arabic-L:PEDA:NCLRC Arabic K-12 Bulletin reminder

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1) Subject:NCLRC Arabic K-12 Bulletin reminder

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Date: 05 Jan 2012
From:moderator
Subject:NCLRC Arabic K-12 Bulletin reminder

This is a reminder that there is a separate email list for Arabic K-12
professionals.  You can reach them for more information, or to post
something, at arabick12 at gmail.com.  I will copy below the section on
New Resources from their latest post to give you a taste:

Looking to connect with other Arabic teachers in America and from
around the world? Teachers of Arabic Language K-12 (TALK12) is a
Facebook page where teachers can chat, swap ideas, and give each other
advice. To log in, go to http://www.talk12.org and click on “Go to
Facebook.com”.

Beta Classroom is a non-profit group of K-12 teachers who work with
new software companies to test educational software and hardware in
their classrooms. This can be a great way to learn more about new
technology and get copies of useful materials for free. For more
information: http://betaclassroom.org

Cheng & Tsui has just published Marhaba! An Invitation to Arabic, a
student-centered and standards-based Arabic curriculum, and Small
Wonders: Large Strides in Reading Arabic, a series of graded readers
that is particularly appropriate for learners in grades 3-9 and
heritage environments. The publisher offers a 20% discount for orders
before December 20, with coupon code L101. For more information:
cindy at cheng-tsui.com.

Quick Discover Ltd. offers a free web-based Arabic language learning
resource for Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian colloquial. Arabic
Complete uses a tested auditory approach to learning Arabic with
color-coded text, up to 7,000 audio clips of high frequency phrases,
videos, and podcasts, created by teachers, students, and developers
from New York, Egypt, Ontario, Punjab, and New Delhi. Demo of project
is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWecsKjBFZ8

Hachette Antoinne publishing house has published a book for teaching
Arabic as a foreign language for middle school and high school
students. The title of the book is Ya Hala, it is unit based, thematic
and meets AERO+ Standards and CCF learners outcomes. Two levels are
out now 1 A and 1B. The book is accompanied by activities for
interactive smart boards, audio CD and teacher's guide. If interested
please contact sandra.yazbeck at hachette-antoine.com

The Marhaba! Project is sponsoring biweekly Virtual Coffee Hours,
where a small group of teachers “meet up” on a conference call to talk
about classroom teaching, materials and resources, and educational
technology. The next coffee hour will be December 17th 11am EST and
the topic will be: Is there a role for transliteration when teaching
Arabic? Please contact coffeehour at marhabaproject.org if you have any
questions or would like to participate.

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