<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Fri 06 Feb 2009<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to <a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</a>]<br>[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to<br><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:<br> unsubscribe arabic-l ]<br><br>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------<br><br>1) Subject:ACTFL seeking help with Proficiency Guidelines<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 06 Feb 2009<br>From:Mahmoud Al-Batal <<a href="mailto:albatal@AUSTIN.UTEXAS.EDU">albatal@AUSTIN.UTEXAS.EDU</a>><div>Subject:ACTFL seeking help with Proficiency Guidelines<br><br><div>Dear Arabic language educator,</div><div><br></div><div>ACTFL is currently collaborating with a number of Arabic Flagship Programs to build consensus regarding:</div><div><br></div><div>1) The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines as they apply to Arabic, and</div><div>2) The testing of spoken Arabic using the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI).</div><div><br></div><div>The results of the consensus building will serve to inform the 2010 revision of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines and help develop explanatory notes for Arabic. These notes will accompany the ACTFL Generic Guidelines and contribute to future OPI tester training in Arabic. In order to gain input from the field at large, a survey that addresses several proposed points of consensus has been designed and posted online for your comment.</div><div><br></div><div>I am writing at this time to ask you to contribute to this effort by responding to our short survey, the results of which will be presented and discussed at a national meeting in April. Your input will be of great value to us and we would be appreciative if you could complete the survey by Feb. 25, 2009.</div><div><br></div><div>To begin the survey, please click on the web link below. It will direct you to the Survey Monkey website, where the points of consensus are posted. You may respond to each statement by selecting a degree of agreement on a scale from 5 (strongly agree) to 1 (strongly disagree). You can also write comments in the text box following each statement. Comments need not be extensive, and bulleted comments are fine. The survey site is:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xj9l5CeOAzr0of_2f6uk2AjA_3d_3d">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xj9l5CeOAzr0of_2f6uk2AjA_3d_3d</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your interest in ACTFL, the Arabic Flagship Programs, and Arabic language education and assessment.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dr. Elvira Swender, Director</div><div>ACTFL Professional Programs</div><div>3 Barker Avenue - Suite 300</div><div>White Plains, NY 10601</div><div>Tel: (914) 963.8830 Ext. 238</div><div>Fax: (914) 963.1275</div><div>Email: eswender@actfl.org<<a href="mailto:eswender@actfl.org">mailto:eswender@actfl.org</a>></div><div><br></div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 06 Feb 2009</div></body></html>