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Date: 01 May 2012
From:nclrc at gwu.edu
Subject:GWU Arabic Teacher Training STARTALK 2012

GWU Arabic Teacher Training STARTALK Program 2012

CPED 6551
Second Language Instruction for Arabic Teachers:
The Essentials

3 Graduate Credit Hours ⋅ June 4 – 29, 2012
Course Instructors:  Anna Uhl Chamot, Wafa Hassan, and Nada Salem


COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a course on methods of teaching foreign/second languages. It
is part of GWU’s NCATE-accredited program in preparing foreign
language teachers and is a required course in the certification
sequence. The course is a blended learning program, which includes:

•    An online section, 15 class hours: June 4 – 22;
•    An on-campus residential workshop at GWU, 35 class hours: June 25 – 29.

COURSE GOALS
The course addresses the National Council on Accreditation of Teacher
Education (NCATE)/American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages (ACTFL) Standards for Foreign Language Teacher Education
Programs by providing Arabic teacher candidates with:

•    An understanding of the development of foreign language teaching
methodology;
•    Theory on second language learning and teaching and how it
applies to Arabic instruction;
•    Practice with instructional approaches and Arabic materials; and
•    Practice in using and interpreting assessment of student progress.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
1.    Identify and discuss theoretical principles and research in
foreign language pedagogy
2.    Analyze and apply current issues in language instruction as they
apply to learning Arabic
3.    Identify the characteristics and needs of diverse foreign
language learners
4.    Develop a standards-based instructional unit in Arabic
5.    Practice planning and microteaching communicative Arabic lessons
6.    Model, present, and critique instructional methods

HOW TO APPLY
Participants earn 3 graduate credits upon completion, and will be
required to pay $300 towards tuition. For more information on how to
apply for this program, contact Nada Salem (nsalem at gwu.edu) or Anup P.
Mahajan, Executive Director of the National Capital Language Resource
Center, at amahajan at gwu.edu

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