<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Wed 16 Apr 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</a>]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> unsubscribe arabic-l ]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Directory------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1) Subject:Survey for recent Study Abroad Participants</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 16 Apr 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:Aja Ishmael <<a href="mailto:aqi@georgetown.edu">aqi@georgetown.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:Survey for recent Study Abroad Participants</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">Greetings colleagues!<br><br>My name is Aja Ishmael, and I am a PhD student in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University and a first-time poster to this list. I am currently working on a paper with two of my colleagues that deals with Arabic second language acquisition in a study abroad context, and it is this project that has brought me out of lurk mode and encouraged me to post an e-mail asking for your help.<br><br>My colleagues and I are hoping to collect a variety of information about Arabic study abroad experiences for our paper. To do so, we have created an electronic survey, which can be found at the link listed below. If you, or if any of your students or colleagues or anyone else you know has studied Arabic abroad in the recent past-- i.e., finished studying abroad in 2005 or later-- would you be so kind as to help us out by completing the survey or passing it along? Participants do NOT have to be university students-- any adult who has studied Arabic abroad since 2005 can fill out the survey.<br><br>As I am sure you know, this is a relatively new area of research. We are hoping to get a rather large response rate, covering student experiences in as many different programs in as many different countries as possible. We can only do this with your help-- so please know that any assistance you are able to provide will be greatly appreciated.<br><br>The link can be found here:<br><br><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=hVWzZDtfAQhRFRpZwaujFQ_3d_3d">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=hVWzZDtfAQhRFRpZwaujFQ_3d_3d</a><br><br>(If it doesn't work, please copy and paste it into your browser.)<br><br>Thank you in advance for your time and help!<br><br>Alf shukr!<br><br>Aja Q. Ishmael<br>Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies<br>Poulton Hall North, Second Floor<br>Georgetown University<br>1437 37th St., N.W.<br>Box 571046<br>Washington, D.C. 20007<br><br><a href="mailto:aqi@georgetown.edu">aqi@georgetown.edu</a><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 16 Apr 2008</div></div></div></div></body></html>