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<div>1)</div><div>Date: 05 Mar 2012</div><div>From:Kirk Belnap <<a href="mailto:belnap@byu.edu">belnap@byu.edu</a>></div><div>Subject:AATA Call for Papers, 50th Anniversary</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA) invites members and other professionals in the field of teaching Arabic to submit proposals to celebrate AATA's 50th anniversary. The panel will take place in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) on 17 November 2012 in Denver. </span><br style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The theme of the panel is "AATA's 50th Anniversary: The State of the Art." Presentations will reflect critically and broadly on current research and practices in the field as a whole. </span><br style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Possible topics include but need not be confined to some specific aspect of the following:</span><br style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Teaching and assessing Arabic language (MSA, spoken Arabic, and specific modalities)</span><br style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Teaching and assessing Arabic literature (classical and modern literary texts and texts in other formats)</span><br style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Teaching and assessing Arabic cultural literacy</span><br style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Acquisition of Arabic as a second, foreign, or heritage language</span><br style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please send your proposal to Rajaa Aquil <<a href="mailto:rajaa.aquil@modlangs.gatech.edu">rajaa.aquil@modlangs.gatech.edu</a>> by April 1. Your proposal should include a description of your findings in 250 words or less. Notification of acceptance will be sent by April 15.</span></div>
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