Arabic-L:PEDA:e-Arabic Teachers Digest #001 (Oct 2010)

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1) Subject: e-Arabic Teachers Digest #001 (Oct 2010)

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Date: 05 Nov 2010
From: Mourad Diouri <mourad.diouri at e-arabic.com>
Subject: e-Arabic Teachers Digest #001 (Oct 2010)

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Abbreviations: ALT: (Arabic Language Teaching),  TAFL (Teaching Arabic As a Foreign Language)
Dear Arabic Teachers,

I hope this update finds you in the best state of health and at the peak of your teaching career.

This is the first e-Arabic Teachers Digest which is a dedicated monthly service to support anyone involved in the field of ALT and would like to stay up to date with the latest developments in the field.   In a nutshell, there are six important updates to share with you this month:

e-Arabic Teachers Portal
EVENTS Directory & Calendar
NEWS Articles Directory
Professional Networks & Groups
Mailing Lists Directory
e-Learning Tools & Technologies
A copy of this digest is available online at the e-Arabic Teachers Portal: v-arabic.com/digest-001

If you wish to share an up-to-date item related to TAFL, please go the page Share & Contribute (http://goo.gl/C2Ps)

e-Arabic Teachers Portal

In response to a repeated request from Arabic teachers, I have designed this portal which is a gateway to a growing pool of resources , tools and ideas organised and indexed into categories to help you enhance your teaching practice of AFL (Arabic as a Foreign Language). The (eATP) is still under construction. For now, you may browse the following pages:

Events Directory & Calendar

With the ever-changing field of ALT, many institutions organise  a variety of events to support anyone involved in teaching or researching the Arabic language. Keeping up to date with the latest events is sometimes near-impossible! To help you keep track of the latest events from around the world, we have created a directory of events and an interactive Calendar. The type of events that will appear in this directory/calendar are:

Conferences
CPD Training Programs
Seminars & Workshops
Online Training courses
Symposiums
Exhibitions
If you wish to stay in touch with the latest and forthcoming events, I’d recommend that you subscribe to any of the following:

Calendar (Google, iCal, Outlook)
Email alerts
RSS feed
Here is a selection of the latest events:

Conference | 4th MoLaCo conference for teachers of Arabic, French, Italian and Spanish, London, UK (http://bit.ly/b5AY69) 
Conference  | The Challenges of Teaching Arabic in the 21st Century 9-10th Feb 2011, Carnegie Mellon University,  Qatar (http://goo.gl/kRfj) 
Conference | Arabic Language and the Internet Conference Dec 2010, Tunisia ( http://bit.ly/aWdM8r) 
Visit the Events Directory at: http://goo.gl/mZIJ

NEWS Articles Directory

The news articles, both in Arabic and English, listed in this page are weblinks to external sites which I regularly come across online. These links are then bookmarked and archived in this page for future reference.

Here is a selection of the latest news:

NEWS | تونس قِبلة لتعليم العربية للأجانب | Middle East Online
NEWS | بين تحرير العربية وتصحيح الرؤية لتعليم اللغات | Middle East Online
NEWS | Reading Arabic "hard for brain" BBC NEWS
Visit the NEWS directory at :http://goo.gl/dgSQ

Professional & Social Networks & Groups

Another way to help you stay up to date with events, news and developments in the field of ALT as well as networking with fellow-minded professionals, you may join the following:

Professional Networks
Professional Organisations
Social/Facebook Groups
If you are familiar with other networks, organisations, etc… that are not included in this directory, please get in touch.

Visit the directory at:  http://goo.gl/o8RX

Mailing & Discussion Lists

Likewise, to help you stay up to date with events, news and developments in the field of TAFL, you may also wish to subscribe to any of the mailing-lists listed in the directory. These mailing lists are dedicated to teaching professionals in:

Arabic language
Arabic Linguistics
Arabic Literature
If you are familiar with other mailing-lists that are not included in this directory, please get in touch.

Visit the directory at:http://goo.gl/o8RX

e-Learning Tools & Technologies

The e-Learning Tools & Technologies directory is still under development and will be available soon to support ALT professionals interested to integrate technology in their classroom teaching.

URL: http://goo.gl/V2AM

Finally, don't forget to:
Follow us at: Facebook, Twitter
Join the eATP
If you have any questions about this digest, please feel free to leave a comment below.

Best Regards
Mourad Diouri  | مراد الديوري
e-Learning Lecturer in Arabic Studies
Centre for the Ad. Study of the Arab World | University of Edinburgh
e: mourad.diouri at e-arabic.com
w: eArabic Learners Portal : e-Arabic.com
w: eArabic Teachers Portal : v-Arabic.com
w: As the Arabs Say... v-Arabic.com/aas

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