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1) Subject:Conference on Government Arabic Programs

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Date: 30 Sep 2008
From:"Asst Prof Clarissa C Burt " <burt at usna.edu>
Subject:Conference on Government Arabic Programs

Call for Papers

Arabic Language and Culture Studies
Toward Greater Expertise

A Conference on and for Arabic Programs
in US Military Academies and Government Institutes:

February 19-21, 2009

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Colleagues,

We invite submissions of paper abstracts for a conference on U.S.  
Government Arabic Programs to be held at the U.S. Naval Academy  
February 19-21, 2009.  The central topics of the conference are:

•Impediments to the teaching and learning of Arabic
•Assessment of Arabic students, classes and programs
•Creative responses to the DOD framework for regional and cultural  
expertise

In addition to these topics, we invite student demonstrations of  
Arabic skills and presentations of other academic and linguistic  
products by students of U.S. Government Arabic Studies programs.   
Please refer to the attachment below for detailed descriptions of  
conference topics and outlines for student participation.

Please send proposal forms, including paper abstracts (approx. 200  
words) and proposals for student demonstrations by October 25th, 2008  
to:

Conference on Arabic Toward Greater Expertise
Clarissa Burt
c/o Language and Culture Studies Department
U.S. Naval Academy
589 McNair Rd.  Stop 10-C
Annapolis, MD 21402

410 293 6353 wk
410 293 2729 fax

Or email burt at usna.edu

Notifications of proposal acceptances will be sent by November 30th,  
2008.

Please indicate in your proposal the language (Arabic or English) in  
which you intend to deliver your paper.   We wish to encourage the use  
of Arabic in this conference to the furthest possible extent, but  
proposals for presentations in English are most welcome.

Student presenters from USAFA and USMC may be housed at USNA.  Other  
participants requiring housing will be able to book hotel rooms within  
walking distance of the Naval Academy.  There may be funds to help  
defray some of the travel costs of participation for some  
presenters.   Details of such arrangements will be discussed in  
conjunction with acceptance of proposals for participation.

Arabic Language and Culture Studies Toward Greater Expertise:
A Conference on and for Arabic Programs
in US Military Academies and Government Institutes:

February 19-21, 2009

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

Sponsors:  Office of the Director of National Intelligence
     Language and Culture Studies Department, USNA
             Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, USNA
     International Programs Office, USNA

   This three day meeting of faculty and students from and concerning  
U.S. military and government language and cultural programs, and  
university programs serving government programs, will have several  
main foci for academic discussion and presentation, including:

I.   Impediments in teaching and learning of Arabic:  identification,  
response and building strategies to overcome
This topic allows the academic discussion of a variety of linguistic,  
cognitive, psychological, institutional and intellectual impediments  
which stand in the way of successful language learning and/or  
teaching.  Discussion of challenges specific to the military and  
government institute classroom are most welcome, as are the results of  
attempts to solve any specific issues in language and culture learning  
and teaching in the classroom environment, and for the individual  
student.

II.  Assessment of Arabic students, classes and programs, and the  
benefits and limitations of feedback:  putting assessment back to work  
in the classroom to improve overall programmatic outcomes
Issues, incentives, limitations and benefits of assessment with  
national standards as touchstones, using comparisons among military,  
governmental and civilian academic programs.  Where do these programs  
fit in preparing students for the greater world and for specific  
military operational, intelligence, career and diplomatic needs?

III.  Creative responses to the DOD framework for Regional and  
Cultural Expertise (October 2007) and LREC (January 2008) in Arabic  
Programs
Arabic cultural and regional learning in Arabic programs at the  
military academies and governmental institutes – relationships,  
requirements, and intellectual, academic, military, intelligence and  
diplomatic implications

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IV.  Arabic Cultural, Regional and Language learning products:   
Student Demonstrations and Presentations
An Arabic program student competition in three categories.   Students  
from the military academy and government institute programs will  
present their best Arabic 1) creative or 2) topical work, focusing on  
oral delivery, or 3) an academic paper in English.   A committee  
composed of faculty drawn from all the Arabic programs represented at  
the conference will judge these productions.

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