<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Thu 24 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/Classroad at U of Maryland<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 24 Feb 2011<br>From: "<a href="mailto:Startalk@Classroad.com">Startalk@Classroad.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:startalk@classroad.com">startalk@classroad.com</a>><br>Subject: Startalk/Classroad at U of Maryland<br><br><div><br></div><div>For the fifth consecutive year, the Center for the Languages, Arts and Societies of the Silk Road (CLASSRoad), is offering Summer STARTALK workshops. This is funded by The National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland.</div><div> </div><div>CLASSRoad is a pioneer in online professional development workshops focusing on Arabic teacher training.</div><div> </div><div>This year’s grant will focus on “Integration of Assessment in Lesson Planning for Arabic Teaching”. lesson planning is only truly complete and effective when appropriate assessment methods are considered and implemented for each teaching component.</div><div> </div><div>ONLINE Part 1 - (April 25 - May 13, 2011)</div><div> </div><div>This is a self paced online module consisting of videos & quizzes that introduce various instructional strategies and methodologies about teaching Arabic as a foreign language. This is a prerequisite workshop to the Online Part 2.</div><div> </div><div>ONLINE Part 2 - (May 16 - June 3, 2011)</div><div> </div><div>This will present various material and presentations by experts in the field of Arabic teaching who will be sharing the best practices in Integration of Assessment in Lesson Planning for Arabic Teaching. Our online master teacher and academic director for this part is Dr. Dany Doueiri from California State University, San Bernardino.</div><div> </div><div>ONSITE Part 3 - (August I - August 6, 2011)</div><div> </div><div>Twenty participants from the online workshop will be invited to California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) to participate in the third part of the program conducted by Dr. Muhammad Eissa from University of Chicago.</div><div> </div><div>Practice teaching in a real-time class room environment of Arabic language students</div><div>Generous Stipend ($300/person) plus FREE accommodations & food</div><div>University and Service Learning CREDIT available from CSUSB</div><div> </div><div>Register online today!!!</div><div><a href="http://classroad.com/startalk/">http://classroad.com/startalk/</a></div><div> </div><div>For more information please call or email</div><div>Phone: (310) 845-6149</div><div>Email:startalk@classroad.com</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 24 Feb 2011</body></html>