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<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1)</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Date: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px">04 Sep 2013</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">From: moderator</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Subject: AATA messages</span><div>
<br></div><div>I am copying below a series of messages recently received from the AATA secretariat in case any of you did not receive them.</div><div>dil</div><div><br></div><div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px">Dear Colleague:<br>
</font><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">The American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA) calls for papers for presentation at the Association's Panel in conjunction with the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span>10 October 2013</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">.</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">The theme of this year’s panel is “Content Based Instruction in the Arabic Language Classroom.” Papers are invited on topics that deal with theoretical or application issues of content-based instruction (teaching a given subject matter in the target language).</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">These would include any of the following: conceptual design, feasibility, timing, student and program needs, modes of delivery (print, electronic, video, blended, etc.), methods of implementation (classroom vs. outside of classroom lessons , peer evaluation, flip or reverse teaching, and the like), etc. </span><u style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"></u><u style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"></u><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">Persons interested in presenting papers on any of these or related issues are requested to submit an abstract not to exceed 300-400 words. Twenty minutes will be allowed for each presentation followed by ten minutes for questions and answers.</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> </span><u style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"></u><u style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"></u><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"></span><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;line-height:26.666667938232422px">
Please send abstracts in electronic form (attached to an email addressed to <a href="mailto:admin@aataweb.org" target="_blank">admin@aataweb.org</a>). The deadline for receipt of abstracts is <span><span>13 September 2013</span></span>.<br>
</p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px;line-height:26.666667938232422px">We look forward to receiving your submission,<br><br><u></u><u></u></p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Elizabeth M. Bergman, Ph.D. </span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Executive Director </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">American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA) </span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">3416 Primm Lane Birmingham, Alabama 35216 USA</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> Phone 205-822-6800 Fax 205-823-2760</span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px">Dear Colleague,<br>
<br>I look forward to seeing you at the 2013 American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA) Annual Meeting. <br><br>The Annual Meeting will take place this year on <span><span>Thursday, 10 October</span></span> in New Orleans. The AATA Panel, "Content Based Instruction in the Arabic Language Classroom" is <span><span>1.00 - 3.30 p.m.</span></span> The AATA Business Meeting, when the Lifetime Achievement Award will be made to Professor Farhat Ziadeh, University of Washington, is <span><span>3.30 - 4.30 p.m.</span></span> Both events will take place in the Nottoway Room of the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel.<br>
<br>Please remember that AATA events are free and open to the public. If you plan to attend other events at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting, you must register. For registration information, please see: <a href="http://mesa.arizona.edu/annual-meeting/registration.html" target="_blank">http://mesa.arizona.edu/annual-meeting/registration.html</a>.<br>
<br>Finally, if you should misplace this message, you can find the details on the MESA website and in the printed program. AATA events appear on the "Meetings in Conjunction" page.<br><br>See you in New Orleans!<br>
</font><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Elizabeth M. Bergman, Ph.D. </span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Executive Director </span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
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