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Friday November 16
Free Resources from ALL the US Language Resource Centers
Karin Larson (CARLA-University of Minnesota)
Catharine Keatley (NCLRC)
Louis Janus (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
1:45pm - 3:00pm, Convention Center / 007D
Come and see the resources available for foreign language teachers from the US Language Resource Centers. 15 Centers around the U.S. are funded by the Federal Department of Education and have developed assessments, newsletters, general materials, materials in specific languages, teacher resource guides and manuals, and more for you
What LCTLs Students Want their Teachers to Know
Anna Uhl Chamot (George Washington University)
Jill Robbins (NCLRC)
3:15pm - 4:30pm, Convention Center / 201
Students of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) discussed how classroom techniques and assignments helped or hurt their struggles to learn. Teachers may be surprised to hear what activities students want MORE of in language classes. Interviewees also detailed many creative, unique learning strategies and approaches they use with their languages. Materials.
Saturday, November 17
Share Your K-12 Arabic Language Materials: A Swapshop
Salima Intidame (NCLRC)
Dora Johnson (NCLRC)
1:15pm - 2:30pm, Convention Center / 003
This interactive session allows presenters and participants to share print, electronic materials as well as realia that have been have been adapted or developed by teachers for use in Arabic classrooms. Participants are provided with materials that they can use in their own classrooms and programs.
Download Powerpoint Presentation.
Arabic Language Teacher Training: Lessons Learned
Dora Johnson (NCLRC)
Gerald Lampe (National Foreign Language Center)
6:15pm - 7:30pm, Convention Center / 102B
Collected and documented questions and concerns teachers of Arabic K-12 raise in summer teacher training programs are discussed. Solutions and venues that have been proposed will be described. Various approaches to Arabic language teacher training programs will also be presented.
Download Powerpoint Presentation.
Sunday, November 18
Putting the Arabic Standards to Work: Curriculum and Material Development Workshop
Iman Hashem (Occidental College)
Muhammad S. Eissa (University of Chicago)
Zeina Nasr El-Ayi (AATA, NCRLC, Granada Islamic School)
Sunday, November 18
9:00am - 12:00pm, Convention Center / 202B
The workshop highlights the use of Standards to align curriculum and develop materials for Arabic language programs. Examples highlight thematic units that can be used throughout the elementary curriculum. Participants will use a check list to determine the alignment of the curriculum and materials used in their programs.
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