Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Without Walls Workshop at Georgetown

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Date: 26 Apr 2013
From: Maggie Nassif <mnnassif at byu.edu>
Subject:Arabic Without Walls Workshop at Georgetown

Bring Arabic to your students!

Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
April 17, 2013

Dear colleagues:

I am pleased to invite you to an information session about bringing Arabic
language opportunities to your school. All middle and high school
teachers—including those who teach social studies, world history, world
languages, Arabic language, and literature—and school administrators, media
specialists, and counselors are welcome to attend. I am delighted that Kirk
Belnap and Maggie N. Nassif, Director and Administrative Director,
respectively, of the National Middle East Language Resource Center at
Brigham Young University, will be our featured presenters on "Arabic
Without Walls." Please see the announcement below for additional
information.

The session will take place on the Georgetown University campus on
Thursday, May 9, 2013, from 3:45 pm to 5:45 pm; Arabic language teachers
are invited to stay an extra hour for information more tailored to Arabic
teaching, followed by a light dinner. The agenda will be as follows:

3:45-4:00 -- Registration
4:00-5:30 – Informational program, Arabic Without Walls
5:30-5:45 – Refreshments; adjournment of non-Arabic-language teachers
5:45-6:45 -- Special session for Arabic teachers
6:45-7:30 -- Working dinner for presenters and Arabic teachers; adjournment

Please read the description below and, if you are interested in registering
for this session, fill out the form and return it to me by Monday, May 6.
All registrants will be accepted, but only Arabic teachers will be allowed
to attend the special session (5:45-6:45 pm) for Arabic teachers. I will
send out additional information to everyone about parking and directions on
Tuesday, May 7th.

With best regards,

Zeina

Zeina Azzam
Director of Educational Outreach
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Georgetown University
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ARABIC WITHOUT WALLS
An information session on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Georgetown University

The National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC) is pursuing a
project to help middle schools and high schools introduce Arabic or grow
their existing Arabic programs through offering online Arabic courses.
Students can learn Arabic online through a hybrid approach where they can
work at their own pace and also interact with an online tutor as well as a
cohort of other students to create a virtual learning community. A grant
from Qatar Foundation International offers scholarships to students who
qualify for aid to cover the tuition and cost of books. The course may be
taken for credit through Brigham Young University (pending the student's
school approval). For full information about the course, please visit:
http://nmelrc.org/how-register-arabic-without-walls-0

This session at Georgetown will include information for teachers, school
administrators, and counselors on the following:
1- An introduction to research done on learning foreign languages.
2- An overview of the online Arabic language course and the scholarships;
currently, students in 28 states participate in Arabic Without Walls.
3- Success Stories: examples of students who are alumni of the program.
4- Career opportunities for students who learn a Critical Language.
5- An additional hour-long session for Arabic teachers during which the
presenters will share their experience in building the Utah Arabic K12
model. Through collaboration with the Utah State Office of Education, the
Governor's Office, and the Utah Foreign Language Association, they were
able to certify 5 Arabic teachers and offer Arabic at 11 schools in Utah.
They will share Best Practices and resources and explore possibilities for
future collaboration.
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Registration Form for the information session on:
ARABIC WITHOUT WALLS

Sponsored by Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
and National Resource Center for the Middle East and North Africa

Thursday, May 9, 2013
3:45 pm to 7:30 pm (registration 3:45-4:00; session 4:00-5:45; special
session for Arabic teachers 5:45-6:45; light dinner for presenters and
Arabic teachers 6:45-7:30)

Your name:

Title and department:

School or office name:

School or office address:

Telephone:
Fax:

Email address (please include!):

City, county, and state where you are a teacher:

What grade(s) do you teach?

If you are an Arabic language teacher, will you be staying for dinner?
___Yes  ___No

Comments or questions (optional):

E-mail or fax this form to Zeina at seikalyz at georgetown.edu or fax no.
202-687-7001. You can also print and mail it to:

Zeina Azzam
CCAS—241 ICC
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057-1020

Registration deadline: Monday, May 6, 2013 (but if possible, please send
your form in before then—thank you). On May 7, all registrants will
receive, by e-mail, additional information for attending the May 9th
program.

Fees: There are no fees associated with attending this program.

Note: All registrants will be accepted, but only Arabic teachers will be
allowed to attend the special session (5:45-6:45 pm) for Arabic teachers,
followed by a light dinner.

Questions: Please contact Zeina Azzam at seikalyz at georgetown.edu or
202-687-6176.

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