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1)<br>Date: 26 Apr 2013<br>From:<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"> </span><span name="Maggie Nassif" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Maggie Nassif</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"><<a href="mailto:mnnassif@byu.edu" target="_blank">mnnassif@byu.edu</a>></span><br>
Subject:Arabic Without Walls Workshop at Georgetown<br><br><div>Bring Arabic to your students!</div><div><br></div><div>Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies</div><div>April 17, 2013</div><div> </div>
<div>Dear colleagues:</div><div> </div><div>I am pleased to invite you to an information session about bringing Arabic language opportunities to your school. All middle and high school teachers—including those who teach social studies, world history, world languages, Arabic language, and literature—and school administrators, media specialists, and counselors are welcome to attend. I am delighted that Kirk Belnap and Maggie N. Nassif, Director and Administrative Director, respectively, of the National Middle East Language Resource Center at Brigham Young University, will be our featured presenters on "Arabic Without Walls." Please see the announcement below for additional information.</div>
<div> </div><div>The session will take place on the Georgetown University campus on Thursday, May 9, 2013, from 3:45 pm to 5:45 pm; Arabic language teachers are invited to stay an extra hour for information more tailored to Arabic teaching, followed by a light dinner. The agenda will be as follows:</div>
<div> </div><div>3:45-4:00 -- Registration</div><div>4:00-5:30 – Informational program, Arabic Without Walls</div><div>5:30-5:45 – Refreshments; adjournment of non-Arabic-language teachers</div><div>5:45-6:45 -- Special session for Arabic teachers</div>
<div>6:45-7:30 -- Working dinner for presenters and Arabic teachers; adjournment</div><div> </div><div>Please read the description below and, if you are interested in registering for this session, fill out the form and return it to me by Monday, May 6. All registrants will be accepted, but only Arabic teachers will be allowed to attend the special session (5:45-6:45 pm) for Arabic teachers. I will send out additional information to everyone about parking and directions on Tuesday, May 7th.</div>
<div> </div><div>With best regards,</div><div> </div><div>Zeina</div><div> </div><div>Zeina Azzam</div><div>Director of Educational Outreach</div><div>Center for Contemporary Arab Studies</div><div>Georgetown University</div>
<div>__________________</div><div> </div><div>ARABIC WITHOUT WALLS</div><div>An information session on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Georgetown University</div><div> </div><div>The National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC) is pursuing a project to help middle schools and high schools introduce Arabic or grow their existing Arabic programs through offering online Arabic courses. Students can learn Arabic online through a hybrid approach where they can work at their own pace and also interact with an online tutor as well as a cohort of other students to create a virtual learning community. A grant from Qatar Foundation International offers scholarships to students who qualify for aid to cover the tuition and cost of books. The course may be taken for credit through Brigham Young University (pending the student's school approval). For full information about the course, please visit:</div>
<div><a href="http://nmelrc.org/how-register-arabic-without-walls-0" target="_blank">http://nmelrc.org/how-register-arabic-without-walls-0</a></div><div> </div><div>This session at Georgetown will include information for teachers, school administrators, and counselors on the following:</div>
<div>1- An introduction to research done on learning foreign languages.</div><div>2- An overview of the online Arabic language course and the scholarships; currently, students in 28 states participate in Arabic Without Walls.</div>
<div>3- Success Stories: examples of students who are alumni of the program.</div><div>4- Career opportunities for students who learn a Critical Language.</div><div>5- An additional hour-long session for Arabic teachers during which the presenters will share their experience in building the Utah Arabic K12 model. Through collaboration with the Utah State Office of Education, the Governor's Office, and the Utah Foreign Language Association, they were able to certify 5 Arabic teachers and offer Arabic at 11 schools in Utah. They will share Best Practices and resources and explore possibilities for future collaboration.</div>
<div>_____________________</div><div> </div><div>Registration Form for the information session on:</div><div>ARABIC WITHOUT WALLS</div><div> </div><div>Sponsored by Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and National Resource Center for the Middle East and North Africa</div>
<div> </div><div>Thursday, May 9, 2013</div><div>3:45 pm to 7:30 pm (registration 3:45-4:00; session 4:00-5:45; special session for Arabic teachers 5:45-6:45; light dinner for presenters and Arabic teachers 6:45-7:30)</div>
<div> </div><div>Your name:</div><div> </div><div>Title and department:</div><div> </div><div>School or office name:</div><div> </div><div>School or office address:</div><div> </div><div>Telephone:</div><div>Fax:</div><div>
</div><div>Email address (please include!):</div><div> </div><div>City, county, and state where you are a teacher:</div><div> </div><div>What grade(s) do you teach?</div><div> </div><div>If you are an Arabic language teacher, will you be staying for dinner? ___Yes ___No</div>
<div> </div><div>Comments or questions (optional):</div><div> </div><div>E-mail or fax this form to Zeina at <a href="mailto:seikalyz@georgetown.edu" target="_blank">seikalyz@georgetown.edu</a> or fax no. <a href="tel:202-687-7001" value="+12026877001" target="_blank">202-687-7001</a>. You can also print and mail it to:</div>
<div> </div><div>Zeina Azzam</div><div>CCAS—241 ICC</div><div>Georgetown University</div><div>Washington, DC 20057-1020</div><div> </div><div>Registration deadline: Monday, May 6, 2013 (but if possible, please send your form in before then—thank you). On May 7, all registrants will receive, by e-mail, additional information for attending the May 9th program.</div>
<div> </div><div>Fees: There are no fees associated with attending this program.</div><div> </div><div>Note: All registrants will be accepted, but only Arabic teachers will be allowed to attend the special session (5:45-6:45 pm) for Arabic teachers, followed by a light dinner.</div>
<div> </div><div>Questions: Please contact Zeina Azzam at <a href="mailto:seikalyz@georgetown.edu" target="_blank">seikalyz@georgetown.edu</a> or <a href="tel:202-687-6176" value="+12026876176" target="_blank">202-687-6176</a>.</div>
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