From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:45:45 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:45:45 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Teaching the Arabic Alphabet Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Teaching the Arabic Alphabet -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:eltoukhi at aol.com> Subject:Teaching the Arabic Alphabet Dear friend Could you please tell me where I find the sesami Street song ? Thanks alot Zahra -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:45:50 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:45:50 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of California, Riverside Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:U of California, Riverside Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:Jeff Sacks Subject:U of California, Riverside Job UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE Department of Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages ARABIC LANGUAGE LECTURER The University of California, Riverside, invites applications for a full-time lecturer position in Arabic Language for the 2009-2010 academic year (pending enrollment and final administrative approval). Candidates must have native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and at least one dialect. Candidates must hold at least an M.A. degree, demonstrated teaching experience at the college or university level, and have a commitment to teaching the Arabic language for academic purposes in line with the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. Duties include teaching up to eight sections of Arabic language (pending enrollment and funding). Salary per course is $4,766.96. Please send cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching evaluations and/ or two or three letters of recommendation to: Jeffrey Sacks, Chair Arabic Lecturer Search Committee Department of Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages University of California, Riverside Riverside, California 92521 Review of applications will begin May 30, 2009; the position will remain open until filled. The successful candidate must show proof of employment eligibility. The University of California, Riverside, is an AA/EEO employer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:45:29 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:45:29 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Invitation to contribute to Arabic as Foreign Language Blog Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Invitation to contribute to Arabic as Foreign Language Blog -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:a elsherif [alarish5 at yahoo.co.uk] Subject:Invitation to contribute to Arabic as Foreign Language Blog Dear All I am writing to invite all the teacher of the Arabic language to write at this blog. http://iatafl.blogspot.com/ Ahmed -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:46:10 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:46:10 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Institute for New Faculty Developers Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Institute for New Faculty Developers -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:Michael Fallon Subject:Institute for New Faculty Developers The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching & Learning (http://www.collab.org/ ) and the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education (http://www.podnetwork.org/) are pleased to announce that registrations are now being accepted for the Institute for New Faculty Developers, to be held June 21-26, 2009, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Institute is designed to answer questions asked by new faculty developers and to provide the resources to get them started in planning, developing, and managing programs that will be effective in strengthening teaching and learning on campus. Participants at the Institute will learn from a group of talented presenters and facilitators from a diverse mix of institutions who are recognized leaders in the field. The 2009 Institute will take place on the campus of Macalester College, an attractive private liberal arts college located in the heart of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Participants will save $175 off the regular Institute fee when registering by the Early Bird deadline of May 1, 2009. Fees for this five-day program include all program activities and materials, most meals and refreshments, air-conditioned campus housing, and an off- campus dinner excursion, all at a reasonable rate. For further information, including an overview and preliminary schedule for the Institute, please visit our website at http://www.collab.org/programsservices/INFD.html or contact us directly atcollab at collab.org or (651) 646-6166. See you this summer in St. Paul! Michael Fallon -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:45:59 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:45:59 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Intensive Arabic program beyond Advanced Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Summer Intensive Arabic program beyond Advanced -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:Sahar Abdel Gawwad Subject:Summer Intensive Arabic program beyond Advanced Why don't you try The American University Summer program? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:46:12 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:46:12 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Suggestions for teach yourself beginners Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Suggestions for teach yourself beginners 2) Subject:Suggestions for teach yourself beginners -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:Grant Shafer Subject:Suggestions for teach yourself beginners Dear Mr. Seevers, I'm also teaching myself Arabic. I'm using Griffithes Wheeler Thatcher's Arabic Grammar of the Written Language and Hans Wehr's A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, edited by J. Milton Cowan. Both were recommended to me by University of Michigan professors and should be available on Amazon.com. I think that another grammar by Nahmad and a co-author whom I cannot remember was also recommended. Good luck, Grant Shafer [second message from same correspondent:] Dear Mr. Seever, I think that the other book recommended by the U. of Michigan prof was Haywood and Nahmad's A New Arabic Grammar of the Written Language. Thatcher's Arabic Grammar has a drawback. When translating English to Arabic, I find that many of the words needed are not in the vocabulary at the end of the book. One needs to look at the vocabularies from previous lessons. If you have Hans Wehr's Arabic dictionary, translating from Arabic to English should be OK, once you learn to recognize roots. Good luck, Grant Shafer -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:a elsherif Subject:Suggestions for teach yourself beginners Re:selfstudy Arabic (Walt Seevers) Please visit this Blog, I founded helpful. http://www.myarabicteacher.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:46:17 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:46:17 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:query about GMU's offering Iraqi dialect Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:query about GMU's offering Iraqi dialect -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:Stephen Franke Subject:query about GMU's offering Iraqi dialect Greetings. That is good news about GMU's new offering of Iraqi Arabic. Interesting that this program will familiarize learners with the major regional dialects of Iraqi Arabic: [1] Northern, centered around Mosul, aka "Moslawi" [2] Central/western (comparative generic & common), aka "Baghdadi" [3] Southern, centered around Basra, aka "Basrawi" What textbooks and supporting materials will be used? (UCLA uses mostly Yassin Al-Khalesi's two books for its offerings in that dialect.) Regards, Stephen H. Franke San Pedro, Calfornia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:45:55 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:45:55 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Maryland Flagship Lecturer Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:U of Maryland Flagship Lecturer Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:nseetin at GMAIL.COM Subject:U of Maryland Flagship Lecturer Job Lecturer in Arabic - Maryland Subject to the availability of funding, the Arabic Flagship Program at the School of Languages, Cultures, and Literatures (SLLC) at the University of Maryland seeks applicants for a position as Lecturer in Arabic beginning summer 2009 and continuing through the academic year 2009 - 2010. Responsibilities include teaching and developing materials for Arabic language and content courses on the Arabic Post-BA Flagship program. Native or near native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and either Levantine or Egyptian is required. MA or higher in Arabic language study, or literature, or a related field is required. Preference will be given to candidates with successful teaching records in Arabic at the superior levels and beyond. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and teaching experience. For best consideration, please submit material by May 15. An application letter, current curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference can be sent electronically via email to the following address: Mr. Ridha Krizi rkrizi at umd.edu Hard copies of the above should be sent to: Arabic Flagship Program Lecturer Search c/o Ridha Krizi 3215 Jiménez Hall University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-4821 The University of Maryland is an Equal Opportunity Employer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:46:04 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:46:04 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Wants Pedagogy/Teaching Workshop for Arabic after Aug 15th Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Wants Pedagogy/Teaching Workshop for Arabic after Aug 15th -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:Scott G. Brown Subject:Wants Pedagogy/Teaching Workshop for Arabic after Aug 15th Does anyone know of any upcoming Pedagogy/Teaching Workshops for Arabic (besides UT's in late July-August)? I'm looking for any workshop stateside that will occur after August 15th. Please e-mail if you know of any. Thank you. Scott Brown University of Arizona -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:45:39 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:45:39 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Utah Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:U of Utah Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:hme3 at U.WASHINGTON.EDU Subject:U of Utah Job ANNOUNCEMENT: The Department of Languages and Literature at the University of Utah announces an opening for a three-year renewable adjunct position in Arabic language, starting in Fall 2009. Course load is three courses per semester. Candidates should be trained in modern methods of foreign language pedagogy, must have native or near-native proficiency in Arabic and English, and be able to teach Arabic language courses at all levels; experience teaching Arabic to English-speaking students and familiarity with the American university system and culture are also required. The successful candidate will take part in program development, including but not limited to development and redesign in the existing Arabic language program, and coordination of lower-level language courses taught by graduate teaching assistants or adjunct instructors. He/she will be expected to pursue, and receive support for, ongoing professional training. Applicants should hold an MA or PhD in Arabic. Salary range - upper thirties + full benefits. Application should include a CV, statement of teaching philosophy and three letters of recommendation. Send all materials to Professor Fernando Rubio, Co-Chair, Department of Languages & Literature, 255 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 1400, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0490. E-mail: Adelaide.Ryder at utah.edu Review of applications will begin May 1st and will continue until the position is filled. Hussein M. Elkhafaifi, Ph.D. Director, Arabic Language Program Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization 229 Denny Hall Box 353120 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3120 Office: 206.543.9596 Fax: 206. 685.7936 NELC Office: 206. 543.6033 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:37 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:37 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs "Once upon a time" story Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs "Once upon a time" story -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:Haroon Shirwani Subject:Needs "Once upon a time" story I wonder if members of the list can help with this. I am looking for a really good story or other short passage that can be recited to a group of non-Arabists as an example of Arabic literature. In our high school , as part of the end of year proceedings, the top students in the graduating class each perform a text of their choice based on a theme. This year's theme is "Once upon a time". One of them happens to study Arabic and would like to do something in Arabic. This would be the first time that Arabic has been represented like this, so I am quite keen to pick a text that would be a hit, not too hard to memorise (3 minutes, maximum) and which the audience would be able to appreciate in translation. Any suggestions would be gratefully received! Best wishes, Haroon -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:35 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:35 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Alphabet Song Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic Alphabet Song -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From: Subject:Arabic Alphabet Song Hello Zahra, I bought it from Cairo, Egypt. It is not a very good teaching of the alphabet. Galila Salib, MA Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, Pine Ridge High School Deltona, Florida. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:20 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:20 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:verse with all Arabic letters Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:verse with all Arabic letters -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:Adil Elshikh Subject:verse with all Arabic letters (مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُولُ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ أَشِدَّاءُعَلَى الكُفَّارِ رُحَمَاءُ بَيْنَهُمْ تَرَاهُمْ رُكَّعاً سُجَّداً يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلاً مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَاناً سِيمَاهُمْ فِي وَجُوهِهِم مِّنْ أَثَرِ السُّجُودِ ذَلِكَ مَثَلُهُمْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَمَثَلُهُمْ فِي الإِنجِيلِ كَزَرْعٍ أَخْرَجَ شَطْأَهُ فَآزَرَهُ فَاسْتَغْلَظَ فَاسْتَوَى عَلَى سُوقِهِ يُعْجِبُ الزُّرَّاعَ لِيَغِيظَ بِهِمُ الكُفَّارَ وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ مِنْهُم مَّغْفِرَةً وَأَجْراً عَظِيماً) الفتح : 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:32 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:32 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arab Academy Ad Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arab Academy Ad -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:Arab Academy Subject:Arab Academy Ad Take advantage of this Special Offer today! By registering at Arab Academy (www.arabacademy.com) and paying $267 which is a value of a course for 3 months, you get free tuition in Cairo, Egypt for 2 weeks (value of $325). This means that you retrieve more than 100% of what you paid. Online Arab Academy’s online learning program makes learning Arabic fun and simple. Our interactive and engaging program is easy to navigate and enjoyable. A wide selection of course offerings cover the needs of all age groups and all language levels from beginner through advanced in Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, and Quranic Arabic. With the online program you can study from anywhere at your own pace, on your own schedule. Onsite In the heart of downtown Cairo, our Arabic classes will provide the maximum interaction between our professional, native-speaker Teachers and other Students. A well structured curriculum focuses on a language skill every hour- Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking. In our small classes, with not more than eight students, you will quickly progress and build upon the prior online learning. Not convinced? Pre and post testing using our Arabic Language Proficiency Test (APLT) will accurate measure your achievements and show you the results. Start learning Arabic now, Online. Note: Arab Academy has programs continually running throughout the year, scheduling of your classroom training in Cairo is flexible and will be arranged for you personally. To register for a course and start learning Arabic today, visit: http://www.arabacademy.com/en/arabic-online/register ----- Arab Academy is the world’s leading provider of online learning. Established in 1997, Arab Academy has developed over 150 courses to date, offering the widest course selection around, including Speaking Classes, to over 23,000 students. Our online programs are the most are the most engaging and interactive to students of all ages and all interests. For more information contact www.arabacdemy.com or E-mail info.arabacademy.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:22 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:22 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Teaching English in Palestine Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Teaching English in Palestine -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:"Cadora, Frederic (cadorafj)" Subject:Teaching English in Palestine We have a student who is interested in teaching English in Palestine for some adequate compensation. Does anyone know of any such opportunity? F. J. Cadora -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:24 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:24 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Computational Approaches to Arabic-Script Based Languages Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Computational Approaches to Arabic-Script Based Languages, Second Call -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:"Megerdoomian, Karine" Subject:Computational Approaches to Arabic-Script Based Languages, Second Call * SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS * THIRD WORKSHOP ON COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO ARABIC SCRIPT-BASED LANGUAGES (CAASL3) August 26, 2009 Machine Translation Summit XII Ottawa, Ontario, Canada http://arabicscript.org/CAASL3 The Organizing Committee of the Third Workshop on Computational Approaches to Arabic Script-based Languages invites proposals for presentation at CAASL3, being held in conjunction with MT Summit XII. Submission Deadline has been extended to May 29, 2009. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION The first two workshops (2004 and 2007) brought together researchers working on the computer processing of Arabic script-based languages such as Arabic, Persian (Farsi and Dari), Pashto and Urdu, among others. The usage of the Arabic script and the influence of Arabic vocabulary give rise to certain computational issues that are common to these languages despite their being of distinct language families, such as right to left direction, encoding variation, absence of capitalization, complex word structure, and a high degree of ambiguity due to non-representation of short vowels in the writing system. The third workshop (CAASL3), five years after the successful first workshop, will provide a forum for researchers from academia, industry, and government developers, practitioners, and users to share their research and experience with a focus on machine translation. It also provides an opportunity to assess the progress that has been made since the first workshop in 2004. The call for papers as well as future information on the workshop can be found at http://www.arabicscript.org. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: May 29, 2009 Notification of acceptance: June 29, 2009 Camera ready submissions: July 27, 2009 WORKSHOP TOPICS We welcome submissions in any area of NLP in Arabic script-based languages. However, preference would be given to papers that focus on Machine Translation applications of Arabic script-based languages. The main themes of this workshop include: • Statistical and rule-based machine translation • Translation aids • Evaluation methods and techniques of machine translation systems • MT of dialectal and conversational language • Computer-mediated communication (e.g., blogs, forums, chats) • Knowledge bases, corpora, and development of resources for MT applications • Speech-to-speech MT • MT combined with other technologies (speech translation, cross- language information retrieval, multilingual text categorization, multilingual text summarization, multilingual natural language generation, etc.) • Entity extraction • Tokenization and segmentation • Speech synthesis and recognition • Text to speech systems • Semantic analysis SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Papers should not have been presented somewhere else or be under consideration for publication elsewhere, and should not identify the author(s). They should emphasize completed work rather than intended work. Each paper will be anonymously reviewed by three members of the program committee. Papers must be submitted in PDF format to caasl3 at arabicscript.org by midnight of the due date. Submissions should be in English. The papers should be attached to an email indicating contact information for the author(s) and paper’s title. Papers should not exceed 8 pages including references and tables, and should follow the formatting guidelines posted at CONTACT INFORMATION For further information, please visit the workshop site at http://www.arabicscript.org/CAASL3 or contact the organizing committee atcaasl3 at arabicscript.org. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Ali Farghaly, Oracle USA Karine Megerdoomian, The MITRE Corporation Hassan Sawaf, AppTek Inc. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jan W. Amtrup (Kofax Image Products) Mahmood Bijankhan (Tehran University) Tim Buckwalter (University of Maryland) Violetta Cavalli-Sforza (Al Akhawayn University, Morocco) Sherri L. Condon (The MITRE Corporation) Kareem Darwish (Cairo University and IBM) Mona Diab (Columbia University) Joseph Dichy (Lyon University) Ahmad Emami (IBM) Andrew Freeman (The MITRE Corporation) Nizar Habash (Columbia University) Lamia Hadrich Belguith (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Hany Hassan (IBM) Sarmad Hussain (CRULP and FAST National University, Pakistan) Simin Karimi (University of Arizona) Hermann Ney (RWTH Aachen, Germany) Farhad Oroumchian (University of Wollongong in Dubai) Nick Pendar (H5 Technologies) Kristin Precoda (SRI International) Jean Sennellart (SYSTRAN) Ahmed Rafea (The American University in Cairo) Khaled Shaalan (The British University in Dubai) Mehrnoush Shamsfard (Shahid Beheshti University, Iran) Otakar Smrz (Charles University in Prague) Imed Zitouni (IBM) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:30 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:30 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U. of Malta Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:U. of Malta Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From: Subject:U. of Malta Job CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Temporary Resident Academic Full Time Post in Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies at the Faculty of Arts Applications are invited for a full-time Resident Academic post in Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Studies at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Malta. This post is for a period of four years. The appointee will be expected to take up duties in 1st September 2009. The appointee will be required to contribute to the teaching, research and other activities in Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies and as may be required by the University of Malta. Candidates must be in possession of a post-graduate degree/s in Arabic from a reputable University. The successful candidate should be able to teach Arabic as a foreign language, and will be expected to concentrate on the teaching of Modern Standard Arabic, besides delivering some lectures on select topics of Arabic and Islamic culture. The Resident Academic Stream is composed of four grades, being Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer. Entry into the grade of Lecturer or above shall only be open to persons in possession of a Ph.D. or an equivalent research based doctorate within strict guidelines established by the University. The annual salary for 2009 attached to the respective grades in the Resident Academic Stream is as follows: Professor €33,505 plus Allowances of €9,093 Academic Work Resources of €3,727 Associate Professor €30,640 plus Allowances of €7,482 Academic Work Resources of €3,727 Senior Lecturer €27,769 plus an Allowance of €6,009 Academic Work Resources of €3,261 Lecturer €22,582 with an annual increment of €641 to €24,505 and an Allowance of €5,191 Academic Work Resources of €3,261 The University may also appoint promising candidates in possession of a Masters as Assistant Lecturers, provided that they are committed to obtain the necessary qualification to enter the Resident Academic Stream. Assistant Lecturer with Masters €21,088 with an annual increment of €596 to €22,876 and an Allowance of €3,215 Academic Work Resources of €3,261 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Temporary Resident Academic Full Time Post in Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies at the Faculty of Arts Candidates should submit their letter of application, six copies of their curriculum vitae, one set of copies of their certificates and the names and addresses of three referees to: Director for Human Resources Management and Development Room 214, Administration Building University of Malta Msida, MSD 2080 Applications should be received by noon of Friday, 15th May 2009. Late applications will not be considered. Further information may be obtained from the Office for Human Resources Management and Development, Administration Building, Room 214, or from the website: HYPERLINK http://home.em.edu.mt/hr/index2.html HYPERLINK http://www.um.edu.mt/hrmd/vacancies http://www.um.edu.mt/hrmd/vacancies. Office of the University Msida, 24th April 2009 038_arabic_2009 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Temporary Resident Academic Full Time Post in Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies at the Faculty of Arts Further Information General Working Obligations: The conditions of work for a Resident Academic of the University of Malta, are set out in the ‘Collective Agreement for Academic Staff of the University of Malta’ and the ‘Manual of Conduct and Procedures’. The commitment of a Resident Academic is based on a 40-hour week, with flexible times depending on established time-tables and distributed reasonably between teaching, academic research and other academic work (including academic administration and professional activity). The official lecturing times of the University of Malta are Monday to Friday, between 08:00 and 20:00 hours and the successful candidate will be required to lecture at any time within the official teaching times during term-time. The appointment will be subject to a probationary period of one year and to the provisions of the Statutes, Regulations and Bye-Laws of the University of Malta which are now or which may hereafter be in force. The Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies: The Arabic stream The programme of Arabic in the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies is given an impetus within the context of Arabic culture and language. Courses in the Arabic language and in the Arabic and Islamic civilizations are both offered, with the main emphasis on the language components. The language courses purport to bring students into direct contact with Arabic via training in grammar, general philology, and the reading of literary works in the original version. On the other hand, the civilization courses are aimed at providing the students with an overview of various cultural aspects - such as archaeology, history, religion, and literature - of Arabic and Islamic societies. Students are expected to boost the courses on civilization with a good amount of personal background reading. The duties which the appointee may be expected to perform are: Teaching including tutorials and seminars, supervision of practical work and placements, monitoring on projects and other personally undertaken student enterprises; Preparing course materials; Researching and publishing both individual and collaborative, in priority areas established by the University; Continuous assessment of students, setting and marking of examination papers including dissertations within established time-frames; Participating in the administration of academic affairs at academic and university levels; Contributing to national and regional development particularly in the area of specialisation and through cooperation with governmental, intergovernmental, regional and non-governmental institutions and services; Any other relevant duties as may be required by the University. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Temporary Resident Academic Full Time Post in Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies at the Faculty of Arts The Selection Process: The Selection process requires: a. The scrutiny of qualifications and experience claimed and supported by testimonials and/or certificates (copies to be included with the application). b. Short-listing of candidates. c. An invitation to short-listed candidates to a Selection Board interview. Office of the University Msida, 24th April 2009 030_arabic_2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:27 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:27 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Sabq Academy (Amman) Ad Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Sabq Academy (Amman) Ad -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:Ghassan Al Shatter Subject:Sabq Academy (Amman) Ad Registration for Sabq Academy intensive courses started now. Every registration for June, July and August regular or intensive Arabic courses will receive 30% discount on the tuition fees. Sabq Academy is a new institute in Amman (the capital city of Jordan), offering Arabic courses to non-native speakers. The academy is run by highly professional and experienced teachers and lecturers. Our main objective is improving the language-skills of our students as effectively and fast as possible, by offering them a serious learning- environment, excellent teaching-methods and an eye for the individual's needs.. The academy offers their international students a wide range of courses: * Regular courses: divided into 12 different levels, from absolute beginner to highly advanced * Arabic for specific purposes: Arabic for business, journalism, politics, economics or religion * Winter/Summer intensive courses: Intensive language courses during the winter and the summer. *Saturday Only courses: 2 or 4 hours each Saturday for a minimum of 16 hours. * One-to-One courses: Private classes or extra tutoring solely focusing on the needs and interests of the student. Important to note is that the Academy is prepared to design, organize and run courses that suites the curricula and competences of international universities and institutions, so students can get credits for their studies at the SabqAcademy. You can find more information about our courses, the academy, and registration on our website:www.sabqacademy.com. Of course you can also contact us directly by phone or email. Friendly Greetings, Dr Ghassan Al Shatter B.A., Arabic, Dip. Ed., Secondary Ed. (LOTE), M.A. Curricula & Teaching, Ph.D., Applied Linguistics Director Sabq Academy for Training & Education Shafa Badran, Amman, Jordan Tel: + 962 6 5231116, Fax: + 962 6 5240505 Email: director at sabqacademy.com URL: www.sabqacademy.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:26:59 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:26:59 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic teacher workshops (Startalk) Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic teacher workshops (Startalk) -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From: Subject:Arabic teacher workshops (Startalk) Check out: http://www.startalk.umd.edu/2009/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:28 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:28 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs Nagwa Hedayet's thesis Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs Nagwa Hedayet's thesis -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:Abderrahman Aissa Subject:Needs Nagwa Hedayet's thesis Dear colleagues: Anyone can help me locate Dr. Negwa Hedayet's thesis on the Jews of Al Andalus in tenth Cent Al Andalus. The link I found on line doesn't take me anywhere, or is obsolete. I would really appreciate the help, Shukran & tashakkur! Abderrahman Aissa, Senior Instructor Director of the Arabic and ME Program Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, CO -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:25 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:25 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Article on Word Order in Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:New Article on Word Order in Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From: "Prof. Jonathan Owens" Subject:New Article on Word Order in Arabic new article on word order in Arabic: 2009. Owens, J., Robin Dodsworth and Trent Rockwood. “Subject-Verb Order in Spoken Arabic: Morpholexical and Event-based Factors”. /Language Variation and Change/. 21: 39-67. A B ST RAC T This article explores the relationship between the global functions of variable subject-verb order and morpholexical class of subjects in the spoken Arabic of the Arabian peninsula. Using corpus-based methods, it is shown that lexical class —pronoun, pronominal, noun—definiteness, and the discourse-defined lexical specificity of a noun all correlate significantly with subject-verb or verb-subject word order. The global function of the two orders is explored using an array of measures to show that verb-subject order prototypically presents events, while subject-verb signals available referentiality. Using the quantitatively based study of Anthony Naro and Sebastiao Votre ([1999]. Discourse motivations for linguistic regularities: Verb/subject order in spoken Brazilian Portuguese. Probus 11:75– 100.) on Brazilian Portuguese as a point of comparison, a typological framework is developed for understanding languages with variable subject-verb order. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Sat May 9 17:19:05 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 20:19:05 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:"Once Upon a Time" stories Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 09 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:"Once Upon a Time" stories -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2009 From:Lina Kholaki Subject:"Once Upon a Time" stories Dear Haroon, Check out a story form the program "Hayya Nataklam Maan" which includes thirty stories or more, but the one that I suggest " The young elephant" alfeel alsaghir. I tis a repetitive story and it is well knows for all american students, it resembels " Are you my mommy" . You can check it out through the website of Noorart.org@ www.Noorart.org or com either one It comes with an audio narrated CD and a song. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Sat May 9 17:19:10 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 20:19:10 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:wants speaking partner in Florida area Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 09 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:wants speaking partner in Florida area -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2009 From:h.osmangunduz at GMAIL.COM Subject:wants speaking partner in Florida area Salam Ya Asdiqa, My name's Ozzy I just finished my MA in int'l relations in VA and moved down to FL. I possess a BA in Arabic language and literature. I am advanced in MSA and have a strong background in Islamic studies. I am looking for people with whom I can practice Arabic, or teach MSA (or Turkish my mother tounge). I live in Wilton Manors, FL 33334. Lovers of Lughat'il Arabiyya let me know if you are around my area. Bi Tahiyyat Tayyiba -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Sat May 9 17:19:12 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 20:19:12 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Academy for Arabic Teachers at Boston U Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 09 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Academy for Arabic Teachers at Boston U -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2009 From:Giselle Khoury Subject:Academy for Arabic Teachers at Boston U Academy for Arabic Teachers STARTALK Arabic K-16 Teacher Professional Development Program at Boston University Summer 2009 Are you an Arabic teacher? Are you interested in teaching Arabic? The Academy for Arabic Teachers (AAT) is an intensive four-week Arabic K-16 teacher professional development program at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. The program addresses all key aspects of foreign language instruction, focusing particularly on Arabic as a Foreign Language. AAT is funded by the highly acclaimed STARTALK program. Program Dates: July 2 – July 31, 2009 (2 weeks online coursework & 2 weeks in Boston) Stipend: Participants will be awarded a $1,000 stipend. Eligibility: · Current or prospective Arabic teachers · Native, near-native, or advanced proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic · A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required · US citizenship or permanent residency Application deadline: June 5, 2009 Admission is competitive and seats are limited; early application is encouraged. For more information and the Application Form contact the Program Director, Dr. Giselle Khoury, at giselle at bu.edu. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sat May 9 17:57:50 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 20:57:50 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:"Once upon a time" story Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 09 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:"Once upon a time" story 2) Subject:"Once upon a time" story -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2009 From:David Wilmsen Subject:"Once upon a time" story I suggest the story from the Arabian Nights told in Egyptian Arabic in Mustafa Mughazy's Egyptian Arabic textbook Dardasha (2004, NARLC Press. Madison, Wisconsin). It maybe be found on pp258-267 including glossary and explanatory notes. The text of the story itself is about four pages long and begins with the formulaic 'kaan ya ma kaan" which as close as you can get to "once upon a time". David Wilmsen, PhD, Arabic language and linguistics Visiting Associate Professor of Arabic Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages American University of Beirut -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Date: 09 May 2009 From:Samia Kholoussi [skholoussi at comcast.net] Subject:"Once upon a time" story Take a look at قالت الراوية: حكايات من وجهة نظر المرآة من وحي نصوص شعبية عربية، تحرير هالة كمال (١٩٩٩) ISBN 977-5895-02-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:06 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:06 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic at ACTFL Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic at ACTFL -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:moderator Subject:Arabic at ACTFL I have received a request for information about the Arabic interest section at ACTFL. 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URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:14 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:14 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Hedayet Thesis Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Hedayet Thesis -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:Nagwa Hedayet Subject:Hedayet Thesis I am sorry to be that late in replying to my colleague Abdul Rahman message requesting information on my thesis. There is a copy of my thesis on the Jews of al Andalus in the 10th Cent. at the Cairo University main library and another copy is in the history dept. library there and a third is in the kolleyyit al aadaab library; I gave the library at the American University in Cairo a copy of this thesis as well. There is a copy at the Hedayet Institute too with other material on Judeo-Arabic stuff. I am willing to help in answering any question concerning its contents as well. A book based on this thesis is in the process of being published soon. Best to all, Nagwa Nagwa Hedayet, PhD Director Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies www.hedayetinstitute.com +2012 2261308 +202 25272190 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:18 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:18 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Commercial Arabic Tagger Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Commercial Arabic Tagger -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:"Alhawary, Mohammad T." Subject:Commercial Arabic Tagger Is there any commercial tagger of Arabic with a statistical component? Thanks for all the responses in advance. Mohammad Alhawary -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:20 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:20 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Arabic at Tufts Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Summer Arabic at Tufts -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:valerie.anishchenkova at TUFTS.EDU Subject:Summer Arabic at Tufts Summer Arabic Courses at Tufts University: one year of Arabic in 6 weeks! (1) Elementary Arabic: ARB 01/2A Description: The course begins with an introduction to Modern Standard Arabic. We start with pronunciation, script, basic grammar, and reading skills using a communicative approach for the first half of the course to later developing the four language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. No previous knowledge of Arabic language or script is required. No prerequisite. Material covered: "Alif Baa" and 12 chapters of "Al-Kitaab Part I", plus various supplementary materials. Offered in : First session (May 20 – June 26) Day(s) : MTWThF Times : 9:00 am – 2:30 pm (with 1-hr lunch break) Instructor : Rana Abdul-Aziz (2) Intermediate Arabic: ARB 03/4A Description: A continuation of Elementary Modern Standard Arabic. Communicative approach with particular emphasis on active control of Arabic grammar and vocabulary, conversation, reading, translation, and discussion of selected texts. The course includes oral presentations and short papers in Arabic. Prerequisite: ARB 0002 or equivalent. Material covered: Chapters 13-20 of "Al-Kitaab Part I" and 2 chapters of "Al-Kitaab Part II", plus various supplementary materials. Offered in : First session (May 20 – June 26) Day(s) : MTWThF Times : 9:00 am – 2:00 pm (with 1-hr lunch break) Instructor : Valerie Anishchenkova To register please visit: ase.tufts.edu/summer For more information about courses contact: Rana Abdul-Aziz (elementary Arabic): rana.abdulaziz at gmail.com Valerie Anishchenkova (intermediate Arabic): valerie.anishchenkova at tufts.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:13 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:13 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NYU STARTALK Teacher training course Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:NYU STARTALK Teacher training course -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:ms93 at NYU.EDU Subject:NYU STARTALK Teacher training course 1) NYU has received a STARTALK grant to offer an intensive teacher training course for current and prospective teachers of Arabic, Hindi, Persian and Urdu. =20 Course Dates: July 6-17 Grant Covers: $700 towards tuition (participants are responsible for $220)= , accommodations in NYU dormitories on campus, textbooks and materials, as well as breakfast and lunch. A total of 4 scholarships are available for people who wish to take the course for graduate credit through the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human development. =20 Application Deadline: May 18 For More information and an application please go to www.scps.nyu.edu/startalk . You can also e-mail startalk.nyu at nyu.edu=20 The program is the result of collaboration between the College of Arts and Science, The School of Continuing and Professional Studies and the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development. 2) NYU-SCPS offers 3-week intensive language courses in the following languages: Arabic (MSA) I and II: June 29 - July 17, Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. = - 1:15 pm. and 2 cultural field trips to the ethnic communities Arabic (MSA) III and IV: July 20 - August 7. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. - 1:15 pm. and 2 cultural field trips to the ethnic communities Hindi 3-week intensive: June 15 - July 2, Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. = - 1:15 pm. and 2 cultural field trips to the ethnic communities Persian 3-week intensive: July 6 - July 24, Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. - 1:15 pm. and 2 cultural field trips to the ethnic communities Courses are both credit and non-credit. For more information please visit www.scps.nyu.edu/trans or call an education advisor at (212) 998-7171. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:16 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:16 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Word Stress in Modern Standard Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Word Stress in Modern Standard Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:Kurt Easterwood Subject:Word Stress in Modern Standard Arabic Dear list members, Our director Jack Halpern recently presented the following paper at the 2nd International Conference on Arabic Language Resources and Tools last month: Word Stress and Vowel Neutralization in Modern Standard Arabic If you are interested, the paper can be downloaded from: http://www.cjk.org/cjk/arabic/an_paper.pdf Abstract: Word stress in Modern Standard Arabic is of great importance to language learners, while precise stress rules can help enhance Arabic speech technology applications. Though Arabic word stress and vowel neutralization rules have been the object of various studies, the literature is sometimes inaccurate or contradictory. Most Arabic grammar books give stress rules that are inadequate or incomplete, while vowel neutralization is hardly mentioned. The aim of this paper is to present stress and neutralization rules that are both linguistically accurate and pedagogically useful based on how spoken MSA is actually pronounced. Kurt The CJK Dictionary Institute -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:10 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:10 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:"Once upon a time" story Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:"Once upon a time" story -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:Sahar Abdel Gawwad Subject:"Once upon a time" story There are simple stories written by Kamel El Kilany an Egyptian Writer, try to find these stories they are very good and very helpful I tried them with my classes before. 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URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:12 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:12 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:GURT 2010 on Arabic Linguistics Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:GURT 2010 on Arabic Linguistics -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:reembassiouney at hotmail.com Subject:GURT 2010 on Arabic Linguistics Dear Colleagues, I am very happy to announce that the Georgetown University round table conference next year will be about Arabic linguistics. I will send a call for papers soon. In the meantime here are some of the topics covered in the conference. GURT 2010 11-14th March 2010 Arabic, one of the official languages of the United Nations, spoken by more than half a billion people around the world, is of increasing importance in political and economic spheres. The study of the Arabic language has a long and rich history: earliest grammatical accounts date from the 8th century, and included full syntactic, morphological and phonological analyses of both the spoken dialects and classical Arabic- the religious language of the Quran and the language of poetry. In recent years the academic study of Arabic has become increasingly sophisticated and broad. We invite researchers engaged in the analysis of Arabic to share original research in areas of Arabic language study, including but not limited to: o Syntax, Semantics, Morphology, Phonology and Phonetics. o Computational analysis o Historical analysis o Sociolinguistics o Anthropological linguistics o Discourse Analysis o Teaching and Learning of Arabic The following pre-conference workshops will also be offered: 1- Arabic language teaching 2- Arabic computational linguistics 3- Arabic language policies and planning. Coordinators: Graham Katz (egk7 at georgetown.edu) and Reem Bassiouney (rb369 at georgetown.edu ) Reem Bassiouney -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:00 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:00 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:TAFL Conference in Madrid Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:TAFL Conference in Madrid -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:arabele at UM.ES Subject:TAFL Conference in Madrid Call for papers The University of Murcia, the Escuela de Traductores de Toledo, and Casa Árabe-IEAM are pleased to announce ARABELE2009 International Congress on Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language to be held at Casa Arabe, Madrid (Spain) on 25-26 September 2009 TOPICS Investigation in the field of TAFL: Methods and materials Teacher training Approaching diglossia: Registers of Arabic and dialectal variation e-Arabic learning Arabic for specific purposes Curriculum and evaluation PARTICIPANTS Mahdi Alosh, US Militar Academy, NY (USA). Henri Awaiss, Saint Joseph University, Beirut (Lebanon). Rana Bekdache, Saint Joseph University, Beirut (Lebanon). Abdellah Chekayri, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (Morocco). Frederik Imbert, Université de Provence (Aix-Marseille I), (France). Waleed Saleh, Autonoma University, Madrid (Spain). David Wilmsen, American University of Beirut (Lebanon). Munther Younes, Cornell University, NY (USA). The program includes keynote lectures, workshops and papers. Important dates: 15 May 2009: abstracts submission deadline 31 July 2009: early registration deadline 15 September 2009: registration deadline 15 October 2009: papers submission deadline For more information on abstracts submission and participation, visit the provisional congress website at: http://www.arabele.org/congreso2009/congresob.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:07 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:07 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Once Upon a Time Stories Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Once Upon a Time Stories -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:a elsherif Subject:Once Upon a Time Stories كامل الكيلاني http://www.al-hakawati.net/arabic/stories_Tales/kel aniindex.asp other stories http://www.al-hakawati.net/arabic/stories_Tales/baby3index.asp More tales http://www.al-hakawati.net/arabic/stories_Tales/babyindex.asp and here is الف ليلة وليلةfor adult too http://www.al-hakawati.net/arabic/stories_Tales/lailaindex.asp Hope you enjoy the stories! Ahmed elshareif http://iatafl.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:13 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:13 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Rule omitting tanwiin before bnu in Standard Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Rule omitting tanwiin before bnu in Standard Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:ethan rom Subject:Rule omitting tanwiin before bnu in Standard Arabic The general rule, as is well known, is that in the structure 'X bnu Y' the 'tanwi:n' is ommited from the first, e.g. 'zaydu bnu `amrin'. What about, for example, 'abu: bakri(n?) bnu abi: quHa:fata' ? and 'hindu(n?) bintu zaydin'? Many thanks, Ethan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:17 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:17 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Advertise STARTALK on ArabicK-12 Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Advertise STARTALK on ArabicK-12 -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:arabick12 at gmail.com Subject:Advertise STARTALK on ArabicK-12 Advertise your STARTALK Arabic workshop on the Arabic K-12 Listserv Dear STARTALK administrators, presenters, & teachers: Are you involved in a STARTALK Arabic workshop this summer? Interested in increasing exposure of your program to the Arabic K-12 commun= ity? The National Capital Language Resource Center invites you to advertise your= STARTALK student and teacher programs for Arabic on the Arabic K-12 Listse= rv. This listserv is a free weekly resource that reaches over 700 educators= in the K-12 Arabic language field. We are collecting advertisements for programs around the country and will = send them out to our members on a regular basis throughout the summer. I kn= ow many such programs have application deadlines approaching soon, so the s= ooner you get me your ad, the sooner I can send it to our members. E- mail m= e -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:14 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:14 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Akron Summer program for High School Students Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:U of Akron Summer program for High School Students -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:"Abi Ghanem,Julie" Subject:OU of Akron Summer program for High School Students The Department of Modern Languages at The University of Akron is offering a special dual credit Arabic workshop for high school students this summer: "INTRODUCTION TO ARABIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURE," 3 credits, June 15-26. Students will learn basic skills in Arabic speaking, listening, reading and writing and they will be introduced to Arabic culture through movies, music, documentaries, and trips to Arabic restaurants, a church, and a mosque. All tuition, books and registration cost are paid by a state of Ohio CORE grant in collaboration with the Summit County Educational Service Center. It is an opportunity for high school students in North East Ohio to study the Arabic language and learn about the Arabic-speaking world for FREE. For information about how to sign up for this workshop contact: Mr. Gregory Dieringer, Assistant Dean, University College, Simmons Hall 302D, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-6201. Tel: 330-972-7066 Email: gdieringer at uakron.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:09 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:09 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:eflashcards Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:eflashcards -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:Mourad Diouri Subject:eflashcards Dear Colleagues, As we are preparing our students here at CASAW (Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World), University of Edinburgh, to go abroad for their immersion Arabic programme, may I share some related resources that I designed for our learners to help them improve their spoken skills of the Arabic dialect: eFlashcard Set (How to say Thank you in Arabic) eFlashcard Set of "Commonly-used Colloquial Words and Expressions" Hope that everyone will find the resources useful. 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URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:05 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:05 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Cairo Linguists Group has Ivan Panovic May 23rd Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Cairo Linguists Group has Ivan Panovic May 23rd -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:Madiha DOSS Subject:Cairo Linguists Group has Ivan Panovic May 23rd جماعة اللغويين بالقاهرة و مركز البحوث العربية و الإفريقية نتشرف بدعوتكم لحضور محاضرة: اللغة دي ما بتتكتبش أم أنه يمكن كتابتها.. تأملات أولية حول الاختيارات اللغوية في فضاء السيبر المصري يلقيها إيفان بانوفيتش جامعة أكسفورد (مرفق ملخص) في مقر مركز البحوث العربية والأفريقية 5 شارع المهندس حسن برادة- متفرع من شارع قرة بن شريك - الجيزة الدور الأرضي شقة 5 تليفون: 37744644 يوم السبت 23 مايو 2009 الساعة السادسة مساءً CAIRO LINGUISTS GROUP and the Arab African Research Center are inviting you to a lecture by Ivan Panovic (Oxford University) اللغة دي مبتتكتبش... or it maybe is... - preliminary reflections on language choices in Egyptian cyberspace - (abstract attached) at the headquarters of the Arab & African Research Center: 5 Hassan Barada Street, Giza, (side street off the previous address Qura Ibn Shureik Street), ground floor, Apt. 5. Tel. 37744644 Saturday, 23rd May 2009, at 6 p.m. اللغة دي مبتتكتبش... ى or it maybe is... - preliminary reflections on language choices in Egyptian cyberspace - Will the Internet increase the centrifugal forces of vernacularisation in the Arab world? What is happening to contemporary written Arabic now that the advent of new information technologies brings more and more Arabic speakers into cyberspace where they can post their written contributions for others to read? How do people write when writing in a more relaxed setting, outside the official, strict rules and expectations that have been applied to written Arabic for a long time? In particular, given “the different attitude that Egyptians have to their native speech compared with that of other Arab nations” (Holes 2004: 382), what can we learn about the contemporary (socio)linguistic condition in the Egyptian part of cyberspace when we concentrate on computer-mediated discourses and writing practices of Egyptian Internet users? The aim of this talk is to provide a critical review of relevant sociolinguistic literature which is pertinent to my research on language choices and linguistic levels in contemporary forms of on- line writing. While drawing on some examples from Egyptian blogs, forums and other forms of mixed discourses on the Internet, I wish to contextualise the current developments within a broader sociolinguistic situation in Egypt, as well as to discuss the possibilities for future research in this area. اللغة دي ما بتتكتبش أم أنه يمكن كتابتها.. تأملات أولية حول الاختيارات اللغوية في فضاء السيبر المصري هل ستزيد الإنترنت من القوى المتنامية للعاميات في العالم العربي؟ ما الذي يحدث للعربية المكتوبة المعاصرة في سياق تعدد التقنيات المعلوماتية الجديدة التي تجتذب المزيد والمزيد من متحدثي العربية إلى فضاء السيبر حيث يستطيعون تقديم إسهاماتهم المكتوبة لكي يقرأها الآخرون؟ كيف يكتب البشر حين يكونون في ظروف مريحة بعيدا عن الرسميات والقواعد والتوقعات الصارمة التي خضعت لها العربية المكتوبة منذ زمن بعيد؟ بالتحديد: مع الوضع في الاعتبار "اتجاهات المصريين نحو لغتهم الأصلية التي تختلف عن الأمم العربية الأخرى" (هولز 2004: 382)، ما الذي يمكن أن نتعلمه من الوضع اللغوي- الاجتماعي المعاصر في فضاء السيبر المصري حين نركز على الخطابات المتبادلة عبر الحاسوب والممارسات الكتابية لمستخدمي الإنترنت من المصريين؟ هدف هذه المحاضرة هو تقديم مراجعة نقدية لبعض الكتابات في حقل علم اللغة الاجتماعي وثيقة الصلة بموضوع بحثي عن اختيارات اللغة والمستويات اللغوية في أشكال معاصرة من الكتابات عبر الإنترنت. وفي حين أتناول بعض الأمثلة من مدونات ومنتديات وأشكال أخرى من الخطابات المصرية المختلطة عبر الإنترنت، آمل أن أقوم بوضع التطورات الحالية في إطار السياق الأوسع للوضع اللغوي- الاجتماعي في مصر، كما آمل أن أناقش البحوث المستقبلية الممكنة في هذا الحقل المعرفي. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:11 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:11 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic at ACTFL Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic at ACTFL -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:Michael Greer Subject:Arabic at ACTFL Join the ACTFL Arabic Special Interest Group As many of you know, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) saw the formation of the Arabic Special Interest Group last fall (SIG). This was done in conjunction with the American Association of Teachers of Arabic. For several years we have been discussing ways to develop a more supportive relationship between ACTFL and the AATA. To create a working relationship is a bit difficult since the AATA meets at MESA (Middle East Studies Association) and those of us who are in K-12 foreign language education generally attend ACTFL which tends to take place at the same time in different cities! Last fall's creation of the Arabic SIG was a wonderful occasion. We elected three officers, Dr. Salah Ayari (Texas A&M), Chair, ayari-s at tamu.edu ; Dr. Shereen Tabrizi (Dearborn Public Schools), Vice-Chair, tabrizs at dearborn.k12.mi.us and Dr. Hanada Taha-Thomure (San Diego State University), Secretary,hanada at arabexpertise.com . Many of you have already received information from Hanada encouraging you to participate in ACTFL. The cost of being a member of the SIG is $5/year that you can add to your regular membership. Please join. We need to continue to make our voice heard and this is a good venue. We will have two sessions this year that will be under the auspices of theSIG and the AATA. If you have a good idea for a joint session, please contact one of the officers ASAP! This is an excellent way to increase the visibility of the Arabic field by your involvement and presentations through associations such as the SIG. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:02 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:02 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Need Lit on foreign learners of Arabic and specific topics Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Need Lit on foreign learners of Arabic and specific topics -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:jeremy.palmer at gmail.com Subject:Need Lit on foreign learners of Arabic and specific topics Hello, I am wondering if any of you know of any literature about the following issues: 1) Foreign student Arabic variety preference in different geographical locations, For example, what do foreigners in Morocco think about MSA and spoken Arabic? How about foreign students in Egypt? 2) Gender and Arabic variety preference among foreign learners of Arabic. I know there is literature on this regarding native speakers (Haeri etc.) but how about among foreign learners? 3) Age and proficiency in Arabic among foreign learners of Arabic. 4) issues related to living arrangement and study abroad in the Arabic- speaking world. I have not been very successful in finding literature addressing these topics... especially empirical research. Help would be appreciated. Perhaps these are all topics yet to be written in our field? Please contact me off the list at jeremy.palmer at gmail.com. Thank you, Jeremy Palmer -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:19 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:19 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Linguistic pre-processing for MT Final CFP Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Linguistic pre-processing for MT Final CFP -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:Priscilla Rasmussen Subject:Linguistic pre-processing for MT Final CFP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS * Workshop on Linguistic pre-processing for MT Paper submission deadline: May 8, 2009 August 30, 2009 Machine Translation Summit XII Ottawa, Ontario, Canada We invite proposals for presentation at the Workshop on Linguistic pre- processing for MT, being held in conjunction with MT Summit XII. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Input for MT varies significantly in terms of spelling, terminology, word order phenomena, dialects, and sentence types, even within the same language. With user-generated content, this variability increases enormously. MT systems, and NLP systems generally, cannot cover effectively all of this variability -- usually because they are built to deal with professionally written technical or journalistic texts. Robust and reliable systems for mapping highly variable, uncontrolled writing into more consistent, tractable, "controlled" sentences will improve MT, search, and other NLP tasks. Current approaches to this problem include manually pre-editing the input texts -- as discussed for example in the series of CLAW workshops -- and/or expanding the coverage of MT systems. One alternative approach is to pre-process or normalize the input automatically before MT. Translation of subtitles for television (Flanagan, 2006), non-fluent speech, low-quality OCR, and non-standard writing from limited-proficiency writers are only some of the application scenarios that require automatic linguistic pre-processing to improve MT output. For example, Callison-Burch (2007) showed that substitution of lexical paraphrases improved MT output. Xu & Seneff (2008) and Collins, Koehn & Kucerova (2005) re-arranged word order to improve performance of a statistical MT system. Yet another alternative approach is to produce a linguistically "enriched" input, in the form of lattices, trees, markup, etc. and allow for final interpretation later in the translation pipeline and/or with a direct feedback capability to force emergent behavior. Some approaches may even call into question the need for a strict, linear processing pipeline and may employ adaptive, iterative, or self-learning methods. Common to all of these alternatives is the strategy of deploying significant linguistic and non-linguistic knowledge before translation itself occurs. This raises many questions about which kinds of knowledge have the biggest impact on translation, which can be automated most reliably and robustly, and which are most cost effective and scalable. This workshop aims to compare and contrast some of the various techniques and approaches to these kinds of linguistic pre-processing for MT. The workshop will consist of a set of papers that will be selected by peer review. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: May 8, 2009 Notification of acceptance: June 12, 2009 Camera ready submissions: July 10, 2009 WORKSHOP TOPICS We welcome submissions about the main theme of this workshop. Specific topics include but are not limited to: * Paraphrase generation * Syntactic reordering * Lexical / Terminological substitution * Error detection and automatic correction * Processing user-generated content * Monolingual MT * Confidence scoring * Self-learning and adaptability SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Papers should not have been presented somewhere else or be under consideration for publication elsewhere, and should not identify the author(s). They should emphasize completed work rather than intended work. Each paper will be anonymously reviewed by the program committee. Papers must be submitted in PDF format to mike [at] mikedillinger [dot] com by midnight of the due date. Submissions should be in English. The papers should be attached to an email indicating contact information for the author(s) and paper’s title. Papers should not exceed 8 pages including references and tables, and should follow the formatting guidelines posted at the MT Summit web site. CONTACT INFORMATION For further information, contact the organizing committee at mike [at] mikedillinger [dot] com ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Mike Dillinger, Translation Optimization Partners (Primary Contact) PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Alon Lavie (CMU) * Farzad Ehsani (Fluential Inc) * Hassan Sawaf (Apptek) * Jörg Schütz (Bioloom Group) * Philipp Koehn (U Edinburgh) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:22 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:22 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:alphabet song Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:alphabet song -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:Tressy Arts Subject:alphabet song http://tv.muxlim.com/video/GFsM7fIjtFc/Arabic-Alphabet-with-No-man-from-Arabic-Open-Seasame/ Unfortunately the sound quality is rather bad, but the melody is simple enough to follow and sing along to. 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URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Mon May 25 10:17:47 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:17:47 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:AD:Almadinah Online Arabic Short Courses Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 25 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Almadinah Online Arabic Short Courses -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 May 2009 From:Adil Elshikh Subject:Almadinah Online Arabic Short Courses For more information about the Alamdinah Arabic Short course go to: http://www.mediu.edu.my/academics/centre-of-languages/short-courses.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Mon May 25 10:17:52 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:17:52 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Teacher Survey Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 25 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic Teacher Survey -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 May 2009 From:albatal at AUSTIN.UTEXAS.EDU Subject:Arabic Teacher Survey Dear Friends, MaraaHib! If you are a teacher of Arabic at the college level in the US (any academic rank, full-time, part-time, graduate students who teach their own classes), we would like to invite you to participate in a teacher survey that is part of study being conducted by Dr. Mahmoud Abdalla of Michigan State University, Ms. Dina Hosni of the University of Texas, and myself. The aim of this study is to: 1) understand the educational and linguistic background of college- level teachers of Arabic in the US. 2) Understand the programmatic contexts and conditions under which they teach. 3) Explore some of their attitudes towards the teaching and learning of Arabic. 4) Assess their professional needs. Once the survey is done, we will analyze its results and present them to the field in the form of an article dealing with teacher preparation issues in Arabic. We seek to have the largest participation possible and we hope that you will accept our invitation and participate in the survey. The survey will be anonymous and will allow all teachers to express their views freely. The survey will require about 25 minutes of your time to complete. We realize how busy you are, but we very much value your input and thank you in advance for taking the time to complete it. You can access the survey at the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=GtdumYmHzAtzUFZsI4q6pA_3d_3d If possible, we would like to have your response by June 1st and hope that you will be able to spare us some time before then to take the survey. Please feel free to forward this survey to any colleagues at your institution. Thank you again for helping us with the survey and we are looking forward to sharing the results with you soon. Mahmoud Al-Batal (on behalf of the study team) ------------------------------------------ Mahmoud Al-Batal Associate professor of Arabic Director, UT Arabic Flagship Program Director, Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) Department of Middle Eastern Studies 1 University Station, F9400 West Mall Building, 6.138 The University of Texas, Austin Austin, TX 78712-0527 Tel: (512)471-3463 Fax: (512)471-7834 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Mon May 25 10:17:50 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:17:50 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Cairo Software Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 25 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Cairo Software Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 May 2009 From:Priscilla Rasmussen Subject:Cairo Software Job Cairo Microsoft Innovation Center Open Position: Senior Software Design Engineer Are you looking for a job where you get to be the first to incubate and productize cutting edge technology from Microsoft Research? Does addressing broad market opportunity for a region that is ripe for them excite you? Are you an accomplished software developer who would like the opportunity to pass the skills of the craft to more junior developers? If you answered yes to the above then we have the job for you. The Cairo Microsoft Innovation Center is an Applied Research, Incubation and Development group developing services which enhance the creation and consumption of content in the Arab region. The center specializes in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Translation (MT), Information Retrieval, Data Mining and Multimedia Content Processing. We incubate as well as fully develop such services into Microsoft products such as Live Search, Live Translator, Microsoft’s upcoming Education product offerings as well as Windows Mobile. CMIC offers a startup like work environment that is dynamic, flexible and is one of the most remarkable places to work for in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Primary Responsibilities: · Work with team leadership, program management and test to deliver high quality feature work in the areas of NLP, MT and Search · Solve day to day and assist in solving team-wide problems in achieving the ideal implementation · Participate in feature architecture, take ownership of the design and drive implementation with junior developers · Work in accordance to Microsoft Engineering Excellence Guidelines and other top-notch industry standard norms · Lead by example in setting a benchmark for execution excellence, problem solving skills and meeting project deadlines · Evangelize team knowledge and externally represent the team via excellent presentation skills Requirements: We are looking for a strong senior developer with interest/experience in the areas of NLP, MT and Search. The successful candidate should demonstrate excellent architecture and design aptitude and a solid track-record of shipping world class products. The candidate should be disciplined, self-motivated, have a passion for technology, be a strong communicator and a team-player. Proven track record of playing a significant role in major software projects is a must. · B.Sc. degree in computer science or computer engineering (M.Sc. preferred) · 7+ years of significant product development work using C++, C# and/or Java · Demonstrable solid architecture, design and problem solving skills · Proven track record of shipping multiple software releases · Solid communication, presentation, influence and leadership skills · Experience in NLP, MT, Information Retrieval is a plus Relocation is available for this role. If interested, please send your resume to chahm at microsoft.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Mon May 25 10:17:55 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:17:55 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Maltese Linguistics Conf Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 25 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Maltese Linguistics Conf -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 May 2009 From:reposted from LINGUIST Subject:Maltese Linguistics Conf Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 15:05:26 From: Susanne Schuster [suschu at uni-bremen.de] Subject: 2nd International Conference of Maltese Linguistics Full Title: 2nd International Conference of Maltese Linguistics Date: 19-Oct-2009 - 21-Oct-2009 Location: Bremen, Germany Contact Person: Thomas Stolz Meeting Email: ghaqda at uni-bremen.de Web Site: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/maltese/ Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Subject Language(s): Maltese (mlt) Call Deadline: 05-Jun-2009 Meeting Description: The International Association of Maltese Linguistics (G?aqda Internazzjonali tal-Lingwistika Maltija) is pleased to announce the 2nd International Conference of Maltese Linguistics. This year's topic will be: "Variation and Change: The Dynamics of Maltese in Space, Time and Society." The conference will be hosted by the University of Bremen/Germany, where linguistic research on Maltese and languages of the Mediterranean has had a long tradition. The conference is organised by the Institute of General and Applied Linguistics (IAAS) of the University of Bremen. Papers on all aspects related to the topic ''Variation and Change: The Dynamics of Maltese in Space, Time and Society'' are welcome. The conference language is English. Abstract guidelines: Abstracts should be 1 page DIN A4 (approx) and they should be send by email to ghaqda at uni-bremen.de. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is June 5, 2009. A volume with the proceedings of the conference will be published. 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If you want to convert any video on youtube into mp3 or any other format vid or audio use "Next video Convertor" which is a freeware. Here is the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1keoIbZmHs0 Salaam Hamdi Yasin English & FL Dept., Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL YASIN at SXU.EDU 630-865-7909 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:45:45 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:45:45 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Teaching the Arabic Alphabet Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Teaching the Arabic Alphabet -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:eltoukhi at aol.com> Subject:Teaching the Arabic Alphabet Dear friend Could you please tell me where I find the sesami Street song ? Thanks alot Zahra -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:45:50 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:45:50 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of California, Riverside Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:U of California, Riverside Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:Jeff Sacks Subject:U of California, Riverside Job UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE Department of Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages ARABIC LANGUAGE LECTURER The University of California, Riverside, invites applications for a full-time lecturer position in Arabic Language for the 2009-2010 academic year (pending enrollment and final administrative approval). Candidates must have native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and at least one dialect. Candidates must hold at least an M.A. degree, demonstrated teaching experience at the college or university level, and have a commitment to teaching the Arabic language for academic purposes in line with the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. Duties include teaching up to eight sections of Arabic language (pending enrollment and funding). Salary per course is $4,766.96. Please send cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching evaluations and/ or two or three letters of recommendation to: Jeffrey Sacks, Chair Arabic Lecturer Search Committee Department of Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages University of California, Riverside Riverside, California 92521 Review of applications will begin May 30, 2009; the position will remain open until filled. The successful candidate must show proof of employment eligibility. The University of California, Riverside, is an AA/EEO employer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:45:29 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:45:29 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Invitation to contribute to Arabic as Foreign Language Blog Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Invitation to contribute to Arabic as Foreign Language Blog -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:a elsherif [alarish5 at yahoo.co.uk] Subject:Invitation to contribute to Arabic as Foreign Language Blog Dear All I am writing to invite all the teacher of the Arabic language to write at this blog. http://iatafl.blogspot.com/ Ahmed -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:46:10 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:46:10 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Institute for New Faculty Developers Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Institute for New Faculty Developers -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:Michael Fallon Subject:Institute for New Faculty Developers The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching & Learning (http://www.collab.org/ ) and the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education (http://www.podnetwork.org/) are pleased to announce that registrations are now being accepted for the Institute for New Faculty Developers, to be held June 21-26, 2009, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Institute is designed to answer questions asked by new faculty developers and to provide the resources to get them started in planning, developing, and managing programs that will be effective in strengthening teaching and learning on campus. Participants at the Institute will learn from a group of talented presenters and facilitators from a diverse mix of institutions who are recognized leaders in the field. The 2009 Institute will take place on the campus of Macalester College, an attractive private liberal arts college located in the heart of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Participants will save $175 off the regular Institute fee when registering by the Early Bird deadline of May 1, 2009. Fees for this five-day program include all program activities and materials, most meals and refreshments, air-conditioned campus housing, and an off- campus dinner excursion, all at a reasonable rate. For further information, including an overview and preliminary schedule for the Institute, please visit our website at http://www.collab.org/programsservices/INFD.html or contact us directly atcollab at collab.org or (651) 646-6166. See you this summer in St. Paul! Michael Fallon -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:45:59 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:45:59 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Intensive Arabic program beyond Advanced Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Summer Intensive Arabic program beyond Advanced -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:Sahar Abdel Gawwad Subject:Summer Intensive Arabic program beyond Advanced Why don't you try The American University Summer program? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:46:12 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:46:12 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Suggestions for teach yourself beginners Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Suggestions for teach yourself beginners 2) Subject:Suggestions for teach yourself beginners -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:Grant Shafer Subject:Suggestions for teach yourself beginners Dear Mr. Seevers, I'm also teaching myself Arabic. I'm using Griffithes Wheeler Thatcher's Arabic Grammar of the Written Language and Hans Wehr's A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, edited by J. Milton Cowan. Both were recommended to me by University of Michigan professors and should be available on Amazon.com. I think that another grammar by Nahmad and a co-author whom I cannot remember was also recommended. Good luck, Grant Shafer [second message from same correspondent:] Dear Mr. Seever, I think that the other book recommended by the U. of Michigan prof was Haywood and Nahmad's A New Arabic Grammar of the Written Language. Thatcher's Arabic Grammar has a drawback. When translating English to Arabic, I find that many of the words needed are not in the vocabulary at the end of the book. One needs to look at the vocabularies from previous lessons. If you have Hans Wehr's Arabic dictionary, translating from Arabic to English should be OK, once you learn to recognize roots. Good luck, Grant Shafer -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:a elsherif Subject:Suggestions for teach yourself beginners Re:selfstudy Arabic (Walt Seevers) Please visit this Blog, I founded helpful. http://www.myarabicteacher.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:46:17 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:46:17 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:query about GMU's offering Iraqi dialect Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:query about GMU's offering Iraqi dialect -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:Stephen Franke Subject:query about GMU's offering Iraqi dialect Greetings. That is good news about GMU's new offering of Iraqi Arabic. Interesting that this program will familiarize learners with the major regional dialects of Iraqi Arabic: [1] Northern, centered around Mosul, aka "Moslawi" [2] Central/western (comparative generic & common), aka "Baghdadi" [3] Southern, centered around Basra, aka "Basrawi" What textbooks and supporting materials will be used? (UCLA uses mostly Yassin Al-Khalesi's two books for its offerings in that dialect.) Regards, Stephen H. Franke San Pedro, Calfornia -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:45:55 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:45:55 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Maryland Flagship Lecturer Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:U of Maryland Flagship Lecturer Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:nseetin at GMAIL.COM Subject:U of Maryland Flagship Lecturer Job Lecturer in Arabic - Maryland Subject to the availability of funding, the Arabic Flagship Program at the School of Languages, Cultures, and Literatures (SLLC) at the University of Maryland seeks applicants for a position as Lecturer in Arabic beginning summer 2009 and continuing through the academic year 2009 - 2010. Responsibilities include teaching and developing materials for Arabic language and content courses on the Arabic Post-BA Flagship program. Native or near native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and either Levantine or Egyptian is required. MA or higher in Arabic language study, or literature, or a related field is required. Preference will be given to candidates with successful teaching records in Arabic at the superior levels and beyond. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and teaching experience. For best consideration, please submit material by May 15. An application letter, current curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference can be sent electronically via email to the following address: Mr. Ridha Krizi rkrizi at umd.edu Hard copies of the above should be sent to: Arabic Flagship Program Lecturer Search c/o Ridha Krizi 3215 Jim?nez Hall University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-4821 The University of Maryland is an Equal Opportunity Employer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:46:04 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:46:04 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Wants Pedagogy/Teaching Workshop for Arabic after Aug 15th Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Wants Pedagogy/Teaching Workshop for Arabic after Aug 15th -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:Scott G. Brown Subject:Wants Pedagogy/Teaching Workshop for Arabic after Aug 15th Does anyone know of any upcoming Pedagogy/Teaching Workshops for Arabic (besides UT's in late July-August)? I'm looking for any workshop stateside that will occur after August 15th. Please e-mail if you know of any. Thank you. Scott Brown University of Arizona -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Sun May 3 13:45:39 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:45:39 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Utah Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 02 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:U of Utah Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 May 2009 From:hme3 at U.WASHINGTON.EDU Subject:U of Utah Job ANNOUNCEMENT: The Department of Languages and Literature at the University of Utah announces an opening for a three-year renewable adjunct position in Arabic language, starting in Fall 2009. Course load is three courses per semester. Candidates should be trained in modern methods of foreign language pedagogy, must have native or near-native proficiency in Arabic and English, and be able to teach Arabic language courses at all levels; experience teaching Arabic to English-speaking students and familiarity with the American university system and culture are also required. The successful candidate will take part in program development, including but not limited to development and redesign in the existing Arabic language program, and coordination of lower-level language courses taught by graduate teaching assistants or adjunct instructors. He/she will be expected to pursue, and receive support for, ongoing professional training. Applicants should hold an MA or PhD in Arabic. Salary range - upper thirties + full benefits. Application should include a CV, statement of teaching philosophy and three letters of recommendation. Send all materials to Professor Fernando Rubio, Co-Chair, Department of Languages & Literature, 255 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 1400, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0490. E-mail: Adelaide.Ryder at utah.edu Review of applications will begin May 1st and will continue until the position is filled. Hussein M. Elkhafaifi, Ph.D. Director, Arabic Language Program Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization 229 Denny Hall Box 353120 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3120 Office: 206.543.9596 Fax: 206. 685.7936 NELC Office: 206. 543.6033 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:37 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:37 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs "Once upon a time" story Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs "Once upon a time" story -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:Haroon Shirwani Subject:Needs "Once upon a time" story I wonder if members of the list can help with this. I am looking for a really good story or other short passage that can be recited to a group of non-Arabists as an example of Arabic literature. In our high school , as part of the end of year proceedings, the top students in the graduating class each perform a text of their choice based on a theme. This year's theme is "Once upon a time". One of them happens to study Arabic and would like to do something in Arabic. This would be the first time that Arabic has been represented like this, so I am quite keen to pick a text that would be a hit, not too hard to memorise (3 minutes, maximum) and which the audience would be able to appreciate in translation. Any suggestions would be gratefully received! Best wishes, Haroon -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:35 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:35 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Alphabet Song Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic Alphabet Song -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From: Subject:Arabic Alphabet Song Hello Zahra, I bought it from Cairo, Egypt. It is not a very good teaching of the alphabet. Galila Salib, MA Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, Pine Ridge High School Deltona, Florida. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:20 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:20 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:verse with all Arabic letters Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:verse with all Arabic letters -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:Adil Elshikh Subject:verse with all Arabic letters (????????? ???????? ??????? ??????????? ?????? ??????????????? ?????????? ????????? ?????????? ????????? ???????? ???????? ??????????? ??????? ????? ??????? ???????????? ?????????? ??? ?????????? ????? ?????? ?????????? ?????? ?????????? ??? ???????????? ???????????? ??? ?????????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????? ????????????? ?????????? ????? ??????? ???????? ??????????? ????????? ?????? ?????????? ?????? ??????? ????????? ??????? ?????????? ????????????? ??????? ??????????? ????????? ????????) ????? : 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:32 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:32 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arab Academy Ad Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arab Academy Ad -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:Arab Academy Subject:Arab Academy Ad Take advantage of this Special Offer today! By registering at Arab Academy (www.arabacademy.com) and paying $267 which is a value of a course for 3 months, you get free tuition in Cairo, Egypt for 2 weeks (value of $325). 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Pre and post testing using our Arabic Language Proficiency Test (APLT) will accurate measure your achievements and show you the results. Start learning Arabic now, Online. Note: Arab Academy has programs continually running throughout the year, scheduling of your classroom training in Cairo is flexible and will be arranged for you personally. To register for a course and start learning Arabic today, visit: http://www.arabacademy.com/en/arabic-online/register ----- Arab Academy is the world?s leading provider of online learning. Established in 1997, Arab Academy has developed over 150 courses to date, offering the widest course selection around, including Speaking Classes, to over 23,000 students. Our online programs are the most are the most engaging and interactive to students of all ages and all interests. For more information contact www.arabacdemy.com or E-mail info.arabacademy.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:22 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:22 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Teaching English in Palestine Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Teaching English in Palestine -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:"Cadora, Frederic (cadorafj)" Subject:Teaching English in Palestine We have a student who is interested in teaching English in Palestine for some adequate compensation. Does anyone know of any such opportunity? F. J. Cadora -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:24 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:24 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Computational Approaches to Arabic-Script Based Languages Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Computational Approaches to Arabic-Script Based Languages, Second Call -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:"Megerdoomian, Karine" Subject:Computational Approaches to Arabic-Script Based Languages, Second Call * SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS * THIRD WORKSHOP ON COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO ARABIC SCRIPT-BASED LANGUAGES (CAASL3) August 26, 2009 Machine Translation Summit XII Ottawa, Ontario, Canada http://arabicscript.org/CAASL3 The Organizing Committee of the Third Workshop on Computational Approaches to Arabic Script-based Languages invites proposals for presentation at CAASL3, being held in conjunction with MT Summit XII. Submission Deadline has been extended to May 29, 2009. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION The first two workshops (2004 and 2007) brought together researchers working on the computer processing of Arabic script-based languages such as Arabic, Persian (Farsi and Dari), Pashto and Urdu, among others. The usage of the Arabic script and the influence of Arabic vocabulary give rise to certain computational issues that are common to these languages despite their being of distinct language families, such as right to left direction, encoding variation, absence of capitalization, complex word structure, and a high degree of ambiguity due to non-representation of short vowels in the writing system. The third workshop (CAASL3), five years after the successful first workshop, will provide a forum for researchers from academia, industry, and government developers, practitioners, and users to share their research and experience with a focus on machine translation. It also provides an opportunity to assess the progress that has been made since the first workshop in 2004. The call for papers as well as future information on the workshop can be found at http://www.arabicscript.org. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: May 29, 2009 Notification of acceptance: June 29, 2009 Camera ready submissions: July 27, 2009 WORKSHOP TOPICS We welcome submissions in any area of NLP in Arabic script-based languages. However, preference would be given to papers that focus on Machine Translation applications of Arabic script-based languages. The main themes of this workshop include: ? Statistical and rule-based machine translation ? Translation aids ? Evaluation methods and techniques of machine translation systems ? MT of dialectal and conversational language ? Computer-mediated communication (e.g., blogs, forums, chats) ? Knowledge bases, corpora, and development of resources for MT applications ? Speech-to-speech MT ? MT combined with other technologies (speech translation, cross- language information retrieval, multilingual text categorization, multilingual text summarization, multilingual natural language generation, etc.) ? Entity extraction ? Tokenization and segmentation ? Speech synthesis and recognition ? Text to speech systems ? Semantic analysis SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Papers should not have been presented somewhere else or be under consideration for publication elsewhere, and should not identify the author(s). They should emphasize completed work rather than intended work. Each paper will be anonymously reviewed by three members of the program committee. Papers must be submitted in PDF format to caasl3 at arabicscript.org by midnight of the due date. Submissions should be in English. The papers should be attached to an email indicating contact information for the author(s) and paper?s title. Papers should not exceed 8 pages including references and tables, and should follow the formatting guidelines posted at CONTACT INFORMATION For further information, please visit the workshop site at http://www.arabicscript.org/CAASL3 or contact the organizing committee atcaasl3 at arabicscript.org. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Ali Farghaly, Oracle USA Karine Megerdoomian, The MITRE Corporation Hassan Sawaf, AppTek Inc. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jan W. Amtrup (Kofax Image Products) Mahmood Bijankhan (Tehran University) Tim Buckwalter (University of Maryland) Violetta Cavalli-Sforza (Al Akhawayn University, Morocco) Sherri L. Condon (The MITRE Corporation) Kareem Darwish (Cairo University and IBM) Mona Diab (Columbia University) Joseph Dichy (Lyon University) Ahmad Emami (IBM) Andrew Freeman (The MITRE Corporation) Nizar Habash (Columbia University) Lamia Hadrich Belguith (University of Sfax, Tunisia) Hany Hassan (IBM) Sarmad Hussain (CRULP and FAST National University, Pakistan) Simin Karimi (University of Arizona) Hermann Ney (RWTH Aachen, Germany) Farhad Oroumchian (University of Wollongong in Dubai) Nick Pendar (H5 Technologies) Kristin Precoda (SRI International) Jean Sennellart (SYSTRAN) Ahmed Rafea (The American University in Cairo) Khaled Shaalan (The British University in Dubai) Mehrnoush Shamsfard (Shahid Beheshti University, Iran) Otakar Smrz (Charles University in Prague) Imed Zitouni (IBM) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:30 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:30 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U. of Malta Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:U. of Malta Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From: Subject:U. of Malta Job CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Temporary Resident Academic Full Time Post in Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies at the Faculty of Arts Applications are invited for a full-time Resident Academic post in Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Studies at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Malta. This post is for a period of four years. The appointee will be expected to take up duties in 1st September 2009. The appointee will be required to contribute to the teaching, research and other activities in Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies and as may be required by the University of Malta. Candidates must be in possession of a post-graduate degree/s in Arabic from a reputable University. The successful candidate should be able to teach Arabic as a foreign language, and will be expected to concentrate on the teaching of Modern Standard Arabic, besides delivering some lectures on select topics of Arabic and Islamic culture. The Resident Academic Stream is composed of four grades, being Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer. Entry into the grade of Lecturer or above shall only be open to persons in possession of a Ph.D. or an equivalent research based doctorate within strict guidelines established by the University. The annual salary for 2009 attached to the respective grades in the Resident Academic Stream is as follows: Professor ?33,505 plus Allowances of ?9,093 Academic Work Resources of ?3,727 Associate Professor ?30,640 plus Allowances of ?7,482 Academic Work Resources of ?3,727 Senior Lecturer ?27,769 plus an Allowance of ?6,009 Academic Work Resources of ?3,261 Lecturer ?22,582 with an annual increment of ?641 to ?24,505 and an Allowance of ?5,191 Academic Work Resources of ?3,261 The University may also appoint promising candidates in possession of a Masters as Assistant Lecturers, provided that they are committed to obtain the necessary qualification to enter the Resident Academic Stream. Assistant Lecturer with Masters ?21,088 with an annual increment of ?596 to ?22,876 and an Allowance of ?3,215 Academic Work Resources of ?3,261 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Temporary Resident Academic Full Time Post in Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies at the Faculty of Arts Candidates should submit their letter of application, six copies of their curriculum vitae, one set of copies of their certificates and the names and addresses of three referees to: Director for Human Resources Management and Development Room 214, Administration Building University of Malta Msida, MSD 2080 Applications should be received by noon of Friday, 15th May 2009. Late applications will not be considered. Further information may be obtained from the Office for Human Resources Management and Development, Administration Building, Room 214, or from the website: HYPERLINK http://home.em.edu.mt/hr/index2.html HYPERLINK http://www.um.edu.mt/hrmd/vacancies http://www.um.edu.mt/hrmd/vacancies. Office of the University Msida, 24th April 2009 038_arabic_2009 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Temporary Resident Academic Full Time Post in Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies at the Faculty of Arts Further Information General Working Obligations: The conditions of work for a Resident Academic of the University of Malta, are set out in the ?Collective Agreement for Academic Staff of the University of Malta? and the ?Manual of Conduct and Procedures?. The commitment of a Resident Academic is based on a 40-hour week, with flexible times depending on established time-tables and distributed reasonably between teaching, academic research and other academic work (including academic administration and professional activity). The official lecturing times of the University of Malta are Monday to Friday, between 08:00 and 20:00 hours and the successful candidate will be required to lecture at any time within the official teaching times during term-time. The appointment will be subject to a probationary period of one year and to the provisions of the Statutes, Regulations and Bye-Laws of the University of Malta which are now or which may hereafter be in force. The Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies: The Arabic stream The programme of Arabic in the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies is given an impetus within the context of Arabic culture and language. Courses in the Arabic language and in the Arabic and Islamic civilizations are both offered, with the main emphasis on the language components. The language courses purport to bring students into direct contact with Arabic via training in grammar, general philology, and the reading of literary works in the original version. On the other hand, the civilization courses are aimed at providing the students with an overview of various cultural aspects - such as archaeology, history, religion, and literature - of Arabic and Islamic societies. Students are expected to boost the courses on civilization with a good amount of personal background reading. The duties which the appointee may be expected to perform are: Teaching including tutorials and seminars, supervision of practical work and placements, monitoring on projects and other personally undertaken student enterprises; Preparing course materials; Researching and publishing both individual and collaborative, in priority areas established by the University; Continuous assessment of students, setting and marking of examination papers including dissertations within established time-frames; Participating in the administration of academic affairs at academic and university levels; Contributing to national and regional development particularly in the area of specialisation and through cooperation with governmental, intergovernmental, regional and non-governmental institutions and services; Any other relevant duties as may be required by the University. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Temporary Resident Academic Full Time Post in Arabic at the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Studies at the Faculty of Arts The Selection Process: The Selection process requires: a. The scrutiny of qualifications and experience claimed and supported by testimonials and/or certificates (copies to be included with the application). b. Short-listing of candidates. c. An invitation to short-listed candidates to a Selection Board interview. Office of the University Msida, 24th April 2009 030_arabic_2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:27 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:27 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Sabq Academy (Amman) Ad Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Sabq Academy (Amman) Ad -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:Ghassan Al Shatter Subject:Sabq Academy (Amman) Ad Registration for Sabq Academy intensive courses started now. Every registration for June, July and August regular or intensive Arabic courses will receive 30% discount on the tuition fees. Sabq Academy is a new institute in Amman (the capital city of Jordan), offering Arabic courses to non-native speakers. The academy is run by highly professional and experienced teachers and lecturers. Our main objective is improving the language-skills of our students as effectively and fast as possible, by offering them a serious learning- environment, excellent teaching-methods and an eye for the individual's needs.. The academy offers their international students a wide range of courses: * Regular courses: divided into 12 different levels, from absolute beginner to highly advanced * Arabic for specific purposes: Arabic for business, journalism, politics, economics or religion * Winter/Summer intensive courses: Intensive language courses during the winter and the summer. *Saturday Only courses: 2 or 4 hours each Saturday for a minimum of 16 hours. * One-to-One courses: Private classes or extra tutoring solely focusing on the needs and interests of the student. Important to note is that the Academy is prepared to design, organize and run courses that suites the curricula and competences of international universities and institutions, so students can get credits for their studies at the SabqAcademy. You can find more information about our courses, the academy, and registration on our website:www.sabqacademy.com. Of course you can also contact us directly by phone or email. Friendly Greetings, Dr Ghassan Al Shatter B.A., Arabic, Dip. Ed., Secondary Ed. (LOTE), M.A. Curricula & Teaching, Ph.D., Applied Linguistics Director Sabq Academy for Training & Education Shafa Badran, Amman, Jordan Tel: + 962 6 5231116, Fax: + 962 6 5240505 Email: director at sabqacademy.com URL: www.sabqacademy.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:26:59 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:26:59 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic teacher workshops (Startalk) Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic teacher workshops (Startalk) -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From: Subject:Arabic teacher workshops (Startalk) Check out: http://www.startalk.umd.edu/2009/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:28 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:28 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs Nagwa Hedayet's thesis Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs Nagwa Hedayet's thesis -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From:Abderrahman Aissa Subject:Needs Nagwa Hedayet's thesis Dear colleagues: Anyone can help me locate Dr. Negwa Hedayet's thesis on the Jews of Al Andalus in tenth Cent Al Andalus. The link I found on line doesn't take me anywhere, or is obsolete. I would really appreciate the help, Shukran & tashakkur! Abderrahman Aissa, Senior Instructor Director of the Arabic and ME Program Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, CO -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Fri May 8 18:27:25 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:27:25 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Article on Word Order in Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 08 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:New Article on Word Order in Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 08 May 2009 From: "Prof. Jonathan Owens" Subject:New Article on Word Order in Arabic new article on word order in Arabic: 2009. Owens, J., Robin Dodsworth and Trent Rockwood. ?Subject-Verb Order in Spoken Arabic: Morpholexical and Event-based Factors?. /Language Variation and Change/. 21: 39-67. A B ST RAC T This article explores the relationship between the global functions of variable subject-verb order and morpholexical class of subjects in the spoken Arabic of the Arabian peninsula. Using corpus-based methods, it is shown that lexical class ?pronoun, pronominal, noun?definiteness, and the discourse-defined lexical specificity of a noun all correlate significantly with subject-verb or verb-subject word order. The global function of the two orders is explored using an array of measures to show that verb-subject order prototypically presents events, while subject-verb signals available referentiality. Using the quantitatively based study of Anthony Naro and Sebastiao Votre ([1999]. Discourse motivations for linguistic regularities: Verb/subject order in spoken Brazilian Portuguese. Probus 11:75? 100.) on Brazilian Portuguese as a point of comparison, a typological framework is developed for understanding languages with variable subject-verb order. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 08 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Sat May 9 17:19:05 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 20:19:05 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:"Once Upon a Time" stories Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 09 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:"Once Upon a Time" stories -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2009 From:Lina Kholaki Subject:"Once Upon a Time" stories Dear Haroon, Check out a story form the program "Hayya Nataklam Maan" which includes thirty stories or more, but the one that I suggest " The young elephant" alfeel alsaghir. I tis a repetitive story and it is well knows for all american students, it resembels " Are you my mommy" . You can check it out through the website of Noorart.org@ www.Noorart.org or com either one It comes with an audio narrated CD and a song. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Sat May 9 17:19:10 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 20:19:10 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:wants speaking partner in Florida area Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 09 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:wants speaking partner in Florida area -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2009 From:h.osmangunduz at GMAIL.COM Subject:wants speaking partner in Florida area Salam Ya Asdiqa, My name's Ozzy I just finished my MA in int'l relations in VA and moved down to FL. I possess a BA in Arabic language and literature. I am advanced in MSA and have a strong background in Islamic studies. I am looking for people with whom I can practice Arabic, or teach MSA (or Turkish my mother tounge). I live in Wilton Manors, FL 33334. Lovers of Lughat'il Arabiyya let me know if you are around my area. Bi Tahiyyat Tayyiba -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Sat May 9 17:19:12 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 20:19:12 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Academy for Arabic Teachers at Boston U Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 09 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Academy for Arabic Teachers at Boston U -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2009 From:Giselle Khoury Subject:Academy for Arabic Teachers at Boston U Academy for Arabic Teachers STARTALK Arabic K-16 Teacher Professional Development Program at Boston University Summer 2009 Are you an Arabic teacher? Are you interested in teaching Arabic? The Academy for Arabic Teachers (AAT) is an intensive four-week Arabic K-16 teacher professional development program at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. The program addresses all key aspects of foreign language instruction, focusing particularly on Arabic as a Foreign Language. AAT is funded by the highly acclaimed STARTALK program. Program Dates: July 2 ? July 31, 2009 (2 weeks online coursework & 2 weeks in Boston) Stipend: Participants will be awarded a $1,000 stipend. Eligibility: ? Current or prospective Arabic teachers ? Native, near-native, or advanced proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic ? A minimum of a bachelor?s degree is required ? US citizenship or permanent residency Application deadline: June 5, 2009 Admission is competitive and seats are limited; early application is encouraged. For more information and the Application Form contact the Program Director, Dr. Giselle Khoury, at giselle at bu.edu. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Sat May 9 17:57:50 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 20:57:50 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:"Once upon a time" story Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 09 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:"Once upon a time" story 2) Subject:"Once upon a time" story -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2009 From:David Wilmsen Subject:"Once upon a time" story I suggest the story from the Arabian Nights told in Egyptian Arabic in Mustafa Mughazy's Egyptian Arabic textbook Dardasha (2004, NARLC Press. Madison, Wisconsin). It maybe be found on pp258-267 including glossary and explanatory notes. The text of the story itself is about four pages long and begins with the formulaic 'kaan ya ma kaan" which as close as you can get to "once upon a time". David Wilmsen, PhD, Arabic language and linguistics Visiting Associate Professor of Arabic Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages American University of Beirut -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Date: 09 May 2009 From:Samia Kholoussi [skholoussi at comcast.net] Subject:"Once upon a time" story Take a look at ???? ???????: ?????? ?? ???? ??? ?????? ?? ??? ???? ????? ?????? ????? ???? ???? (????) ISBN 977-5895-02-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:06 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:06 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic at ACTFL Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic at ACTFL -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:moderator Subject:Arabic at ACTFL I have received a request for information about the Arabic interest section at ACTFL. I believe I have posted messages about this in the past, but I am not currently where I can check the old messages. Could someone who knows the info post it again? thanks, dil -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:14 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:14 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Hedayet Thesis Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Hedayet Thesis -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:Nagwa Hedayet Subject:Hedayet Thesis I am sorry to be that late in replying to my colleague Abdul Rahman message requesting information on my thesis. There is a copy of my thesis on the Jews of al Andalus in the 10th Cent. at the Cairo University main library and another copy is in the history dept. library there and a third is in the kolleyyit al aadaab library; I gave the library at the American University in Cairo a copy of this thesis as well. There is a copy at the Hedayet Institute too with other material on Judeo-Arabic stuff. I am willing to help in answering any question concerning its contents as well. A book based on this thesis is in the process of being published soon. Best to all, Nagwa Nagwa Hedayet, PhD Director Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies www.hedayetinstitute.com +2012 2261308 +202 25272190 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:18 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:18 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Commercial Arabic Tagger Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Commercial Arabic Tagger -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:"Alhawary, Mohammad T." Subject:Commercial Arabic Tagger Is there any commercial tagger of Arabic with a statistical component? Thanks for all the responses in advance. Mohammad Alhawary -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:20 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:20 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Arabic at Tufts Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Summer Arabic at Tufts -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:valerie.anishchenkova at TUFTS.EDU Subject:Summer Arabic at Tufts Summer Arabic Courses at Tufts University: one year of Arabic in 6 weeks! (1) Elementary Arabic: ARB 01/2A Description: The course begins with an introduction to Modern Standard Arabic. We start with pronunciation, script, basic grammar, and reading skills using a communicative approach for the first half of the course to later developing the four language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. No previous knowledge of Arabic language or script is required. No prerequisite. Material covered: "Alif Baa" and 12 chapters of "Al-Kitaab Part I", plus various supplementary materials. Offered in : First session (May 20 ? June 26) Day(s) : MTWThF Times : 9:00 am ? 2:30 pm (with 1-hr lunch break) Instructor : Rana Abdul-Aziz (2) Intermediate Arabic: ARB 03/4A Description: A continuation of Elementary Modern Standard Arabic. Communicative approach with particular emphasis on active control of Arabic grammar and vocabulary, conversation, reading, translation, and discussion of selected texts. The course includes oral presentations and short papers in Arabic. Prerequisite: ARB 0002 or equivalent. Material covered: Chapters 13-20 of "Al-Kitaab Part I" and 2 chapters of "Al-Kitaab Part II", plus various supplementary materials. Offered in : First session (May 20 ? June 26) Day(s) : MTWThF Times : 9:00 am ? 2:00 pm (with 1-hr lunch break) Instructor : Valerie Anishchenkova To register please visit: ase.tufts.edu/summer For more information about courses contact: Rana Abdul-Aziz (elementary Arabic): rana.abdulaziz at gmail.com Valerie Anishchenkova (intermediate Arabic): valerie.anishchenkova at tufts.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:13 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:13 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NYU STARTALK Teacher training course Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:NYU STARTALK Teacher training course -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:ms93 at NYU.EDU Subject:NYU STARTALK Teacher training course 1) NYU has received a STARTALK grant to offer an intensive teacher training course for current and prospective teachers of Arabic, Hindi, Persian and Urdu. =20 Course Dates: July 6-17 Grant Covers: $700 towards tuition (participants are responsible for $220)= , accommodations in NYU dormitories on campus, textbooks and materials, as well as breakfast and lunch. A total of 4 scholarships are available for people who wish to take the course for graduate credit through the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human development. =20 Application Deadline: May 18 For More information and an application please go to www.scps.nyu.edu/startalk . You can also e-mail startalk.nyu at nyu.edu=20 The program is the result of collaboration between the College of Arts and Science, The School of Continuing and Professional Studies and the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development. 2) NYU-SCPS offers 3-week intensive language courses in the following languages: Arabic (MSA) I and II: June 29 - July 17, Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. = - 1:15 pm. and 2 cultural field trips to the ethnic communities Arabic (MSA) III and IV: July 20 - August 7. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. - 1:15 pm. and 2 cultural field trips to the ethnic communities Hindi 3-week intensive: June 15 - July 2, Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. = - 1:15 pm. and 2 cultural field trips to the ethnic communities Persian 3-week intensive: July 6 - July 24, Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. - 1:15 pm. and 2 cultural field trips to the ethnic communities Courses are both credit and non-credit. For more information please visit www.scps.nyu.edu/trans or call an education advisor at (212) 998-7171. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:16 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:16 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Word Stress in Modern Standard Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Word Stress in Modern Standard Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:Kurt Easterwood Subject:Word Stress in Modern Standard Arabic Dear list members, Our director Jack Halpern recently presented the following paper at the 2nd International Conference on Arabic Language Resources and Tools last month: Word Stress and Vowel Neutralization in Modern Standard Arabic If you are interested, the paper can be downloaded from: http://www.cjk.org/cjk/arabic/an_paper.pdf Abstract: Word stress in Modern Standard Arabic is of great importance to language learners, while precise stress rules can help enhance Arabic speech technology applications. Though Arabic word stress and vowel neutralization rules have been the object of various studies, the literature is sometimes inaccurate or contradictory. Most Arabic grammar books give stress rules that are inadequate or incomplete, while vowel neutralization is hardly mentioned. The aim of this paper is to present stress and neutralization rules that are both linguistically accurate and pedagogically useful based on how spoken MSA is actually pronounced. Kurt The CJK Dictionary Institute -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:10 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:10 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:"Once upon a time" story Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:"Once upon a time" story -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:Sahar Abdel Gawwad Subject:"Once upon a time" story There are simple stories written by Kamel El Kilany an Egyptian Writer, try to find these stories they are very good and very helpful I tried them with my classes before. 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URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Thu May 14 07:25:12 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:25:12 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:GURT 2010 on Arabic Linguistics Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 13 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:GURT 2010 on Arabic Linguistics -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 May 2009 From:reembassiouney at hotmail.com Subject:GURT 2010 on Arabic Linguistics Dear Colleagues, I am very happy to announce that the Georgetown University round table conference next year will be about Arabic linguistics. I will send a call for papers soon. In the meantime here are some of the topics covered in the conference. GURT 2010 11-14th March 2010 Arabic, one of the official languages of the United Nations, spoken by more than half a billion people around the world, is of increasing importance in political and economic spheres. The study of the Arabic language has a long and rich history: earliest grammatical accounts date from the 8th century, and included full syntactic, morphological and phonological analyses of both the spoken dialects and classical Arabic- the religious language of the Quran and the language of poetry. In recent years the academic study of Arabic has become increasingly sophisticated and broad. We invite researchers engaged in the analysis of Arabic to share original research in areas of Arabic language study, including but not limited to: o Syntax, Semantics, Morphology, Phonology and Phonetics. o Computational analysis o Historical analysis o Sociolinguistics o Anthropological linguistics o Discourse Analysis o Teaching and Learning of Arabic The following pre-conference workshops will also be offered: 1- Arabic language teaching 2- Arabic computational linguistics 3- Arabic language policies and planning. Coordinators: Graham Katz (egk7 at georgetown.edu) and Reem Bassiouney (rb369 at georgetown.edu ) Reem Bassiouney -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:00 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:00 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:TAFL Conference in Madrid Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:TAFL Conference in Madrid -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:arabele at UM.ES Subject:TAFL Conference in Madrid Call for papers The University of Murcia, the Escuela de Traductores de Toledo, and Casa ?rabe-IEAM are pleased to announce ARABELE2009 International Congress on Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language to be held at Casa Arabe, Madrid (Spain) on 25-26 September 2009 TOPICS Investigation in the field of TAFL: Methods and materials Teacher training Approaching diglossia: Registers of Arabic and dialectal variation e-Arabic learning Arabic for specific purposes Curriculum and evaluation PARTICIPANTS Mahdi Alosh, US Militar Academy, NY (USA). Henri Awaiss, Saint Joseph University, Beirut (Lebanon). Rana Bekdache, Saint Joseph University, Beirut (Lebanon). Abdellah Chekayri, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (Morocco). Frederik Imbert, Universit? de Provence (Aix-Marseille I), (France). Waleed Saleh, Autonoma University, Madrid (Spain). David Wilmsen, American University of Beirut (Lebanon). Munther Younes, Cornell University, NY (USA). The program includes keynote lectures, workshops and papers. Important dates: 15 May 2009: abstracts submission deadline 31 July 2009: early registration deadline 15 September 2009: registration deadline 15 October 2009: papers submission deadline For more information on abstracts submission and participation, visit the provisional congress website at: http://www.arabele.org/congreso2009/congresob.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:07 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:07 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Once Upon a Time Stories Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Once Upon a Time Stories -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:a elsherif Subject:Once Upon a Time Stories ???? ???????? http://www.al-hakawati.net/arabic/stories_Tales/kel aniindex.asp other stories http://www.al-hakawati.net/arabic/stories_Tales/baby3index.asp More tales http://www.al-hakawati.net/arabic/stories_Tales/babyindex.asp and here is ??? ???? ?????for adult too http://www.al-hakawati.net/arabic/stories_Tales/lailaindex.asp Hope you enjoy the stories! Ahmed elshareif http://iatafl.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:13 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:13 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Rule omitting tanwiin before bnu in Standard Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Rule omitting tanwiin before bnu in Standard Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:ethan rom Subject:Rule omitting tanwiin before bnu in Standard Arabic The general rule, as is well known, is that in the structure 'X bnu Y' the 'tanwi:n' is ommited from the first, e.g. 'zaydu bnu `amrin'. 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URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:17 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:17 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Advertise STARTALK on ArabicK-12 Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Advertise STARTALK on ArabicK-12 -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:arabick12 at gmail.com Subject:Advertise STARTALK on ArabicK-12 Advertise your STARTALK Arabic workshop on the Arabic K-12 Listserv Dear STARTALK administrators, presenters, & teachers: Are you involved in a STARTALK Arabic workshop this summer? Interested in increasing exposure of your program to the Arabic K-12 commun= ity? The National Capital Language Resource Center invites you to advertise your= STARTALK student and teacher programs for Arabic on the Arabic K-12 Listse= rv. This listserv is a free weekly resource that reaches over 700 educators= in the K-12 Arabic language field. We are collecting advertisements for programs around the country and will = send them out to our members on a regular basis throughout the summer. I kn= ow many such programs have application deadlines approaching soon, so the s= ooner you get me your ad, the sooner I can send it to our members. E- mail m= e -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:14 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:14 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Akron Summer program for High School Students Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:U of Akron Summer program for High School Students -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:"Abi Ghanem,Julie" Subject:OU of Akron Summer program for High School Students The Department of Modern Languages at The University of Akron is offering a special dual credit Arabic workshop for high school students this summer: "INTRODUCTION TO ARABIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURE," 3 credits, June 15-26. Students will learn basic skills in Arabic speaking, listening, reading and writing and they will be introduced to Arabic culture through movies, music, documentaries, and trips to Arabic restaurants, a church, and a mosque. All tuition, books and registration cost are paid by a state of Ohio CORE grant in collaboration with the Summit County Educational Service Center. It is an opportunity for high school students in North East Ohio to study the Arabic language and learn about the Arabic-speaking world for FREE. For information about how to sign up for this workshop contact: Mr. Gregory Dieringer, Assistant Dean, University College, Simmons Hall 302D, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-6201. Tel: 330-972-7066 Email: gdieringer at uakron.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:09 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:09 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:eflashcards Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:eflashcards -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:Mourad Diouri Subject:eflashcards Dear Colleagues, As we are preparing our students here at CASAW (Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World), University of Edinburgh, to go abroad for their immersion Arabic programme, may I share some related resources that I designed for our learners to help them improve their spoken skills of the Arabic dialect: eFlashcard Set (How to say Thank you in Arabic) eFlashcard Set of "Commonly-used Colloquial Words and Expressions" Hope that everyone will find the resources useful. 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URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:05 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:05 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Cairo Linguists Group has Ivan Panovic May 23rd Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Cairo Linguists Group has Ivan Panovic May 23rd -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:Madiha DOSS Subject:Cairo Linguists Group has Ivan Panovic May 23rd ????? ???????? ???????? ? ???? ?????? ??????? ? ????????? ????? ??????? ????? ??????: ????? ?? ?? ??????? ?? ??? ???? ???????.. ?????? ????? ??? ?????????? ??????? ?? ???? ?????? ?????? ?????? ????? ???????? ????? ??????? (???? ????) ?? ??? ???? ?????? ??????? ?????????? 5 ???? ??????? ??? ?????- ????? ?? ???? ??? ?? ???? - ?????? ????? ?????? ??? 5 ??????: 37744644 ??? ????? 23 ???? 2009 ?????? ??????? ????? CAIRO LINGUISTS GROUP and the Arab African Research Center are inviting you to a lecture by Ivan Panovic (Oxford University) ????? ?? ????????... or it maybe is... - preliminary reflections on language choices in Egyptian cyberspace - (abstract attached) at the headquarters of the Arab & African Research Center: 5 Hassan Barada Street, Giza, (side street off the previous address Qura Ibn Shureik Street), ground floor, Apt. 5. Tel. 37744644 Saturday, 23rd May 2009, at 6 p.m. ????? ?? ????????... ? or it maybe is... - preliminary reflections on language choices in Egyptian cyberspace - Will the Internet increase the centrifugal forces of vernacularisation in the Arab world? What is happening to contemporary written Arabic now that the advent of new information technologies brings more and more Arabic speakers into cyberspace where they can post their written contributions for others to read? How do people write when writing in a more relaxed setting, outside the official, strict rules and expectations that have been applied to written Arabic for a long time? In particular, given ?the different attitude that Egyptians have to their native speech compared with that of other Arab nations? (Holes 2004: 382), what can we learn about the contemporary (socio)linguistic condition in the Egyptian part of cyberspace when we concentrate on computer-mediated discourses and writing practices of Egyptian Internet users? The aim of this talk is to provide a critical review of relevant sociolinguistic literature which is pertinent to my research on language choices and linguistic levels in contemporary forms of on- line writing. While drawing on some examples from Egyptian blogs, forums and other forms of mixed discourses on the Internet, I wish to contextualise the current developments within a broader sociolinguistic situation in Egypt, as well as to discuss the possibilities for future research in this area. ????? ?? ?? ??????? ?? ??? ???? ???????.. ?????? ????? ??? ?????????? ??????? ?? ???? ?????? ?????? ?? ????? ???????? ?? ????? ????????? ???????? ?? ?????? ??????? ?? ???? ???? ??????? ???????? ???????? ?? ???? ???? ???????? ??????????? ??????? ???? ????? ?????? ??????? ?? ?????? ??????? ??? ???? ?????? ??? ???????? ????? ????????? ???????? ??? ?????? ???????? ??? ???? ????? ??? ?????? ?? ???? ????? ????? ?? ???????? ???????? ????????? ??????? ???? ???? ??? ??????? ???????? ??? ??? ????? ????????: ?? ????? ?? ???????? "??????? ???????? ??? ????? ??????? ???? ????? ?? ????? ??????? ??????" (???? 2004: 382)? ?? ???? ???? ?? ?????? ?? ????? ??????- ????????? ??????? ?? ???? ?????? ?????? ??? ???? ??? ???????? ????????? ??? ??????? ?????????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ?? ????????? ??? ??? ???????? ?? ????? ?????? ????? ???? ???????? ?? ??? ??? ????? ????????? ????? ????? ?????? ???? ?? ???????? ????? ?????????? ??????? ?? ????? ?????? ?? ???????? ??? ????????. ??? ??? ?????? ??? ??????? ?? ?????? ???????? ?????? ???? ?? ???????? ??????? ???????? ??? ????????? ??? ?? ???? ???? ???????? ??????? ?? ???? ?????? ?????? ????? ??????- ????????? ?? ???? ??? ??? ?? ????? ?????? ?????????? ??????? ?? ??? ????? ???????. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:11 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:11 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic at ACTFL Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic at ACTFL -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:Michael Greer Subject:Arabic at ACTFL Join the ACTFL Arabic Special Interest Group As many of you know, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) saw the formation of the Arabic Special Interest Group last fall (SIG). This was done in conjunction with the American Association of Teachers of Arabic. For several years we have been discussing ways to develop a more supportive relationship between ACTFL and the AATA. To create a working relationship is a bit difficult since the AATA meets at MESA (Middle East Studies Association) and those of us who are in K-12 foreign language education generally attend ACTFL which tends to take place at the same time in different cities! Last fall's creation of the Arabic SIG was a wonderful occasion. We elected three officers, Dr. Salah Ayari (Texas A&M), Chair, ayari-s at tamu.edu ; Dr. Shereen Tabrizi (Dearborn Public Schools), Vice-Chair, tabrizs at dearborn.k12.mi.us and Dr. Hanada Taha-Thomure (San Diego State University), Secretary,hanada at arabexpertise.com . Many of you have already received information from Hanada encouraging you to participate in ACTFL. The cost of being a member of the SIG is $5/year that you can add to your regular membership. Please join. We need to continue to make our voice heard and this is a good venue. We will have two sessions this year that will be under the auspices of theSIG and the AATA. If you have a good idea for a joint session, please contact one of the officers ASAP! This is an excellent way to increase the visibility of the Arabic field by your involvement and presentations through associations such as the SIG. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:02 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:02 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Need Lit on foreign learners of Arabic and specific topics Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Need Lit on foreign learners of Arabic and specific topics -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:jeremy.palmer at gmail.com Subject:Need Lit on foreign learners of Arabic and specific topics Hello, I am wondering if any of you know of any literature about the following issues: 1) Foreign student Arabic variety preference in different geographical locations, For example, what do foreigners in Morocco think about MSA and spoken Arabic? How about foreign students in Egypt? 2) Gender and Arabic variety preference among foreign learners of Arabic. I know there is literature on this regarding native speakers (Haeri etc.) but how about among foreign learners? 3) Age and proficiency in Arabic among foreign learners of Arabic. 4) issues related to living arrangement and study abroad in the Arabic- speaking world. I have not been very successful in finding literature addressing these topics... especially empirical research. Help would be appreciated. Perhaps these are all topics yet to be written in our field? Please contact me off the list at jeremy.palmer at gmail.com. Thank you, Jeremy Palmer -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:19 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:19 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Linguistic pre-processing for MT Final CFP Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Linguistic pre-processing for MT Final CFP -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:Priscilla Rasmussen Subject:Linguistic pre-processing for MT Final CFP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS * Workshop on Linguistic pre-processing for MT Paper submission deadline: May 8, 2009 August 30, 2009 Machine Translation Summit XII Ottawa, Ontario, Canada We invite proposals for presentation at the Workshop on Linguistic pre- processing for MT, being held in conjunction with MT Summit XII. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Input for MT varies significantly in terms of spelling, terminology, word order phenomena, dialects, and sentence types, even within the same language. With user-generated content, this variability increases enormously. MT systems, and NLP systems generally, cannot cover effectively all of this variability -- usually because they are built to deal with professionally written technical or journalistic texts. Robust and reliable systems for mapping highly variable, uncontrolled writing into more consistent, tractable, "controlled" sentences will improve MT, search, and other NLP tasks. Current approaches to this problem include manually pre-editing the input texts -- as discussed for example in the series of CLAW workshops -- and/or expanding the coverage of MT systems. One alternative approach is to pre-process or normalize the input automatically before MT. Translation of subtitles for television (Flanagan, 2006), non-fluent speech, low-quality OCR, and non-standard writing from limited-proficiency writers are only some of the application scenarios that require automatic linguistic pre-processing to improve MT output. For example, Callison-Burch (2007) showed that substitution of lexical paraphrases improved MT output. Xu & Seneff (2008) and Collins, Koehn & Kucerova (2005) re-arranged word order to improve performance of a statistical MT system. Yet another alternative approach is to produce a linguistically "enriched" input, in the form of lattices, trees, markup, etc. and allow for final interpretation later in the translation pipeline and/or with a direct feedback capability to force emergent behavior. Some approaches may even call into question the need for a strict, linear processing pipeline and may employ adaptive, iterative, or self-learning methods. Common to all of these alternatives is the strategy of deploying significant linguistic and non-linguistic knowledge before translation itself occurs. This raises many questions about which kinds of knowledge have the biggest impact on translation, which can be automated most reliably and robustly, and which are most cost effective and scalable. This workshop aims to compare and contrast some of the various techniques and approaches to these kinds of linguistic pre-processing for MT. The workshop will consist of a set of papers that will be selected by peer review. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: May 8, 2009 Notification of acceptance: June 12, 2009 Camera ready submissions: July 10, 2009 WORKSHOP TOPICS We welcome submissions about the main theme of this workshop. Specific topics include but are not limited to: * Paraphrase generation * Syntactic reordering * Lexical / Terminological substitution * Error detection and automatic correction * Processing user-generated content * Monolingual MT * Confidence scoring * Self-learning and adaptability SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Papers should not have been presented somewhere else or be under consideration for publication elsewhere, and should not identify the author(s). They should emphasize completed work rather than intended work. Each paper will be anonymously reviewed by the program committee. Papers must be submitted in PDF format to mike [at] mikedillinger [dot] com by midnight of the due date. Submissions should be in English. The papers should be attached to an email indicating contact information for the author(s) and paper?s title. Papers should not exceed 8 pages including references and tables, and should follow the formatting guidelines posted at the MT Summit web site. CONTACT INFORMATION For further information, contact the organizing committee at mike [at] mikedillinger [dot] com ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Mike Dillinger, Translation Optimization Partners (Primary Contact) PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Alon Lavie (CMU) * Farzad Ehsani (Fluential Inc) * Hassan Sawaf (Apptek) * J?rg Sch?tz (Bioloom Group) * Philipp Koehn (U Edinburgh) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 20 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Wed May 20 17:27:22 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:27:22 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:alphabet song Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Wed 20 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:alphabet song -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 20 May 2009 From:Tressy Arts Subject:alphabet song http://tv.muxlim.com/video/GFsM7fIjtFc/Arabic-Alphabet-with-No-man-from-Arabic-Open-Seasame/ Unfortunately the sound quality is rather bad, but the melody is simple enough to follow and sing along to. 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URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Mon May 25 10:17:47 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:17:47 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:AD:Almadinah Online Arabic Short Courses Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 25 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Almadinah Online Arabic Short Courses -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 May 2009 From:Adil Elshikh Subject:Almadinah Online Arabic Short Courses For more information about the Alamdinah Arabic Short course go to: http://www.mediu.edu.my/academics/centre-of-languages/short-courses.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Mon May 25 10:17:52 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:17:52 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Teacher Survey Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 25 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic Teacher Survey -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 May 2009 From:albatal at AUSTIN.UTEXAS.EDU Subject:Arabic Teacher Survey Dear Friends, MaraaHib! If you are a teacher of Arabic at the college level in the US (any academic rank, full-time, part-time, graduate students who teach their own classes), we would like to invite you to participate in a teacher survey that is part of study being conducted by Dr. Mahmoud Abdalla of Michigan State University, Ms. Dina Hosni of the University of Texas, and myself. The aim of this study is to: 1) understand the educational and linguistic background of college- level teachers of Arabic in the US. 2) Understand the programmatic contexts and conditions under which they teach. 3) Explore some of their attitudes towards the teaching and learning of Arabic. 4) Assess their professional needs. Once the survey is done, we will analyze its results and present them to the field in the form of an article dealing with teacher preparation issues in Arabic. We seek to have the largest participation possible and we hope that you will accept our invitation and participate in the survey. The survey will be anonymous and will allow all teachers to express their views freely. The survey will require about 25 minutes of your time to complete. We realize how busy you are, but we very much value your input and thank you in advance for taking the time to complete it. You can access the survey at the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=GtdumYmHzAtzUFZsI4q6pA_3d_3d If possible, we would like to have your response by June 1st and hope that you will be able to spare us some time before then to take the survey. Please feel free to forward this survey to any colleagues at your institution. Thank you again for helping us with the survey and we are looking forward to sharing the results with you soon. Mahmoud Al-Batal (on behalf of the study team) ------------------------------------------ Mahmoud Al-Batal Associate professor of Arabic Director, UT Arabic Flagship Program Director, Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) Department of Middle Eastern Studies 1 University Station, F9400 West Mall Building, 6.138 The University of Texas, Austin Austin, TX 78712-0527 Tel: (512)471-3463 Fax: (512)471-7834 ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Mon May 25 10:17:50 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:17:50 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Cairo Software Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 25 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Cairo Software Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 May 2009 From:Priscilla Rasmussen Subject:Cairo Software Job Cairo Microsoft Innovation Center Open Position: Senior Software Design Engineer Are you looking for a job where you get to be the first to incubate and productize cutting edge technology from Microsoft Research? Does addressing broad market opportunity for a region that is ripe for them excite you? Are you an accomplished software developer who would like the opportunity to pass the skills of the craft to more junior developers? If you answered yes to the above then we have the job for you. The Cairo Microsoft Innovation Center is an Applied Research, Incubation and Development group developing services which enhance the creation and consumption of content in the Arab region. The center specializes in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Translation (MT), Information Retrieval, Data Mining and Multimedia Content Processing. We incubate as well as fully develop such services into Microsoft products such as Live Search, Live Translator, Microsoft?s upcoming Education product offerings as well as Windows Mobile. CMIC offers a startup like work environment that is dynamic, flexible and is one of the most remarkable places to work for in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Primary Responsibilities: ? Work with team leadership, program management and test to deliver high quality feature work in the areas of NLP, MT and Search ? Solve day to day and assist in solving team-wide problems in achieving the ideal implementation ? Participate in feature architecture, take ownership of the design and drive implementation with junior developers ? Work in accordance to Microsoft Engineering Excellence Guidelines and other top-notch industry standard norms ? Lead by example in setting a benchmark for execution excellence, problem solving skills and meeting project deadlines ? Evangelize team knowledge and externally represent the team via excellent presentation skills Requirements: We are looking for a strong senior developer with interest/experience in the areas of NLP, MT and Search. The successful candidate should demonstrate excellent architecture and design aptitude and a solid track-record of shipping world class products. The candidate should be disciplined, self-motivated, have a passion for technology, be a strong communicator and a team-player. Proven track record of playing a significant role in major software projects is a must. ? B.Sc. degree in computer science or computer engineering (M.Sc. preferred) ? 7+ years of significant product development work using C++, C# and/or Java ? Demonstrable solid architecture, design and problem solving skills ? Proven track record of shipping multiple software releases ? Solid communication, presentation, influence and leadership skills ? Experience in NLP, MT, Information Retrieval is a plus Relocation is available for this role. If interested, please send your resume to chahm at microsoft.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 May 2009 From dil at BYU.EDU Mon May 25 10:17:55 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:17:55 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Maltese Linguistics Conf Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 25 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Maltese Linguistics Conf -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 May 2009 From:reposted from LINGUIST Subject:Maltese Linguistics Conf Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 15:05:26 From: Susanne Schuster [suschu at uni-bremen.de] Subject: 2nd International Conference of Maltese Linguistics Full Title: 2nd International Conference of Maltese Linguistics Date: 19-Oct-2009 - 21-Oct-2009 Location: Bremen, Germany Contact Person: Thomas Stolz Meeting Email: ghaqda at uni-bremen.de Web Site: http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/maltese/ Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Subject Language(s): Maltese (mlt) Call Deadline: 05-Jun-2009 Meeting Description: The International Association of Maltese Linguistics (G?aqda Internazzjonali tal-Lingwistika Maltija) is pleased to announce the 2nd International Conference of Maltese Linguistics. This year's topic will be: "Variation and Change: The Dynamics of Maltese in Space, Time and Society." The conference will be hosted by the University of Bremen/Germany, where linguistic research on Maltese and languages of the Mediterranean has had a long tradition. The conference is organised by the Institute of General and Applied Linguistics (IAAS) of the University of Bremen. Papers on all aspects related to the topic ''Variation and Change: The Dynamics of Maltese in Space, Time and Society'' are welcome. The conference language is English. Abstract guidelines: Abstracts should be 1 page DIN A4 (approx) and they should be send by email to ghaqda at uni-bremen.de. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is June 5, 2009. A volume with the proceedings of the conference will be published. We are looking forward to seeing you in Bremen! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 May 2009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dil at BYU.EDU Mon May 25 10:17:49 2009 From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:17:49 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Alphabet Song Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 25 May 2009 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Alphabet Song 2) Subject:Alphabet Song 3) Subject:Alphabet Song -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 May 2009 From:Zeina Schlenoff Subject:Alphabet Song This website has a good alphabet song: http://www.funwitharabic.com/song.htm Best, Zeina -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Date: 25 May 2009 From:hanan elsherif Subject:Alphabet Song Marhaba you might find this one intereting as well http://www.funwitharabic.com/song.htm my students really enjoyed it Salams hanan Elsherif -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Date: 25 May 2009 From:Hamdi Yasin Subject:Alphabet Song Here is one , you can also use youtube to find related videos. If you want to convert any video on youtube into mp3 or any other format vid or audio use "Next video Convertor" which is a freeware. Here is the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1keoIbZmHs0 Salaam Hamdi Yasin English & FL Dept., Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL YASIN at SXU.EDU 630-865-7909 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 May 2009