer position and the instructor position. In addition,  
we will be seeking conversation coaches to provide two (2), 45-minute  
practice sessions with a group of 3-4 students weekly for the semester  
(18 weeks).


Developer Expectations and Requirements
? Must be proficient in Arabic
? Must be, or be able to be, certified as an Arabic teacher
? Must have American high school teaching experience or comparable  
work with teenagers
? Must have basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, use of Arabic  
characters in the electronic environment, and preferred knowledge of  
HTML editor like Dreamweaver or similar HTML editors (www.nvu.com is a  
great HTML editor that is free!)
? Must be detail-oriented and be able to collaborate regularly with  
the Project Manager, the Instructional Designer, and the Development  
Team during the development stage
? Must have daily, reliable Internet access to collaborate with  
Instructional Designer and Project Manager
? Must have a background in language education and second language  
acquisition
? Willingness to complete 2 online instructor preparation courses this  
summer and fall to develop and improve teaching skills online
? Willingness to become familiar with LinguaFolio, a formative  
assessment tool, and incorporate its use in the course
? Willingness to review other Arabic courses? materials and resources  
at leisure to understand development standards and to effectively  
develop Arabic 2
? Willingness to learn Blackboard, the course management system in  
which the course will be developed (LEARN NC can provide online  
instruction in the use of this tool)
? Ability to work with video team to develop scripts for introductory  
dialogue for each lesson (video vignette) and approve video/audio  
content produced by video team
? Willingness to work with a development team
? Ability to communicate effectively in English with development team
? Desire to be a part of a pioneering effort to bring Arabic language  
and culture to students who would not otherwise have the opportunity  
to learn!
? Ability to work with development team to finish course by December  
31, 2009
? Developer salary: $6,000-8,000


Instructor Expectations and Requirements
? Must be proficient in Arabic
? Must be, or be able to be, certified as an Arabic teacher
? Must have American high school teaching experience or comparable  
work with teenagers
? Must have basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, use of Arabic  
characters in the electronic environment
? Must have daily, reliable Internet access
? Background in language education and second language acquisition
? Willingness to complete 2 online instructor preparation courses this  
summer and fall to develop and improve teaching skills online
? Willingness to become familiar with LinguaFolio, a formative  
assessment tool, and incorporate its use in the course
? Willingness to learn Blackboard, the course management system in  
which the course will be developed (LEARN NC can provide online  
instruction in the use of this tool)
? Must coordinate with conversation coaches (1 per 4-5 students) on a  
weekly basis what students should practice
? Must keep good records of students? progress and grades throughout  
the course
? Must communicate with the NC Virtual Public School about  
registration and technical issues
? Must work with NCVPS to communicate with the Distance Learning  
Coordinators at representative high schools where students are enrolled
? Must love teaching Arabic to a range of students!
? Instructor Salary ~ $225 per student



Application Process
The following materials must be submitted electronically no later than  
March 9, 2009, to Dr. Bobby Hobgood at bhobgood at learnnc.org Please use  
the following subject line for your message: Arabic 2 Developer  
Application
1. A current resume or CV
2. A description of current and past teaching experience in Arabic
3. A statement of current teacher certification(s) and in what states
4. A statement of your use of technology and any experience in online  
teaching and learning
5. A statement to indicate you are available to begin working this  
summer
6. Contact information


Ann Marie Gunter
Second Language Consultant
K-12 Program Areas
K-12 Curriculum, Instruction and Technology
NC Department of Public Instruction
6349 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6349
agunter at dpi.state.nc.us
Ph: 919-807-3865
Website:  http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/secondlang/

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies Sprint 09
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:nhedayet at yahoo.com
Subject:Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies Sprint 09 program

v     Program Duration: 14 wks starting March 5th ending June 9th,09:  
includes 20hrs/ wk of MSA and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, weekly  
trips, seminars, cultural activities, gatherings with Egyptian Youth,  
parties and much more.


v     Total Cost: $4450 covering language instruction, cultural  
activities with transportation and a guide to Cairo sites, placement  
test, orientation, welcome package, airport pick up, free wireless  
internet at school, assistance in search for suitable housing (shared  
furnished apartments by 2 or 3 students approximately between 250 and  
350 USD per month)

The deadline for registration is Feb. 15th, 09

Hurry up for an Incomparable Learning Experience!

10% Discount for groups of three and more & for two semester together

v     For registration please fill an application online at : www.hedayetinstitute.com 
<http://www.hedayetinstitute.com/> or send us at info at hedayetinstitute.com 
<mailto:info at hedayetinstitute.com>


Latest News:

v    HIAS held its biannual AFL Teachers? Training Workshop for tree  
days Jan.22-24, 09 in cooperation with the some of the best trainers  
in this field
v    An Information Session will be held soon by Nahdet el Mahrous at  
HIAS for all our students who are interested in volunteer work in Egypt

Egypt :

v    Live Discussions between Arab intellectuals and the big audience  
including some HIAS students The 41st Cairo Book Fair this winter; for  
more details www.cairoibf.org<http://www.cairoibf.org/>

For info. about the Summer semester starting June 15th, 09 please
check the website and email us at info at hedayetinstitute.com<mailto:info at hedayetinstitute.com 
 >


Nagwa Hedayet, PhD.
Director
Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies
www.hedayetinstitute.com<http://www.hedayetinstitute.com/>

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Heritage Language Institute
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:Dora Johnson <dJohnson at cal.org>
Subject:Heritage Language Institute

The National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA invites  
applications to participate in The 3rd Summer Heritage Language  
Research Institute. This year's institute will be held on the campus  
of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It will focus on  
the implications of research for classroom instruction. Each  
participant will design a small classroom research project during the  
course of the institute and carry it out during the fall 2009 term.

Applications are invited from faculty in languages, linguistics, and  
education. Graduate students are encouraged to apply, and some  
financial assistance may be available for them. Details and the online  
application may be found at

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:25:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Soqotri original text available
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:reposted from LINGUIST
Subject:Soqotri original text available

Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:16:59
From: Vladimir Agafonov [soqotra at yandex.ru]
Subject: Soqotri original text available in Semitic linguistics archive

California Linguistic Notes, Volume XXXIV No. 1 ISSN 1548-1484,	 winter,
2009, has published one more Soqotri original text in North-Western
Soqotri dialect - a Tale of Two Brothers (the first beginning part of  
the
Soqotran tale) which is very close to the Ancient Egyptian tale of Two
Brothers from the d'Orbiney papirus.

With English translation and comments.

The sound recording of this fragment could be found at SemArch website  
of
Heidelberg University:

http://www.semarch.uni-hd.de/index.php4?lang=en
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:24:53 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer program in Oman
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Date: 09 Feb 2009
From:Maria Persson <Maria.Persson at ling.lu.se>
Subject:Summer program in Oman

Gulf Arabic Programme Intensive Summer Programme

The Gulf Arabic Programme is offering a one-month intensive course in  
colloquial Gulf Arabic from Sunday, June 28 until Thursday, July 23.  
The summer the course will be in Buraimi, Oman, a twin city to Al Ain,  
United Arab Emirates.

This course is for (almost) beginners. We require that students be  
able to read, write, pronounce and recognise the characters of the  
Arabic script before they arrive. We have placed this requirement on  
applicants because it is possible for students to acquire this  
familiarity at home using one of the many 'Teach Yourself' courses and  
it allows us to move straight into teaching the language. To help  
students see if they are sufficiently competent in the script to  
benefit from the course we have devised a self-test for the Arabic  
alphabet on our website at http://www.gapschool.net/Alif_Baa_Web_Test/Alif_Baa_Web_Test.htm

This course concentrates on the spoken Arabic so no Modern Standard  
Arabic is taught. If you are interested in verbal communication with  
Gulf Arabs and with developing your speaking and listening skills then  
this course is for you. If you are interested in improving your  
reading and writing skills then it is not. Local native speakers will  
teach you everyday vocabulary and common expressions used by Arabic  
speakers in this part of the world, within a framework that teaches  
you to express yourself as Arabs would express themselves. Classes run  
from 8:00 a.m. until 2:40 p.m. every day with a one-hour lunch break.   
However, once the day's classes are over the learning continues!!  
Students will then need to spend 4 hours a day divided between  
'community learning' (spending time with local people) and private  
study (practising and preparing for classes).

By the end of the course it is expected that students will be at  
Novice High level on the ACTFL scale, i.e. be able to give and receive  
directions; use verbs in the past and (to some extent) the present and  
engage in very basic conversations in a few topics.

The total cost for the Intensive Summer Programme is AED 3 500, this  
includes tuition fees and the course book. Students should also allow  
for AED 10 per day for travel to and from the institute. Please  
contact us if you would like more details on accommodation options.

For further details or application information please email to
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present
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4) Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous
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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:Uri Horesh <uri.horesh at fandm.edu>
Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous

'm assuming this isn't specifically what you were talking about, but  
Levantine dialects (probably most notable the dialect of Damascus)  
have a /m-/ prefix for 1st person plural verbs. It is merely the  
result of phonological assimilation:

b --> m /_n

E.g.: bnoktob --> mnoktob 'we write'.

To be precise, these prefixes don't denote any particular time/tense,  
but rather the indicative mood.

Another instance of this phonological assimilation is the adverb / 
bnoob/ '[not] at all', which is often pronounced [mnoob] in Damascene.

I, for one, would like to hear more about these Central Asian dialects.

Thanks,
Uri
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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:Robert Ratcliffe <ratcliffe at tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous

Dear Keri, a very interesting question. I think its the first time I  
have seen Central Asian Arabic refered to on this list. Of course you  
have b- assimilating to the n- of the 1pl. maker and becoming m- in  
Damascus (mi-n-kitib "we are writing" or "will write") and I'm not  
sure how much farther afield. My best guess (Ratcliffe 2005) is that  
the Central Asian m- (as in: eysh kom m-isuun "they were making  
bread") either reflects a similar assimilation of b- plus analogic  
extension or it's borrowed from the Persian present progressive mi-.  
Of course you have a bunch of these little particles filling this  
function, d- in Iraq, k- and t- in Morocco, etc. and the etymologies  
are fairly obscure in most cases, so it could be an independent  
development of something else. If you come up with a better  idea let  
us know.

Ratcliffe. R. 2005. "Bukhara Arabic: a Metatypized Dialect of Arabic  
in Central Asia." in Csato, Isaksson and Jahani, eds. Linguistic  
Convergence and Areal Diffusion, case studies from Iranian, Semitic,  
and Turkic. RoutledgeCurzon: London.

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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:"A. Ferhadi" <af3 at nyu.edu>
Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous

Dear Keri,

In Iraqi Arabic the prefix /da-/ is used in the same way the prefix / 
b-/ is used in Egyptian and Levantine Arabic to for the present  
continuous/progressive as exemplified in the affirmative,  
interrogative and negative below:

da-yibchi "He is crying."

lesh da-tSayyiH  "Why are you screaming?"

ma da-asma9 "I am not hearing."


Ahmed Ferhadi

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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:Steve Robertson <stevebinrobert at gmail.com>
Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous

  think you are unlikely to find other dialects that use /m-/ as a  
indicator of present continuous due to its likely origin in what is  
now the present/future marker in Persian (/mi-/ in Persian, /me-/ in  
Tajik). I have only heard of it being used in the dialects in  
Uzbekistan and the related dialects in the Balkh region of Afghanistan.

As for other dialects using /m-/, it is used as a phonemic variant of / 
b-/ in the environment of /n/ in the first person plural of verbs in  
Syrian Arabic, e.g. /mniktub/, /mnidrus/, /mniHki/, /mnit3ashsha/

Hope this helps,

Steve Robertson

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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:Afra Al-Mussawir <afraalmussawir at yahoo.com>
Subject:Arabic Dialects with /m-/ prefix for present continuous

Dear Keri,
To answer your question directly: no, I don't know of any dialects of  
Arabic which use /m/ as a progressive marker for verbs.

However, the Baghdadi dialect I know best uses /d/ as such a marker.  
Given Iraq's historical geographical and political position between  
the Middle East and Asia, you may find this fact meaningful.

Best,
Afra Al-Mussawir

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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic Conference
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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:aima3 at unifi.it
Subject:Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic Conference

Troisi?me Colloque International (Florence, 11-14 octobre 2010) ? Le  
moyen arabe et l?arabe mixte : un choix volontaire de registre ?  
Recherches sur les sources m?di?vales, modernes et contemporaines ?

Third International Symposium (Florence, 11-14 October 2010) ? Middle  
Arabic and Mixed Arabic: an intentional choice of register? Researches  
on medieval, modern and contemporary sources ?


http://www.linguistica.unifi.it/


_________________

[here is an attempt at copying out the contents of a pdf file]

FIRST CIRCULAR
Third International Symposium (Florence, 11-14 October 2010)
? Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic: an intentional choice of register?
Researches on medieval, modern and contemporary sources ?
Dear Colleague,
We are very pleased to invite you to take part in the Third  
International Symposium on
Middle and Mixed Arabic, which will be held from Monday 11 to Thursday  
14 October 2010 at the
Universit? di Firenze, Dipartimento di Linguistica, piazza  
Brunelleschi 4, 50121 Firenze, Italy.
After the successful accomplishment of the First Symposium in Louvain- 
la-Neuve and the
Second Symposium in Amsterdam, our department has taken over the task  
to convene the Third
Symposium which is dedicated to the same topics, i. e. Middle Arabic.
The objectives of the third Symposium are the same as those of the two  
preceding ones, i. e.
to study written varieties of Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic, and  
particularly oral varieties of con-
temporary Arabic; the proposed subject of the Symposium is: ?Middle  
Arabic and Mixed Arabic:
an intentional choice of register? Researches on medieval, modern and  
contemporary sources?.
Please find attached four documents:
1. A presentation of the International Association for the Study of  
Middle and Mixed Arabic
(AIMA).
2. A summary of the objectives and a list of the topics or themas on  
which we wish the
papers to be concentrated; please feel free to send this document to  
colleagues specialized in other
linguistic areas, who might be interested in these themas and possibly  
would wish to give a paper
related with their and our concern.
3. A list of the Organizing and Scientific Committees.
4. An answer form.
Colleagues and researchers who plan to attend the Symposium are kindly  
requested to fill
up and to send back the Answer form upon receipt of this circular not  
later than 30 June 2009 to
Lidia Bettini, or Paolo La Spisa, or Cecilia Picchi
aima3 at unifi.it
If you are planning to attend the Symposium, please let us know before  
30 June 2009 (and
send your provisional title if you are intending to give a paper).
Participants who wish to give a paper are requested to sent an  
abstract (about half a page) by
e-mail not later than 1 December 2009. Title and abstract will be  
passed on to the Scientific
Committee which is expected to give you its definite answer before the  
end of March 2010. Papers
may be given in Arabic, English or French and should not exceed 20  
minutes. Every paper is
planned to be followed by 10 minutes discussion.
All infomation on boarding, lodging, transportations facilities,  
working sessions planning
and the General Assembly ot AIMA will be published on the Dipartimento  
di Linguistica home
page (www.unifi.it/linguistica).
Hoping to meet you in Florence, kind regards from the Organizers
Prof. Lidia Bettini
Dr. Paolo La Spisa
Mrs Cecilia Picchi

Objectives of AIMA, issues that should be given priority,
aims and goals of the third Symposium

The structural differences between spoken and written varieties in the  
Arabic language,
which has been a permanent reality throughout its history, resulted in  
the creation and development
of intermediate and mixed varieties which were written and probably  
spoken as well. These are
commonly called ?Middle Arabic? varieties. After the publication of  
some pioneering research
work in that field, Middle Arabic has been established as a new  
scientific branch of its own right by
Prof. J. Blau?s works. Although research on Middle Arabic is of vital  
importance to the
reconstruction of the history of the Arabic language, its value has  
not been sufficiently recognized,
as the dispersion of the work in the field and the absence of an  
overview on the research reveal.

This third Symposium on that topic aims again at reviewing the current  
state of knowledge
of Middle Arabic, taking into account its historical and geographical  
context, and at thinking over
the different methods of analysis, as well as the problems of  
definition and terminology which are
still under discussion in this field of research. In this respect, it  
is more than ever wanted to try to
improve our state of knowledge through a comparison with the results  
of researches conducted
simultaneously during the last forty years in a field closely  
connected with it: we refer here to the
modern study of so called ?middle? or ?mixed? varieties of Arabic.  
Data, methods of analysis and
problems which arise in that type of research are all comparable whith  
those which have already
arisen in Middle Arabic, and are sometimes the very same.
We are also still eager to extend the comparison to neighbouring  
sociolinguistical situations,
either in Semitic (Hebrew for instance) or in other areas (Chinese,  
Greek, English, German, Italian,
French ...).
The organizers also wish that specialists of different fields of  
Arabic studies (history,
philosophy, history of sciences or literature etc.) should take part  
in the Symposium. Not being
always linguists, they are nevertheless faced, in the texts they  
study, with mixed or intermediate
varieties of Arabic of which they are the best experts.
Let us recall that during the previous Symposia, participants largely  
agreed that Middle
Arabic, in spite of its different expressions, constitutes an  
autonomous variety which can and must
be systematically described, that it has rules which can be drawn, and  
that it follows norms on
which standards are established.
Let us finally give again a short list of issues which our association  
considers as deserving
particular attention :
- Middle Arabic (=MA) and its definition
- Standards in Middle and Mixed Arabic (= MMA)
- Elaboration of data bases of distinctive features in MMA
- MMA written forms
- Elaboration of some edition standards for written MMA
- A typology of MMA styles, to whom they are addressed and which  
styles of MMA
are used according to the persons addressed
- MMA in poetry
- MMA in popular literature
- MMA in scientific texts
- ?Spoken? and ?written? in MMA
- MMA and Ancient Arabic
- Unity and variety of Middle Arabic in time and space
- Unity and variety of Mixed Arabic in space
- Middle Arabic and Contemporary Mixed Arabic : analogies and  
differences
- MMA influences on dialects and Standard Written Arabic
- ?Middle? Linguistic varieties in Semitic Languages
- ?Middle? Linguistic varieties in other languages


Comit? scientifique / Scientific Committee



Dionisius Agius
Federico Corriente
Johannes den Heijer
Madiha Doss
Jacques Grand?Henry
Benjamin Hary
Simon Hopkins
J?r?me Lentin
Gunvor Mejdell



Comit? d?organisation / Organizing Committee


Lidia Bettini
Paolo La Spisa
Mirella Cassarino
Giuliano Lancioni

Formulaire de r?ponse/Answer Form

Troisi?me Colloque International (Florence, 11-14 octobre 2010)
? Le moyen arabe et l?arabe mixte :un choix volontaire de registre ?
Recherches sur les sources m?di?vales, modernes et contemporaines ?


Third International Symposium (Florence, 11-14 October 2010)
?Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic: an intentional choice of register?
Researches on medieval, modern and contemporary sources?


Nom/ 
Name 
: .........................................................................................................
Pr?nom/ 
Surname 
: ................................................................................................
Fonction/Position  
held 
  : .......................................................................................
Nom de l?Institution/Name of the  
Institution : .....................................................
courriel/e- 
mail 
  :.....................................................................................................
Adresse de contact/Contact  
address 
  :....................................................................
...............................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................

souhaite participer/ne souhaite pas participer au Troisi?me colloque  
international sur le
moyen arabe (11-14 octobre 2010)
avec/sans communication
is /is not intending to attend the Third International Symposium on  
Middle Arabic (11-14
October 2010)
is/is not intending to give a paper.

Titre provisoire/Provisional  
Title 
: ...................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................

Signature :       Date :

A renvoyer au plus tard le 30 juin 2009 ?/ to be sent not later than  
30 June 2009 to
Cecilia Picchi or Paolo La Spisa
Dipartimento di Linguistica
piazza Brunelleschi 4
50121 Firenze (Italy)
e-mail:  aima3 at unifi.it



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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Feb 12 23:38:38 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabesque Festival at Kennedy Center
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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:paul roochnik <proochnikllc at yahoo.com>
Subject:Arabesque Festival at Kennedy Center

Dear Friends,

The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) will be hosting an incredible  
festival that you do NOT want to miss:

Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World, 23 February to 15 March 2009.

Best thing is that this festival includes LOTS of outstanding FREE  
events, like poetry recitations and musical performances, as well as  
round-table discussions.  You can check out the calendar of events at  
the following website:

http://kennedy-center.org/programs/festivals/08%2D09/arabesque/

PLEASE note:
Some of the free events do require a ticket.  If you call up the  
Kennedy Center, they will send you tickets for free.

Hope to see some of you at the festival.

Cheers,
Abu Sammy

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:35 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Title VI confeence
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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From:calper at psu.edu
Subject:Title VI confeence

Dear Colleagues,

On March 19-21, 2009, the U.S. Department of Education will celebrate  
the 50th Anniversary of Title VI <http://e2ma.net/go/1717856957/1563193/57492303/goto:http://titlevi50th.msu.edu 
 > with a two-day conference held in Washington, DC. The conference  
will highlight the significant impacts of Title VI programs in the  
United States, demonstrate the pressing need for Title VI programs in  
light of future and present needs, and address future directions of  
Title VI programs. The keynote address will be given by The Honorable  
Madeleine K. Albright.

The National Language Resource Centers (LRCs) Program is one of the  
programs funded by Title VI.

Recently, the LRCs composed and compiled a substantial booklet that  
describes some of our projects and initiatives and also provides a  
short overview of each center. Visit CALPER's web site to take a look  
at the Language Resource Center Booklet<http://e2ma.net/go/1717856957/1563193/57492306/goto:http://calper.la.psu.edu/nflrc.php 
 >. The download might take a few moments.

The Center for Language Acquisition<http://e2ma.net/go/1717856957/1563193/57492308/goto:http://language.la.psu.edu 
 > at Penn State will hold its 3rd Summer Institute in Applied  
Linguistics from June 22 - July 17, 2009. The faculty and staff at  
CALPER, who co-sponsors the event, hope to be able to welcome many of  
you to University Park.

As you probably noticed, we are using a new mailing system that will  
make sending out our occasional NEWS UPDATE more efficient. To ensure  
that you will receive future notes from CALPER, please add the service  
to your address book or safe list. Our emails are optimized to be  
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:38:37 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic online publishers query
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Date: 12 Feb 2009
From: Iman Soliman <halleluiah3 at yahoo.com>
Subject:Arabic online publishers query

Hello Eeryone,
Does anyone know of any names of publishers who publish Arabic  
teaching materials on line?
Mny thanks for your help
Best wishes
Iman Aziz


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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:UVA-Yarmouk Arabic Summer Program
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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:Uva Yarmouk Arabic Program [uvayarm at cms.mail.virginia.edu]
Subject:UVA-Yarmouk Arabic Summer Program

The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program
Summer 2009

The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program  
has been in operation since 1984. It is an intensive, eight-week  
Program in Modern Standard Arabic, designed for undergraduate and  
graduate students currently pursuing a university degree. The Program  
focuses on all language skills: listening, speaking, reading and  
writing. In addition to Modern Standard Arabic, all students will take  
a course in the Jordanian dialect. All courses will be taught in  
Arabic. Instructors are members of the Yarmouk University faculty.  
Four levels of skill-based instruction are provided.

?      Intensive summer study of the Arabic Language at Yarmouk  
University, Irbid, Jordan.

?       Immersion in Arab Culture, and first-hand experience of the  
Middle East through travel in the region.

?      Three levels of language instruction equivalent to Second,  
Third, and Fourth year Arabic at the University of Virginia.

?      A fourth ?Islamics Arabic? level will focus on studying the  
language of Islamic literature in classical and modern texts.

?      Academic credit is transferable to your home institution from  
Yarmouk University.

?      Cost is $6,300.00*.  This includes:

1. International airfare (JFK-Amman-JFK).

2. Accommodations in Yarmouk University housing facility.

3. Tuition.

4. Entry fees to archeological sites.

5. Two educational trips within Jordan.

Dates
?       Application Deadline: March 13, 2009

?       Pre-departure Orientation and group  travel from New York:  
Tuesday, June 11, 2009

?      End of Program and return to New York: Saturday, August 10, 2009


*Please note that airfares may vary and this may result in a slight  
adjustment of the program cost.

Fees DO NOT include food, health/accident insurance, incidentals, or  
domestic airfare to JFK.

INSTRUCTIONS AND APPLICATION AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: http://www.studyabroad.virginia.edu/

For more information please contact:

UVAYARMK at virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 982-2304 Fax: (434) 924-6977

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:37 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs work on Jordanian Beduin dialect
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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:hanadamasri at yahoo.com
Subject:Needs work on Jordanian Beduin dialect

Did anybody work on Jordanian dialect and its exhibition of Bedouin  
linguistic traits, especially the qaf to gah.

Thank you
hanada

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:34 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:simplified news webcasts
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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:from Arabic K-12 list
Subject:simplified news webcasts

[ some of you might not be aware of the Arabic K-12 lists (separate  
from Arabic-L) which posts items of interest to K-12 teachers.  Go to www.arabick12.org 
<http://www.arabick12.org> for more info.  The following message is  
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Dear Educators,

We're pleased to inform you about a brand new project we've started  
with the Arabic K12 Project. We will now be posting regular Arabic  
podcasts directed toward Arabic teachers and students.

The News in Simplified Arabic is posted to the web twice monthly and  
delivers a survey of the previous two weeks' news in simplified  
standard Arabic Listeners of Voice of America's "Special English"  
broadcasts will recognize the slightly slower rate of speech and  
textual redundancy which characterize these webcasts.

Why? In earlier times, the news was easy to understand. The formulaic  
messages were predictable and the diction clear and slow. But since  
the advent of modern media outlets such as Al Jazeera Al Arabiya,  
newscasts feature telegraphic speech and fast diction. Our webcasts  
serve as a stepping stone between the teacher talk of the classroom  
and the "real" Arabic of the media.

Authentic news. The news itself is taken from a number of Arabic- 
language sites, including BBC-Arabic Service, Al Jazeera, CNN, Al  
Hayat, and others. The editorial "slant" is left unchanged and should  
not be taken to represent the views of the NCLRC.

Go to:


http://nclrc.org/webcasts/arabic/


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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:42 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:dialects with /m-/ prefix
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1) Subject:dialects with /m-/ prefix
2) Subject:dialects with /m-/ prefix

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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:"Woidich, M.A." <M.A.Woidich at uva.nl>
Subject:dialects with /m-/ prefix

Dear Keri,
there is a dialect in Upper Egypt which has ma- instead of the usual  
bi- as a prefix, presumably derived from ma3a < 3ama < 3ammaal. It is  
Silwa BaHari, as far as I remember. You have to check this in the  
Egyptian dialect atlas (P.Behnstedt, M. Woidich, Die ?gyptisch- 
arabischen Dialekte. Vol.2. Wiesbaden 1985).
Best,
Manfred Woidich

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2)
Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:wasamy at UMICH.EDU
Subject:dialects with /m-/ prefix

Here's a view with ??:

??+????? --> ??+???? --> ?????? --> ?????

Waheed

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Wed Feb 18 19:19:50 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:50 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabesque Festival
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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:David Wilmsen <david.wilmsen at gmail.com>
Subject:Arabesque Festival

I enthusiastically encourage anyone who happens to be in DC on 8 March  
to attend Fathy Salama's concert at the Kennedy Centre on 8 March. His  
music blends jazz and eastern elements, which is a difficult thing to  
accomplish, but accomplish it he does with stunning success. He is  
known amongst western jazz musicians and has played with many of them.  
The jazz elements in the music appear especially when Fathy solos,  
which he doesn't always do; but when he does, his piano reminds me of  
Cecil Taylor in his earlier, more lyrical phase. His band Sharkiat  
encompasses highly proficient mucisians in their own right, amongst  
whom it would be hard for me to name a favourite, but Ayman Sidky's  
performances on traps (which he sometimes plays with his bare hands)  
are an inspiration to behold, and Salah El Artist's accordian sends me  
into bliss!

If you are there, don't miss it!  (Or, as they say, "Be Square")

-- 
David Wilmsen, PhD, Arabic language and linguistics
Visiting Associate Professor of Arabic
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages
American University of Beirut

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:19:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic News Parallel Text corpus from LDC
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Date: 18 Feb 2009
From:ldc at ldc.upenn.edu
Subject:Arabic News Parallel Text corpus from LDC

(2) GALE Phase 1 Arabic Newsgroup Parallel Text - Part 1 was prepared  
by LDC and contains a total of 178,000 words (264 files) of Arabic  
newsgroup text and its translation selected from thirty-five sources.  
Newsgroups consist of posts to electronic bulletin boards, Usenet  
newsgroups, discussion groups and similar forums. This release was  
used as training data in Phase 1 (year 1) of the DARPA-funded GALE  
program.

Preparing the source data involved four stages of work: data scouting,  
data harvesting, formatting and data selection.

Data scouting involved manually searching the web for suitable  
newsgroup text. Data scouts were assigned particular topics and genres  
along with a production target in order to focus their web search.  
Formal annotation guidelines and a customized annotation toolkit  
helped data scouts to manage the search process and to track progress.

Data scouts logged their decisions about potential text of interest to  
a database. A nightly process queried the annotation database and  
harvested all designated URLs. Whenever possible, the entire site was  
downloaded, not just the individual thread or post located by the data  
scout. Once the text was downloaded, its format was standardized so  
that the data could be more easily integrated into downstream  
annotation processes. Typically, a new script was required for each  
new domain name that was identified. After scripts were run, an  
optional manual process corrected any remaining formatting problems.

The selected documents were then reviewed for content-suitability  
using a semi-automatic process. A statistical approach was used to  
rank a document's relevance to a set of already-selected documents  
labeled as "good." An annotator then reviewed the list of relevance- 
ranked documents and selected those which were suitable for a  
particular annotation task or for annotation in general. These newly- 
judged documents in turn provided additional input for the generation  
of new ranked lists.

Manual sentence units/segments (SU) annotation was also performed as  
part of the transcription task. Three types of end of sentence SU were  
identified: statement SU, question SU, and incomplete SU. After  
transcription and SU annotation, files were reformatted into a human- 
readable translation format and assigned to professional translators  
for careful translation. Translators followed LDC's GALE Translation  
guidelines which describe the makeup of the translation team, the  
source data format, the translation data format, best practices for  
translating certain linguistic features and quality control procedures  
applied to completed translations.

All final data are presented in Tab Delimited Format (TDF). TDF is  
compatible with other transcription formats, such as the Transcriber  
format and AG format making it easy to process.

GALE Phase 1 Arabic Newsgroup Parallel Text - Part 1 is distributed  
via web download.

Linguistic Data Consortium                     Phone: (215) 573-1275
University of Pennsylvania                       Fax: (215) 573-2175
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:07 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Michigan Spring/Summer Arabic Courses
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:raram <raram at umich.edu>
Subject:U of Michigan Spring/Summer Arabic Courses

Hello, Please announce:

The U-M Department of Near Eastern Studies will offer the following
intensive Arabic courses in Spring/Summer 2009:

AAPTIS 103-Intensive Elementary Modern Standard Arabic 1&11
June1-August 7, 2009 MTWTHF  9am-1pm.   10 credits

AAPTIS 205- Intensive Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic 1&11
June1-August 7, 2009 MTWTHF  9am-1pm.   10 credits

AAPTIS 506- Intensive Advanced Arabic Media
June 29-August 14   MTWTHF 9am-1pm.   8 credits

Raji Rammuny
University of Michigan

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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:NooJ 2009 Call for Abstracts
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:mesfar slim <mesfarslim at yahoo.fr>
Subject:NooJ 2009 Call for Abstracts

********************************************************************
  *Second Call for abstracts*
NOOJ'09 : Conference & Workshop
08-10 June 2009, Tozeur , Tunisia * *
www.miracl.rnu.tn/nooj.
  ********************************************************************
*Important Dates*
?         Abstract submission: Mars 15, 2009
?          Notification of Acceptance : May 04, 2009
?          Conference : 08-10 June, 2009
  ********************************************************************

NOOJ 2009 will be organized by the research laboratory MIR at CL
(Multimedia InfoRmation & Advanced Computing Laboratory), Sfax
University in collaboration with the "Semio-linguistic, the Didactic
and computer science Laboratory", Franche-Comt? University and the
"Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Claude Ledoux".

NOOJ 2009 will be held in Tozeur city-Tunisia, 450 Km in the south- 
west of Tunis .

The conference intends to
   - give NooJ users and researchers in Linguistics and in
   Computational Linguistics the opportunity to meet and share their
   experience as developers, researchers and teachers;
   - present to NooJ users the latest linguistic resources and NLP
   applications developed for/with NooJ, its latest functionalities,
   as well as its future developments;
   - offer researchers and graduate students two tutorials (one basic
   and one advanced) to help them parse corpora and build NLP
   applications using NooJ.
   - Present NooJ's Arabic resources to all researchers in Arabic
   studies : linguists, computational linguists as well as all
   researchers who work with/on Arabic corpora.

NooJ is a freeware, linguistic engineering development environment
used to formalize various types of textual phenomena (orthography,
lexical and productive morphology, local, structural and
transformational syntax) using a large gamut of computational devices
(from Finite-State Automata to Augmented Recursive Transition
Networks). NooJ includes tools to construct, test, debug, maintain and
accumulate large sets of linguistic resources, and can apply them to
large texts.

Modules for a dozen languages are already available for free download:
Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, English, French,
Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. A dozen of
other modules are under construction.
  ******************************************************
  *Topics of Interest*
Suggested topics include but are not limited to:
?         Syntactic analysis
?         Lexical analysis
?         Linguistic resources
?         Dictionary

******************************************************:
*Submission*
We invite the submission of papers until the March 15, 2009 either in
English or in French. The abstracts should contain the title of the
article, the name, the institution, the surface mail and the
electronic address of each co-author. The abstracts should not exceed
one page, and should be submitted from the workshop web site:
www.miracl.rnu.tn/nooj.
All proposals will be reviewed by the scientific committee. You will
be given notice about the acceptance of the proposals no later than
May 04, 2009.
For more information, please contact:
abdelmajid.benhamadou at isimsf.rnu.tn.

********************************************************************:
*Program Committee***
* *Abdelmajid Ben Hamadou* (MIRACL, ISIM-Sfax , Tunisia )
* *Max Silberztein* ( University of Franche-Comt? , France )
* Anaid Donabedian (INALCO, Paris)
* Belinda Maia ( University of Porto , Portugal )
* Bilel Gargouri (MIRACL, FSEG-Sfax , Tunisia )
* Denis Le Pesant (University Paris 10)
* Dusko Vitas ( University of Belgrade , Serbia )
* Gisele Chevalier ( University of Moncton , Canada )
* Kais Haddar (MIRACL, FSS-Sfax , Tunisia )
* Kimmo Koskenniemi ( University of Helsinki , Finland )
* Krzysztof Bogacki ( University of Warshaw , Poland )
* Mireille Piot (University Stendhal 3, Grenoble )
* Odile Piton (University Paris 1, France)
* Peter Machonis (Intnl University of Florida , USA )
* Philippe Schepens ( University of Franche-Comt? , France )
* Simona Vietri (University Salerne , Italy )
* Xavier Blanco (University Autonomous Barcelona , Spain )

*Organization Committee***
* Bilel GARGOURI, FSEG Sfax , Tunisia
* H?la FEHRI, FS Sfax , Tunisia
* In?s ZALILA, FS Sfax , Tunisia
* Kais HADDAR, FS Sfax , Tunisia
* Slim MESFAR,  ISI Tunis,Tunisia

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:25 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs literature on Arabic grammar and spelling
 checkers, etc.
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Andrew Freeman <andyf at u.washington.edu>
Subject:Needs literature on Arabic grammar and spelling checkers, etc.

Hello all,

                 I have settled on an MA thesis topic, which is to  
build and test a parser that flags spelling and grammar errors in  
Arabic language texts produced by second language learners.  As  
currently envisioned, the final prototype will contain a state of the  
art vowel recovery tool, segmenter, Part-of-Speech tagger, spell- 
checker and parser.  It will also contain an online dictionary  
containing the 3000 or so head words that a student is likely to need  
in her or his first three years of study at a university in the US.

                 Is anybody aware of any literature that documents the  
following issues?

1)      Common errors made by Anglophones learning Arabic.
2)      Prior art with Arabic grammar checkers.
3)      Prior art with Arabic spell checkers.
4)      Prior art with the use of grammar checkers and spell checkers  
in Computer assisted language learning.

Thank you,

Andy Freeman
andyf at u.washington.edu


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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Feb 26 20:51:31 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:axu: bani: + a clan's name query
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:ethanrom77 at GMAIL.COM
Subject:axu: bani: + a clan's name query

Ibn Hisham (or more correctly Ibn Ishaq), in his sira of Muhammd, uses  
the
phrase: axu: bani: + a clan's name, with reference to a certain  
person. For
example: Mikraz b. Hafs is said to be: axu: ban: 'A:mir b. Lu'ayy; Al- 
Jadd
b. Qays is said to be: axu: bani: Salima; Suhayl b. 'Amr is also said  
to be:
axu: bani: 'A:mir b. Lu'ayy. The translators into English and German  
render
these phrases verbatim. I would be thankgul if anyone could explain what
this characterization really means.
Thanks,
Ethan

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:21 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Jordanian Beduin dialect responses
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2) Subject::Jordanian Beduin dialect response
3) Subject::Jordanian Beduin dialect response
4) Subject::Jordanian Beduin dialect response

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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Slavom?r ??pl? <bulbulthegreat at gmail.com>
Subject::Jordanian Beduin dialect response

Dear Hanada,

you might try

PALVA, Heikki: Typological problems in the classification of Jordanian
dialects : Bedouin or sedentary? IN: UTAS, Bo; Vik?r, Knut S.: The
Middle East viewed from the North : papers from the first Nordic
conference on Middle Eastern studies, Uppsala 26-29 January 1989. -
Bergen : Nordic Soc. for Middle Eastern Studies, 1992
SAKARNA, Ahmad Khalaf  : The linguistic status of the modern Jordanian
dialects - Arabica, 52/4, 2005
AL-WER, Enam Essa  : Why do different variables behave differently? :
Data from Jordanian Arabic. IN: SULEIMAN, Yasir: Language and society
in the Middle East and North Africa : studies in variation and
identity. - Richmond : Curzon Press, 1999
There might also be some papers of interest in Perspectives on Arabic
linguistics XI : Papers form the Eleventh Annual Symposium on Arabic
linguistics" published by Benjamins.

Hope this helps :)

bulbul

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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Steve Robertson <stevebinrobert at gmail.com>
Subject::Jordanian Beduin dialect response

Hello Hanada,

You might take a look at Enam Al-Wer's chapter on the formation of the  
dialect of Amman in "Arabic in the City: Issues in Dialect Contact and  
Language Variation".

You might also check out Heikke Palva's works on Bedouin/semi-nomadic  
tribes in Jordan.

Hope this helps,

Steve Robertson

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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Bruno Herin <Bruno.Herin at ulb.ac.be>
Subject::Jordanian Beduin dialect response

Here are some names :

Heikki Palva
Ahmad Khalaf Sakarna
Jonathan Owens
Omar M. Irshied

These are the names I can think of.

Bruno Herin
University of Malta

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Feb 26 20:51:29 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim
 World
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Abdulkafi Albirini <aalbirini at yahoo.com>
Subject:Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois in Urbana- 
Champaign in collaboration with the Center for South Asian and Middle  
Eastern Studies , theCenter for African Studies, CIBER, and the  
European Union Center is pleased to host the Summer Institute for the  
Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW) in summer 2009 (June 15-August  
6, 2009).

SILMW will offer intensive courses in a variety of Muslim World  
languages, including Arabic, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu and  
Indonesian, by experienced, trained, and highly proficient  
instructors. Classes will be held four hours per day over a period of  
eight weeks, for a total of 132 hours. Students will earn credits  
equivalent to one full academic year of language instruction.

SILMW provides a unique opportunity to explore the languages and  
cultures of the Muslim World and interact with experts in this region.  
In addition to classroom instruction, SILMW will offer a variety of  
extracurricular activities designed to enhance classroom instruction,  
provide additional channels for language contact and practice, and  
expose learners to the traditions of the Muslim World communities.  
These extracurricular activities include research forums, conversation  
hours, cooking demonstrations, music, film showings, and other  
cultural activities.

The SILMW at UIUC is being organized by Abdulkafi Albirini (Director),  
Ercan Balci, Abbas Benmamoun, Peyman Nojoumian, and Peter Otiato, from  
the Department of Linguistics.

Please feel free to contact us at albirini at uiuc.edu if you have any  
questions or like to get more information about SILMW or visit our  
SILMW website at:http://silmw.linguistics.uiuc.edu/


Abdulkafi Albirini, PhD

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Linguisitcs
4080 FLB mc 168
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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Feb 26 20:51:35 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:35 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book on Lexical Variation in MSA
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:zeinabib at aucegypt.edu
Subject:New Book on Lexical Variation in MSA

Beyond Lexical Variation in Modern Standard Arabic: Egypt, Lebanon and  
Morocco
Author: Zeinab Ibrahim
Date Of Publication: 2009
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-0342-7
Isbn: 1-4438-0342-1
Beyond Lexical Variation in Modern Standard Arabic presents several  
aspects concerning Modern Standard Arabic. It analyzes the different  
forms of lexical variation, and the causes for these variations. This  
starting point led to many other vital issues related to the present  
state of the Arabic Language such as language planning, native  
speakers' identity and fears and most importantly the relationship  
between the different Arabic varieties: Classical, Modern Standard,  
and dialects. The book analyzes lexical variation comprehensively and  
provides deep insights on the present state of the language with some  
speculations on its future.

http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Beyond-Lexical-Variation-in-Modern-Standard-Arabic--Egypt--Lebanon-and-Morocco1-4438-0342-1.htm

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Feb 26 20:51:19 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:19 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Meknes Morocco Summer Arabic Study Program
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Nasr E Yahyaoui <y0nasr02.yahyaoui at louisville.edu>
Subject:Meknes Morocco Summer Arabic Study Program

Please pass this information on to your students and anyone you think
might be interested.

NEW APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 28TH!!!

Join U of L faculty members Dr. Gregory Hutcheson and Mr. Nasr
Yahyaoui
in Mekn?s, Morocco, this coming summer! Sip mint tea as you study on
the
rooftop terrace of an ornate eighteenth-century riad.  See Volubilis,
one of North Africa's most spectacular Roman sites.  Lose yourself in
the medina of Fez, city of a thousand mosques....

KIIS's month-long Morocco program departs on May 30, 2009. Total cost
(excluding airfare) is $3000 and includes up to six credits in
humanities and language.  (Course descriptions below.)  For details,
go
to www.kiis.org (select "Study abroad programs," then "Summer
programs,"
then "Morocco") or contact Dr. Gregory Hutcheson, KIIS Morocco
director,
at gshutch at louisville.edu.

To start your application:
* open a MyKIIS account at www.kiis.org.  (Select "MyKIIS Application"
under Main Menu.)

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Special issue of Arabic Natural Language Processing
 TALIP
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:Prof_Khaled Shaalan <khaled.shaalan at gmail.com>
Subject:Special issue of Arabic Natural Language Processing TALIP

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALL For Papers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Special Issue on Arabic Natural Language Processing (ANLP)
ACM Transactions on Asian Language Information Processing (TALIP)
http://talip.acm.org/
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Arabic is a Semitic language spoken by over 250 million people, in an  
area extending from the Arabian Gulf in the east to the Atlantic Ocean  
in the west. It is one of the six official languages of the United  
Nations. It is also the language in which some of the world's greatest  
works of literature, science, and history have been written.

Arabic is a strongly structured and highly derivational language.  
Arabic language processing requires the treatment of the language  
constituents at all levels. Each level requires extensive study and  
exploitation of the associated linguistic characteristics. Over the  
last few years, Arabic natural language processing (ANLP) has been  
gaining increasing importance, and has found a wide range of  
applications including: machine translation, information extraction,  
and tutoring systems. These applications require developing innovative  
approaches and techniques for natural language analysis, natural  
language generation, and linguistic resources.

Various forums have been dedicated to ANLP:
* Special track on Natural Language Processing, The  International  
Conference on Informatics and Systems (NLP-INFOS 2008), Cairo Univ.,  
Egypt.
* Workshop on HLT & NLP within the Arabic world: Arabic Language and  
local languages processing: Status Updates and Prospects, LREC, 2008
* Computational Approaches to Arabic Script-based Languages, workshop  
series (04, 07).
* International Conference on Arabic Language Resources and Tools  
(NEMLAR 2004), Cairo Egypt.
* ACL Workshop on Computational Approaches to Semitic Languages (2005,  
2007)

This special issue of the ACM Transactions on Asian Language  
Information Processing (TALIP) is intended to present the state-of-the- 
art in research on Arabic natural language processing, Arabic  
computational linguistics, applied Arabic linguistics and related  
areas. This call is intended to be as broad as possible. We solicit  
original research papers on topics including, but not limited to:

* Linguistic resources (corpora, electronic dictionaries, treebanks,  
etc.)
* Transliteration, transcription and diacritization
* Part of speech tagging
* Morphological analysis and generation
* Shallow and deep parsing
* Machine translation
* Word sense and syntactic disambiguation
* Semantic analysis
* Information extraction and retrieval
* Question answering
* Text clustering, and classification
* Text summarization
* Text and web content  mining
* Named entity recognition
* Colloquial-based language processing

 >>>> Important Dates <<<<<
* Submissions due for review: 1 April 2009
* Notification of 1st decision: 1 July 2009
* Revisions due: 15 August 2009
* Notification of acceptance: 1 October 2009
* Final version submitted: 1 November 2009
* Issue publication: March 2010

 >>>>> Submission Guidelines <<<<<
Papers should be formatted following the style guidelines for the ACM  
Transactions on Asian Language Information Processing (http://talip.acm.org 
). The instructions for preparing manuscripts for submission can be  
found at http://www.acm.org/publications/submissions. Please submit  
papers in PDF format using the web-based submission system Manuscript  
Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/talip). In order to identify  
the submission as for the special issue, please indicate "This paper  
is being submitted to the Special Issue on Arabic NLP" on the first  
page of the paper. Please notice that the typical paper length is  
20-30 pages.

                *-*-*-*-*

 >>>>> Guest Editors <<<<<
* Prof. Khaled Shaalan, (Fellow) School of Informatics University of  
Edinburgh, UK; Faculty of Computers & Information, Cairo University;  
Faculty of Informatics, British Univ. in Dubai. Email:  
k.shaalan_AT_fci-cu.edu.eg.
* Prof. Ali Farghaly, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Text Group,  
Oracle USA, CA; Adjunct Professor of Arabic Linguistics, Monterey  
Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA, USA. Email:  
ali.farghaly_AT_oracle.com

For a one page PDF version of this Call for papers upload http://www.buid.ac.ae/shaalan/arabnlpcfp.pdf

-- 
Regards,
Khaled
________________________________________________________________________________________
Khaled Shaalan, Ph. D.
Professor
Computer Science Dept.
Faculty of Computers & Information
Cairo University

5 Ahmed Zewel St.,
Orman, Dokki, Giza
12613 Egypt

Email: k.shaalan at fci-cu.edu.eg
Personal Email: khaled.shaalan at gmail.com

(Fellow) School of Informatics
University of Edinburgh, UK


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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Feb 26 20:51:34 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:34 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Welcome to ALS-23
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:ouali at uwm.edu
Subject:Welcome to ALS-23

Dear Colleagues,
   We are just over five weeks before our ALS23 meeting, and let me  
first say that we are extremely excited to have all of you here at UWM  
and in Milwaukee. You will receive few e-mails about some conference  
related issues between now and the Symposium time. The first issue  
that I want to direct attention to has to do with the recommended  
Hotel; in order to secure a room with the conference rate you need to  
do your booking by March 1st otherwise the rate will go up. We have  
only received few registration fees, I encourage you to register in  
advance and for more information about how to register please visit  
the conference website:

http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/arabic_symposium/index.html

With every best wish,

Hamid Ouali
_______________________________________________
Als-23 mailing list
Als-23 at uwm.edu
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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Feb 26 20:51:39 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:39 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:EU or UK funding for Arabic study abroad?
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:David Wilmsen <david.wilmsen at gmail.com>
Subject:EU or UK funding for Arabic study abroad?

  am getting more and more requests for information about funding  
sources from European students and those from the UK who wish to study  
Arabic abroad. Some of them are already abroad and studying in Beirut  
but wish to continue their studies here. I have done a bit of research  
into the subject and I find that there seem not to be as many programs  
to which prospective students might apply than there are now in the  
US. My EU students are inclined to agree with me. The UK seems a bit  
more generous but not much. Am I missing something? Does anyone on the  
list know of funding sources for European students wishing to study  
Arabic abroad?

-- 
David Wilmsen, PhD, Arabic language and linguistics
Visiting Associate Professor of Arabic
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages
American University of Beirut

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Feb 26 20:51:37 2009
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:51:37 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Int'l Faculty Development Seminar Deadline Extended
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Date: 26 Feb 2009
From:IFDS <IFDS at ciee.org>
Subject:Int'l Faculty Development Seminar Deadline Extended

Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) announces the  
extension of the application deadline for the Summer 2009  
International Faculty Development Seminars (IFDS) toMarch 1, 2009.

Detailed seminar itineraries are now available online at http://ciee.org/IFDS/seminars.aspx 
. Click on the seminar of your choice and follow the link to the  
online itinerary.

To apply to one of the 24 seminars in 27 countries, please go to http://ciee.org/IFDS/apply/application_Instructions.aspx 
.

If you would like to receive further information, please contact Kate  
Shalvoy at 207-553-4044 or kshalvoy at ciee.org or Teri Coviello at  
207-553-4042 or tcoviello at ciee.org.

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