Arabic-L:PEDA:Combining Colloquial and MSA survey request

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1) Subject:Combining Colloquial and MSA survey request

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Date: 14 Dec 2012
From:Alison Brooks <abrooks5 at wisc.edu>
Subject:Combining Colloquial and MSA survey request

Hello everyone

I am a graduate student at UW-Madison working on a master's degree in
teaching Arabic as a second language.

I am conducting a qualitative research study to assess current attitudes
among college-level Arabic teachers towards the integration of spoken
Arabic with MSA in the first semester Arabic classroom, including regular
use of spoken Arabic as the language of instruction. This is notably the
method exemplified in such teaching packages as the 3rd edition of the Alif
Baa and Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya by K. Brustad, M. Al-Batal and
A. Al-Tonsi; and also Living Arabic: A Comprehensive Introductory Course,
by M. Younes and M. Garen. I am looking for two groups:

1) Teachers who have practical experience applying the integrated approach
in introductory Arabic courses and can speak to its pros and cons, and;

2) Teachers who, being aware of these methods, have expressly chosen not to
employ them out of opposition to the integrated approach.

I will shortly have a survey to send to you which will need to be returned
within the next 10 days. It is very simple and should not take more than
about 10 minutes to complete. There is no payment involved and your names
will not be used in the study. However, those who participate are welcome
to an emailed copy of the resulting paper should they request it.

If you fall into one of the two groups described above and would be willing
to participate in this survey, please contact me atabrooks5 at wisc.edu.

Many thanks!

Alison Brooks

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