Yale Hosts NERALLT Conference
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Proficiency Based Curriculum Design
A seven-book series written in MSA targeting improving the reading comprehension. The series targets beginner, intermediate as well as advanced levels. It is designed according to the standards of the American Council for Foreign Language Teaching (ACTFL). Each book includes, in addition to the original text, audio recording, vocabulary, and drills targeting different sub-skills of reading comprehension.
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The book is an original short narrative that is designed to be an independent reader. In addition to the text, the book includes a number of activities that target reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and expressive writing. It seamlessly integrate aspects Arabic culture and traditions with those of the modern life style of today’s youth with the purpose of enhancing the learners’ Arabic language while also introducing them to Arab culture and community. The book is intended to help learners whose level rangers from Intermediate High to Advanced Low.
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“So when y’all meet, what do you speak?”
When left to their own devices, students dig culture.
May of 2015, with 11 other faculty members at Yale, I completed the necessary training to be a certified OPI tester in Arabic. And almost a year later I managed to complete the certification process. Every language educator has their story with the OPI. Read mre about mine on Multilingual Commons. Oh…PI.
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“So when y’all meet, what do you speak?”
Teaching is always the center. Read it on Multilingual Commons: http://blog.cls.yale.edu/2018/12/18/looking-back-at-2018-growing-and-learning/
The advent of computers and computer assisted technologies has certainly influenced many aspects of our personal and professional lives. The field of second language education is no exception, where such technologies first exerted their influence on conventional teaching methods, and from there moved onto methods of testing in second language acquisition. This transition from the … Continue reading The Visual Elements of Computer-Based Language Assessment: Aspects and Effects