Arabic-L:PEDA:Seminar on Teaching/Learning Arabic K-12 and on

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1) Subject:Seminar on Teaching/Learning Arabic K-12 and on

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Date: 08 Aug 2006
From:Kassem Wahba <kmw43 at georgetown.edu>
Subject:Seminar on Teaching/Learning Arabic K-12 and on

[moderator's note: I can't find the date of this seminar anywhere on  
the announcement.  Maybe Kassem can send an addendum giving us the  
date.]

Arabic Language Workshop and Seminar Series

Towards Excellence in Arabic Language Programs

Teaching/Learning Arabic Language in K-12 and Post-Secondary Education

Critical issues and Future Directions

A One-Day Workshop given by the Department of Arabic and Islamic  
Studies, Georgetown University

Developments in recent times have changed the role and status of  
Arabic language teaching and learning in the United States. The  
dramatic increase of interest for learning Arabic combined with the  
varying needs of the learners has created new challenges for most  
Arabic programs. The situation has posed many pressing issues for  
teaching/learning Arabic at both K-12 and post-secondary levels:

1)   The demand for establishing new Arabic programs that meet the  
needs of the learners and the requirements of American education,  
especially at K-16 levels.

2)   The need for existing Arabic programs to define and deliver high- 
quality Arabic instruction, and to design new plans in order to adapt  
to changing demands and needs of new learners at both K-12 and post- 
secondary levels.

3)   The need for programs that provide Arabic teacher education in  
terms of preparation, training, and professional development.

It has become clear that the role of Arabic language teaching and  
learning and the demands for high quality language programs will not  
only be pressing issues for the next 10 years, but will continue to  
be important in subsequent decades as well. Thus, the need to explore  
key issues and create plans for future has become imperative.

Towards this end, we propose to convene at a one-day seminar to  
examine some central issues facing Arabic language teaching/learning  
and to explore recommendations for tackling these issues. This first  
seminar is meant to be a brainstorming session involving key figures  
in the field. It will be followed by a series of seminars/workshops  
that investigate these issues in greater detail. The main questions  
addressed in this seminar will be:

1)   What are the central concerns that must be addressed in terms of  
present Arabic language teaching demands?

2)   What can be done in response to these concerns?

The seminar will be for one day only. It will focus on K-12 and post- 
secondary including those at community college and university levels.  
Presenters are invited to participate in all sessions. While each  
presenter will present in only one session, participation in the  
other sessions is encouraged and appreciated.  The audience will be  
by invitation only.

Themes to be discussed are as follows:

1- Background Issues and Questions:

          a) K-12 Arabic language education in the U.S.: An

Overview

2- What Arabic to teach?

a) Is it ESA, MSA or Fu%Sha or what?

b) Hybrid Arabic

          3- Language Program Design K-16
a) The Arabic Learning Standards: Next Steps and

     Challenges

b) Flagship Program K-16 Goals: Problems & Issues Faced

     at Michigan State University

          4- Teacher Education/Training
a) Profile of K-12 Arabic language teachers’ Needs

b) Teacher education: University teachers’ Needs

Moderators

Kassem M. Wahba

Hana Zabarah

For contact for this seminar

Kassem Wahba
kmw43 at georgetown.edu
Hanaa Zabarah
Hana Zabarah
zabarahh at georgetown.edu
Sarah Monsell
sem73 at georgetown.edu
Dept. of Arabic and Islamic Studies
tel. 202-687-5743
fax. 202-687-2408
Box 571046
Intercultural Center 306
Washington, DC 20057

Seminar Program

8:30         Registration
8:45 Welcome: Ahmad Dallal Chair, Arabic and Islamic Studies

Session/Time
Topic
Speaker
First Session
Background Issues
Chair: Amin Bonnah
Georgetown University
9:00
K-12 Arabic language education in the U.S.: An Overview
Dora Johnson
Center of Applied Linguistics, Washington, D.C.

9:30                           Tea Break

Time
Topic
Speaker
Second Session
Goals and Choices: What Arabic to teach?
Chair: David Mehall University of Maryland: CASL, SAIC
9:45
Is it ESA, MSA or Fusha or What?
Karin Ryding
Georgetown University
10:15
Hybrid Arabic
Waheed Samy
University of Michigan
10:45
Discussion
David Wilmsen
Kassem Wahba
Georgetown University

12:00  Lunch Time

Time
Topic
Speaker
Third Session
Arabic Program Design K-16
Chair: Belkacem Baccouche
1:00
The Arabic Learning Standards: Next Steps and Challenges
Mahdi Alosh
Ohio State University formerly and West Point currently
1:30
Flagship Program K-16 Goals: Problems & Issues Faced at Michigan  
State University
Margo Glew
Michigan State University

2:00                            Tea Break

Time
Topic
Speaker
Fourth Session
Teacher Education/
Training
Chair: Zeina Azzam Seikaly
Georgetown University
Georgetown University
2:15
Profile of K-12 Arabic language teachers’ Needs
Mahmoud Al-Batal
University of Austin
2:45
Planning Ahead: Arabic Language Teacher Education - A Global  
Perspective"
Liz England
Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA
3:15
Discussion
Jerry Lampe
The National Foreign Language Center-University of Maryland
4:30
Conclusion and Recommendations
Kassem Wahba
Hana Zabarah
Gergana Atanassova

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