Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Maryland 1-Day Meeting for Local Arabic Educators

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1) Subject:U of Maryland 1-Day Meeting for Local Arabic Educators

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Date: 24 Mar 2009
From:arabick12 at gmail.com
Subject:U of Maryland 1-Day Meeting for Local Arabic Educators

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND INVITES LOCAL ARABIC TEACHERS/ADMINISTRATORS  
FOR 1-DAY MEETING

Dear Arabic teacher/administrator:
       We are writing to invite you to a special meeting at the  
University of Maryland Arabic Flagship Program to discuss the  
condition of Arabic K-12 in the Greater Washington D.C. area. The  
purpose of this meeting is to identify possible areas of collaboration  
between the Flagship and existing or potential Arabic K-12 programs.

      The Arabic K-12 Outreach Meeting will take place on Wednesday,  
April 29, at the University of Maryland Conference Center from 10:00  
am – 3:00 pm. Lunch will be served to all attendees. Specific  
directions will be sent to attendees when they RSVP.

       The University of Maryland Arabic Flagship is a U.S. Government- 
sponsored program that is designed to enhance the teaching of Arabic.  
The Flagship uses scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students  
who have an interest in Arabic language study and it supports special  
programs at the university including sponsored overseas study which  
allow students to reach advanced levels of proficiency.

       We would like to learn more about Arabic K-12 programs in the  
Greater Washington D.C. area, both existing programs and potential  
sites for Arabic programs. Our goal is to educate as many students as  
possible to highly advanced levels of the language, and this can best  
be accomplished when we have students coming to the university who  
have already studied the language for a period of time. We would like  
to know who is teaching Arabic K-12 in the region, how the programs  
are doing, what can we do to support your efforts, and what can we all  
do to help the development of new programs. We are interested in  
meeting with representatives of public schools, private schools,  
community colleges, and heritage programs. It is our hope that, with  
some coordination and collaboration among our institutions, we might  
be able to work together to improve, expand, and increase Arabic K-12  
in our area.

       We very much hope that you will attend the meeting and luncheon  
and would appreciate if you could pass on this open invitation to  
other interested colleagues. If you have any questions please call  
Victoria Nier at 202-362-0700 or email vnier at cal.org; please do not  
reply to this message. If you are able to come, please send an email  
to vnier at cal.org with your name and affiliation, which will be printed  
on your nametag at the meeting.

Thank you,

Dr. Alaa Elgibali

Professor of Arabic and Linguistics

Director of Arabic Programs

University of Maryland

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