Arabic-L:PEDA:Reaction to Northeast Conference Workshop: We need data

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Date: 20 Apr 2009
From:Reem Khamis Dakwar <rk2121 at columbia.edu>
Subject:Reaction to Northeast Conference Workshop: We need data

Dear All,

I just attended the round table discussion in the Northeast Conference
on the Teaching of Foreign Languages on ?Arabic, to where? Are we
wasting time or are we on the right track??
There were several interesting points raised by the presenters on the
efficiency of integrating or not integrating spoken and written
varieties while teaching Arabic.

After attending this conference, I am wondering why is it that most of
our discussion is still based on intuition and anecdotal evidence. I
believe we need evidence- based decisions supported by empirical data.

I would like to propose that we start a fruitful discussion where by
those of us who have been collecting or are planning to collect data
on the efficiency of different teaching strategies will offer some
input that will lead us to a meaningful resolution.

I wonder what additional resources we could employ in order to further
this discussion?

Best,
Reem

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