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1)<br>Date: 23 Nov 2012<br>From:<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Haroon Shirwani <<a href="mailto:arabictutor@hotmail.com" target="_blank">arabictutor@hotmail.com</a>></span><br>
Subject:<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Arabic speakers needed for interviews to be uploaded onto language-learning website</span><br>
<br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Do you speak Arabic?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Do you live in London (UK), or are you able to come over?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Would you like to contribute to a great project that will help students everywhere improve their Arabic skills?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Would you be willing to take part in some interviews that could then be</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">used to as resources to help teachers and learners of Arabic?</span><br><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">If so, please let me know. Details as follows:</span><br>
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">1. This is for the great new language-learning website:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><a href="http://www.thisislanguage.com/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px" target="_blank">www.thisislanguage.com</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">2. It provides lots of nice short clips (about 1 minute) of native</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">speakers talking about different topics, covering all the usual</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">vocabulary topics in language examinations.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">3. It also provides full transcripts.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">4. Not only that but, at the click of a button, you can turn each transcript into a handy gap-fill exercise.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">5. So far, it is available in French, Spanish and German.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">6. I have used it in my French and Spanish classes and it has been amazing.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">7. The best thing is that this is real people talking about their real</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">lives. This is exactly what our teaching is supposed to lead up to, this</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> is what we would like our students to be able to understand, and here</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">it is, directly available in our classrooms.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">8. At first, the students find the speed at which native speakers talk</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">rather a challenge. But that's got to happen sooner or later; and the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">sooner, the better. After listening to a few clips, they become</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">accustomed to the speed and their comprehension skills</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> reallly improve.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">9. Textbooks are great but they (necessarily) lack the real life element</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> which makes language learning such a joy. This provides that real life</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">element, in a nice, bite-size format, organised by topic, and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">accompanied by exercises.</span><br>
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">The owners of the website are considering having an Arabic section of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">the website and would like to find out if there are any Arabic speakers</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">available to take part. Interviews would be conducted in the speaker's</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">dialect and also in Standard Arabic, so as to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> provide resources for all types of learners.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">It's great that they are interested in Arabic, and we now need to show</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">them that Arabic-speakers are keen to help those who want to learn their</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> beautiful language, so please let me know if you would be interested in</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> taking part.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Salam,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Haroon</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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