<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="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="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: Fri 20 Mar 2009</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:Past Arabic Study Abroad Students: Complimentary Book</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: 20 Mar 2009</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:<a href="mailto:jeremy.palmer@gmail.com">jeremy.palmer@gmail.com</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:Past Arabic Study Abroad Students: Complimentary Book</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; ">Did you study Arabic in the Arabic-speaking world in the past 3 years?<br><br>My name is Jeremy Palmer. I am a Ph.D. student in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) at the University of Arizona. I am conducting research about cultural integration, language proficiency and other issues in a study abroad context. I am looking for people who have been on a study abroad program anywhere in the Arabic-speaking world within the past 3 years to complete one online survey about their experiences in their host country. If you were in Egypt, Jordan, or Syria, there is also a short online/emailed speech acts assessment (kind of like a dialect language test - it's short).<br><br>In return I am offering a complimentary parallel text Arabic/English book from Al-Ghazali. I can only send this book to addresses in the United States. <br><br>This book is a parallel English-Arabic text called The Incoherence of the Philosophers from Al-Ghazali. From <a href="http://byubookstore.com/">byubookstore.com</a>: “The Incoherence of the Philosophers ranks among the most important works of one of the most fascinating thinkers in the history of Islam.”<br><br>I am only able to offer this complimentary book to the next 24 participants who complete all the research. <br><br><br>If you are interested in participating, please email me. I will then send you links to the online research instruments.<br><br>Length: about 45 – 60 minutes. <br><br>Why might you be interested?<br><br>You will get a complimentary Arabic/English book if you meet the above criteria, complete the research, and you have an address in the United States. Moreover, participating in this research may help Arabic language teachers and learners improve their understanding of issues related to cultural integration and language proficiency (and other issues). Reflecting on your language and cultural experience may be a beneficial exercise. For those who were in Egypt, Jordan, or Syria, the speech acts assessment may help improve your spoken Arabic.<br><br>If you are interested in participating, please email me at <a href="mailto:jeremy.palmer@gmail.com">jeremy.palmer@gmail.com</a><br><br>Thank you,<br><br>Jeremy Palmer<br><a href="mailto:jeremy.palmer@gmail.com">jeremy.palmer@gmail.com</a><br><br>-- <br>Jeremy Palmer<br><a href="http://www.u.arizona.edu/~jpalmer1/index.htm">http://www.u.arizona.edu/~jpalmer1/index.htm</a><br>Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT)<br>Ph.D. Candidate/ABD<br>University of Arizona</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: 20 Mar 2009</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>