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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-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">08 Oct 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 (forwarding AATA message)</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">AATA Meeting and Panel at MESA</font><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size:13px">Dear Colleague:<br><br></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="font-size:13px">I look forward to seeing you at the 2013 American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA) Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will take place next week, on <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Thursday, 10 October</span></span> in New Orleans. <br>
<br>The AATA Panel, "Content Based Instruction in the Arabic Language Classroom" is <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">1.00 - 3.30 p.m.</span></span> The panel line-up is as follows:<br><br>Brahim Chakrani, Michigan State University, "Challenges to Teaching Writing in Advanced Arabic Courses"<br>
Laila H. Familiar, University of Texas at Austin, "Approaches to Teaching Literature in a Content-Based Model"<br>Muhammad Habib, Duke University, "New Approaches to Content-Based Learning: Teaching Media Arabic in a Flipped Classroom"<br>
Mouna Mana-Hannouchi, National Foreign Language Center, "Pedagogical Needs of Arabic Teachers in Implementing Content-Based Instruction"<br><br>The AATA Business Meeting, when the Lifetime Achievement Award will be made to Professor Emeritus Farhat Ziadeh, University of Washington, is <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">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!</font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"></span><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap">
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Elizabeth M. Bergman, Ph.D.
Executive Director
American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA)
3416 Primm Lane
Birmingham, Alabama 35216 USA
Phone 205-822-6800
Fax 205-823-2760</font>
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