<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">------------</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Arabic-L: Thu 02 Oct 2014</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <</span><a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">></span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">[To post messages to the list, send them to </span><a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">arabic-l@byu.edu</a><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">]</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">listserv@byu.edu</a><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> with first line reading:</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">           unsubscribe arabic-l                                      ]</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">-------------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Directory---------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">---------------</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1) Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Needs Info on Arabic Writing Proficiency Tests</font><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">-------------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Messages----------------------</span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">-------------</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1)</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Date: </span><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">02 Oct 2014</span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">Nesrine Basheer <<a href="mailto:n.basheer@gmail.com" target="_blank">n.basheer@gmail.com</a>></span><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Needs Info on Arabic Writing Proficiency Tests</font><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">Dear colleagues,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">I am working on the assessment of Arabic writing proficiency and need:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">   - a list of all Arabic writing proficiency tests - past, currently in</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">   use, or under development (I only know of the ACTFL Writing Proficiency</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">   Test (WPT))</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">   - any published books, articles, or reports on Arabic writing</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">   assessment, and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">   - any validity studies of any Arabic writing proficiency test</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">Alf shukr,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">Nesrine Basheer</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">_______________</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">PhD Candidate, Arabic Linguistics</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">The Department of Middle Eastern Studies</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">The University of Texas at Austin</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><br style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-size:13.3333339691162px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: <span style="font-size:13.3333339691162px">02 Oct 2014</span></div></div>