خالد حسين أبو عمشة
29/12/2010, 10:21 PM
The Challenges of Teaching Arabic in the 21st Century
Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Qatar University & Western Michigan University are pleased to invite you to the first joint international conference on:
"The Challenges of Teaching Arabic in the 21st Century"
Wednesday 9th & Thursday 10th, February, 2011
At Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.
Wednesday, Feb. 9th
Wednesday, February 9th
First Theme: Challenges in Teaching Arabic to Non Native Speakers
• 8:30-9:00 Registration
• 9-10:30 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Batal, University of Texas, Austin (in Arabic)
“Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers: Present Challenges and Future Scope”
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• 10:30-11:00 Reception
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• 11:00-1:00 First Panel: (in Arabic) TAFL: Its Culture, Instructors & Curriculum.”
Chair: Dr. Khaled Abu Amsha
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• 11:00-11:30 Dr. Basma Dajani: The Instructors of TAFL (Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language): Abilities and Efficiencies
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• 12:00-11:30 Dr. Abdullah al-KhabbaS: TAFL Curricula: Realties and Means of Development
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• 12:00-12:30 Dr. Fatima Al-Amry: Is Language Culture a means or goal? A Model in TAFL
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• 12:30 -1:00 Dr. Khaled Abu Amsha: Strategies in Learning Arab Culture in Arabic Language Programs in Arab countries: Jordan as a Model
• 1:00-2:30 Lunch
• 2:30-5:00 Second Panel (in Arabic &English) Issues in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language
Chair: Dr. Amal al-Malki
• 2:30-3:00 Dr. Hanady Mansour & Dr. Allan Ramsay: Revealing the Morphological and phonological Structure of Arabic weak verbs
• 3:00-3:30 Dr. Abdessatar Mahfoudhi: I Read & Write! A Multisensory Structured Language Program to Remedy Reading & Writing Difficulties
• 3:30-4:00 Dr. Victoria Aguilar & Dr. Miguel A. Manzano, “A New Method for Teaching Arabic to Beginners: ’ala Tuul
• 4:00-4:30 Dr. Elizabeth Bergman: Learning a Second (or Third) Variety of Spoken Arabic”
• 4:30-5:00 Dr. Abdel Qader Abou Sherifa: Towards an Arabic Proficiency Exam for native Speakers (in Arabic)
• 5:00-5:30 Break
• 5-:30 -6:00 Professor Samia Montasser :The Arabic Program at the United Nations (in English)
• 6:00-7:30 Panel on Arabic Study Abroad Programs (in English)
Chair: Dr. Kirk Belnap
• 6:00-6:30 Dr. Jeremy Palmer :American student expectations on study abroad programs in Arab Countries ( in English)
• 6:30-7:30 Roundtable Discussion on Study Abroad Programs led by
Dr. Kirk Belnap, Director of National Middle East Resource Center (NMELRC)
Dr. Mahmoud al-Batal, NMELRC Chair of Arabic Board
Dr. Maggie Nassif, Administrative Director of NMELRC
Thursday, Feb. 10th
Second Theme: Challenges in Teaching Arabic to Native Speakers
• 9:00-10:30 Keynote speaker, Dr. Yasir Sulieman, Cambridge University
http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/general_info/biographies/islamic/Suleiman.htm
“Arabic in the Fray: between mother-tongue and native-language”(in English)
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• 10:30-11:00 Reception
• 11:00-1:00 Third Panel “Recent Researches on the Arabic Language” ( in Arabic & English )
Chair: Professor Samia Montasser
• 11:00-11:30 Dr. Mustafa Mughazy : How Arabs read? A Study in Reading Strategies (in Arabic)
• 11:30-12:00 Dr. Muna H.Jamil : Reading Arabic Letters by Non-Native Speakers: A neurolinguistic Study ( in Arabic)
• 12:00-12:30 Dr. Reem Khamis-Dakwar : New Directions in the Study of Language Representation and Development in Arabic Diglossia"(in English)
• 12:30-1:00 Dr. Zeinab Ibrahim : Whom & What are threatening the Arabic Language?
• 1:00-2:30 Lunch
• 2:30-4:30 Fourth Panel (in Arabic) “Arabic Language Realities in Arabs Schools”
Chair: Dr. Mustafa Mughazy
• 2:30-3:00 Dr. Rachid Belhabib: Challenges of the Arabic Language in
the field of Academia
• 3:00-3:30 Dr. Kassim Shaaban : Arabic Language Curricula: Tradition and Innovation
• 3:30-4:00 Professor Abbas al-Tonsi : The Arabic Language in Qatari Schools.
• 4:00-4:30 Dr. Mahmoud Al-Ashiry : Choosing the Literary Text in the Arabic Language Curricula: Standards & Reality.
• 4:30-5:00 Break
• 5:00 6:30 Closing Session including General Discussion & Recommendations led by Dr. Maysa Abou Youssef-Hayward, Ocean College Dean(in Arabic)
Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Qatar University & Western Michigan University are pleased to invite you to the first joint international conference on:
"The Challenges of Teaching Arabic in the 21st Century"
Wednesday 9th & Thursday 10th, February, 2011
At Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.
Wednesday, Feb. 9th
Wednesday, February 9th
First Theme: Challenges in Teaching Arabic to Non Native Speakers
• 8:30-9:00 Registration
• 9-10:30 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Batal, University of Texas, Austin (in Arabic)
“Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers: Present Challenges and Future Scope”
•
• 10:30-11:00 Reception
•
• 11:00-1:00 First Panel: (in Arabic) TAFL: Its Culture, Instructors & Curriculum.”
Chair: Dr. Khaled Abu Amsha
•
• 11:00-11:30 Dr. Basma Dajani: The Instructors of TAFL (Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language): Abilities and Efficiencies
•
• 12:00-11:30 Dr. Abdullah al-KhabbaS: TAFL Curricula: Realties and Means of Development
•
• 12:00-12:30 Dr. Fatima Al-Amry: Is Language Culture a means or goal? A Model in TAFL
•
• 12:30 -1:00 Dr. Khaled Abu Amsha: Strategies in Learning Arab Culture in Arabic Language Programs in Arab countries: Jordan as a Model
• 1:00-2:30 Lunch
• 2:30-5:00 Second Panel (in Arabic &English) Issues in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language
Chair: Dr. Amal al-Malki
• 2:30-3:00 Dr. Hanady Mansour & Dr. Allan Ramsay: Revealing the Morphological and phonological Structure of Arabic weak verbs
• 3:00-3:30 Dr. Abdessatar Mahfoudhi: I Read & Write! A Multisensory Structured Language Program to Remedy Reading & Writing Difficulties
• 3:30-4:00 Dr. Victoria Aguilar & Dr. Miguel A. Manzano, “A New Method for Teaching Arabic to Beginners: ’ala Tuul
• 4:00-4:30 Dr. Elizabeth Bergman: Learning a Second (or Third) Variety of Spoken Arabic”
• 4:30-5:00 Dr. Abdel Qader Abou Sherifa: Towards an Arabic Proficiency Exam for native Speakers (in Arabic)
• 5:00-5:30 Break
• 5-:30 -6:00 Professor Samia Montasser :The Arabic Program at the United Nations (in English)
• 6:00-7:30 Panel on Arabic Study Abroad Programs (in English)
Chair: Dr. Kirk Belnap
• 6:00-6:30 Dr. Jeremy Palmer :American student expectations on study abroad programs in Arab Countries ( in English)
• 6:30-7:30 Roundtable Discussion on Study Abroad Programs led by
Dr. Kirk Belnap, Director of National Middle East Resource Center (NMELRC)
Dr. Mahmoud al-Batal, NMELRC Chair of Arabic Board
Dr. Maggie Nassif, Administrative Director of NMELRC
Thursday, Feb. 10th
Second Theme: Challenges in Teaching Arabic to Native Speakers
• 9:00-10:30 Keynote speaker, Dr. Yasir Sulieman, Cambridge University
http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/general_info/biographies/islamic/Suleiman.htm
“Arabic in the Fray: between mother-tongue and native-language”(in English)
•
• 10:30-11:00 Reception
• 11:00-1:00 Third Panel “Recent Researches on the Arabic Language” ( in Arabic & English )
Chair: Professor Samia Montasser
• 11:00-11:30 Dr. Mustafa Mughazy : How Arabs read? A Study in Reading Strategies (in Arabic)
• 11:30-12:00 Dr. Muna H.Jamil : Reading Arabic Letters by Non-Native Speakers: A neurolinguistic Study ( in Arabic)
• 12:00-12:30 Dr. Reem Khamis-Dakwar : New Directions in the Study of Language Representation and Development in Arabic Diglossia"(in English)
• 12:30-1:00 Dr. Zeinab Ibrahim : Whom & What are threatening the Arabic Language?
• 1:00-2:30 Lunch
• 2:30-4:30 Fourth Panel (in Arabic) “Arabic Language Realities in Arabs Schools”
Chair: Dr. Mustafa Mughazy
• 2:30-3:00 Dr. Rachid Belhabib: Challenges of the Arabic Language in
the field of Academia
• 3:00-3:30 Dr. Kassim Shaaban : Arabic Language Curricula: Tradition and Innovation
• 3:30-4:00 Professor Abbas al-Tonsi : The Arabic Language in Qatari Schools.
• 4:00-4:30 Dr. Mahmoud Al-Ashiry : Choosing the Literary Text in the Arabic Language Curricula: Standards & Reality.
• 4:30-5:00 Break
• 5:00 6:30 Closing Session including General Discussion & Recommendations led by Dr. Maysa Abou Youssef-Hayward, Ocean College Dean(in Arabic)