Interagency Language Roundtable Training
Training in ACTFL OPI and ILR testing is essential to guarantee reliable assessment practices in and beyond the classroom.
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Excellent Language Program Evaluation: Summer Online Course
The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) and STARTALK collaborate to offer this summer online course designed to learn more about the program evaluation process, including how to determine what types of information you need to gather for your evaluation, how to collect and analyze evaluation data, and how to use evaluation findings to create meaningful … Continue reading Excellent Language Program Evaluation: Summer Online Course
Using reverse design to revise Elementary Arabic I (ARBC 110) syllabus.
Yale Center of Language Study Instructional Innovation Workshop for 2022. The internet, multimedia, and digital media have become so prevalent in everyday life that they now constitute a regular norm of communication. These modes of communication – in addition to allowing for multi-modality – allow for a wide growth of linguistic and cultural diversity. Language … Continue reading Using reverse design to revise Elementary Arabic I (ARBC 110) syllabus.
Languages of The Middle East at Yale; NELC Languages Collaboration
Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish at NELC are collaborating on a website that showcases students’ work and achievements in these languages. Click here to explore the site: https://languagesofthemiddleeast.yale.edu/
RLP Open Education Resource Featured in the Arabic Teachers Network Recommended Resources
Language Tasting Event; Introducing Students to the taste of a new language
Arabic For Heritage Learners, A Discussion Panel
I was happy to be on of the panelists discussing Heritage Language Courses at the Yale Center of Language Studies. Thursday, April 13th from 1:00-2:00 PM, the Yale CLS Brown Bag series. A discussion about heritage courses. A panel of four instructors: Julia Titus (Russian), Sarab Al Ani (Arabic), Hsiu-Hsien Chan (Chinese), and Angela Lee-Smith (Korean) will … Continue reading Arabic For Heritage Learners, A Discussion Panel
The Criteria for Teaching Arabic in the Unites States
I was happy to accept the invitation of The National University of Malaysia to present to their Modern Standard Arabic Faculty on the Topic of The Criteria for Teaching Arabic in the Unites States. *******
Arabic Calligraphy for Yale World Class students
NELC for Turkey and Syria
In a Department fundraising event dedicated to supporting Turkey and Syria, an Arabic Language student recites Nizar Qabbani’s Dimascisian Poem.
Teaching in the Art Galley
Arabic Calligraphy workshop in the Asian American Cultural Center at Yale
Let’s Talk Language : Teaching Dialect in the Arabic Language Classroom
I had the pleasure to participate in a valuable conversation about teaching Dialect in the Arabic Language Classroom taking into consideration challenges such as selecting dialect, Learner’s age and motivation, instructor qualification, and many others. One Thing is for sure, it is impossible to keep dialect out of the Arabic Language CLassroom and the challenges … Continue reading Let’s Talk Language : Teaching Dialect in the Arabic Language Classroom
Integrating Skills and Modes for a Proficiency-Oriented Curriculum
In the New York Times on the world cup. How to Pronounce Qatar.
Do you know how? This is what Journalist Sarah Lyall and I talked about.
Click to read the whole article.
Interagency Language Roundtable Test (ILR)
At Yale_Presentations
Happy to accept the Italian Department Invitation to present on using Authentic materials in designing Asynchronous activities.
Conference Presentation
Professional Development Presentations
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Arabic Calligraphy
Another successful event featuring Arabic Calligraphy at the Yale Beinecke Library.