<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Fri 18 Feb 2011<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l@byu.edu]<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: STARTALK Teacher Development Program-Boston<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 18 Feb 2011<br>From: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "><a href="mailto:khoury.giselle@gmail.com">khoury.giselle@gmail.com</a></span><br>Subject: STARTALK Teacher Development Program-Boston<br><br><div>The Academy for Arabic Teachers</div><div> </div><div>STARTALK Arabic Teacher Professional Development Program</div><div>Summer 2011</div><div><br></div><div>The Academy for Arabic Teachers is an intensive and comprehensive Arabic 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. The Academy is funded by the highly acclaimed STARTALK program.</div><div><br></div><div>Program Dates:</div><div><br></div><div>May 15- June 10 (online coursework & 2 weeks in Boston: May 30- June 10)</div><div><br></div><div>Stipend:</div><div><br></div><div>Participants will be awarded a $500 stipend.</div><div><br></div><div>Eligibility:</div><div><br></div><div>· Current or prospective Arabic teachers</div><div><br></div><div>· Native, near-native, or advanced proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic</div><div><br></div><div>· A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required</div><div><br></div><div>· US citizenship or permanent residency</div><div><br></div><div>Application deadline: April 20, 2011</div><div><br></div><div>Admission is competitive and seats are limited; early application is encouraged.</div><div><br></div><div>For additional information or to download the application form visit <a href="http://www.bu.edu/aat">www.bu.edu/aat</a> or contact the Program Assistant Director, Amani Abu Shakra, at <a href="mailto:amani@bu.edu">amani@bu.edu</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div><br></div><div>Giselle Khoury, PhD</div><div>Head, Arabic Language Program</div><div>Coordinator, Project GO-BU</div><div>Director, The Academy for Arabic Teachers</div><div>Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature</div><div>Boston University </div><div>718 Commonwealth Avenue</div><div>' 617-358-5852 7 617-353-6246 * <a href="mailto:giselle@bu.edu">giselle@bu.edu</a> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 18 Feb 2011</body></html>