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29/02/2012

Free Lessons in Arabic at SOAS Language Centre in London

Free Lessons in Arabic at SOAS Language Centre in London

Advanced Communicative Arabic – Free Lessons5-week course starting 3rd of March 2012. Saturdays 12.30pm to 2.30pmThe course aims to reinforce the skill of communicating in Modern Standard Arabic acquired on the Upper Intermediate course or similar courses. In addition to learning Modern Standard Arabic - both written and spoken - students will be learn communicative colloquial Arabic in their day-to day-life and work situations. by the end of the course students should be able toin a 'real world' setting, understand meaning from the written and spoken context and with the help of grammatical indicatorsinitiate and sustain conversations on a variety of topicsbe familiar with the difference between formal and spoken ArabicThe course is taught in English and Arabic and covers reading, speaking and listening using contemporary printed and audio material. An appropriate balance is struck between communicative activities, structure, practice and grammar. Class size is normally limited to fifteen to make learning as interactive as possible.
The course will be taught with the PG dip ss as well as teaching  Listening Strategy .
The  FREE course will  cover all 4 skills (listening, speaking ,reading and  writing  )
Please contact arabic@soas.ac.uk before 3 pm 2 March 2012 First come first serve.

15/02/2012

Purdue OWL: APA Formatting and Style Guide

Purdue OWL: APA Formatting and Style Guide

For Essay writing in "SOAS" Language Padagogy you need :

Reference List: BooksSummary: APA (American Psychological Association) is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This resource, revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. For more information, please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition, second printing.

ALSO http://www.apastyle.org/apa-style-help.aspx

13/01/2012

Learner autonomy and second/foreign language learning | LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

Learner autonomy and second/foreign language learning LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

This article defines the autonomous learner; summarises arguments in favour of helping language learners to become autonomous; briefly considers the process of 'autonomisation' in language classrooms and self-access learning schemes; identifies some principal lines of research; and concludes by suggesting that the Council of Europe's European Language Portfolio may bring 'autonomisation' to much larger numbers of learners than hitherto and in doing so may provide an important focus for research.

05/01/2012

English 101 | An-Najah Videos

English 101 An-Najah Videos

Teaching Vocabulary in context

This Video is in English for Arabic students. Watch the teacher and think about his approach ...






More Videos: http://videos.najah.edu/taxonomy/term/478

Advaned Writing | An-Najah Videos

Advaned Writing An-Najah Videos

Approach to teaching Writing/ Correction

This is English class but it is easy to transfer the technique to Arabic class.

More video : http://videos.najah.edu/

11/11/2011

The Basics of APA Style

The Basics of APA Style

This tutorial is designed for those who have no previous knowledge of APA Style®. It shows users how to structure and format their work, recommends ways to reduce bias in language, identifies how to avoid charges of plagiarism, shows how to cite references in text, and provides selected reference examples

01/11/2011

Essentials of Language Teaching

index

click on the index, this will take you tp National Capital Language Resource Center.
NCLRC's Web site for college and university language instructors.
This site gives college and university instructors and teaching assistants an introduction to the language teaching methods that are currently used in U.S. universities. The content is based on the material in Modules for the Professional Preparation of Teaching Assistants in Foreign Languages (Grace Stovall Burkart, ed.; Center for Applied Linguistics, 1998). The site was developed for the National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC) by Catharine Keatley and Deborah Kennedy.

 Main home page http://nclrc.org/index.html
Learning strategies http://nclrc.org/sailing/index.html
 Arabic web cast(new) http://nclrc.org/webcasts/arabic/index.html
Reading resource         http://www.nclrc.org/essentials/resources.htm#assess

21/10/2011

Interaction and Collaborative Language Learning: Research and Practice.

In many foreign language classrooms, language educators found the use of the digital whiteboard contributing to more interaction in the classroom, but the literature is divided about this potential. By drawing upon the findings of research and practice literature, this paper argues that this interactive potential can be realized by taking into account specific factors related to the whiteboard’s users: educators’ pedagogical views, knowledge, as well as experience and training to technology.
Daria Mizza, Johns Hopkins University; Regina Kaplan-Rakowski, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
White Gravenor 203


Interaction and Collaborative Language Learning: Research and Practice. from CNDLS on Vimeo.




20/10/2011

Is Arabic without walls? An assessment of instructional podcasts on Vimeo

Is Arabic without walls? An assessment of instructional podcasts on Vimeo

  Below,  Mr Yehia speaking about the following link  which was free long time ago but not nowhttp://uccllt.ucdavis.edu/aww/info.html
However, there is a link still accessable (today 19/10/2011) from my other blog http://www.myarabicteacher.blogspot.com/  then search for Arabic without wall.

Yehia Mohamed, Georgetown University SFS-QatarAudience: Higher education faculty.
 This presentation offers a critical review of instructional podcasts for Arabic, a discussion of the possibilities for addressing the various linguistic issues specific to Arabic in regards to orthography, phonetic and phonological characteristics, and its regional varieties and concludes with suggestions for creating skill-oriented podcasts for the Arabic language classroom at the university level via the utilization of mobile learning platforms such as iTunes U

Is Arabic without walls? An assessment of instructional podcasts from CNDLS on Vimeo.

19/10/2011

MoLaCo 2011 | Conference for Arabic Language Teachers - IH London

MoLaCo 2011 Conference for Arabic Language Teachers - IH London

The Modern Languages Conference for Arabic teachers takes place on Saturday 12 November 2011.
Book your place online now.

 DO NOT MISS THIS CONFERENCE
This year we are delighted to have with us Hebatalla Salem from the Arabic Language Institute of the American University in Cairo who will offer our participants a full day session about working with different skills in the classroom.


Time
Skill
Activity
9.30 - 11.00
Reading
Introductions and overview
Teaching the alphabet
Teaching media for elementary and intermediate levels
Teaching vocabulary
Teaching grammar
Using teaching aids

11.00-11.30
Coffee Break

11.30 - 13.00
Listening and speaking
Introducing thematic units
Different listening exercises for different levels
Introduction to ASWAT ARABIA Introduction to different speaking activities
From Listening to Speaking
Examples
Using teaching aids.

13.00-14.00
Lunch Break

14.00 - 15.30
Writing and grammar
From Reading to writing
Teaching grammar
Using teaching aids.

15.30 - 15.45
Coffee break
-
15.45 - 16.30
Integrating skills
Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing in one unit
How to design my material?
Sharing experiences
Sharing sites and useful resources
Incorporating colloquial in the course
16.30 - 16.45
Coffee break
-
16.45 - 18.30
Workshop
18.30 - 19.30
Drinks, certificates and goodbyes
-
About Our Speaker
Hebatalla Salem has an MA in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language from the American University in Cairo, Egypt, where she also earned a B.A. in mass communications with a minor in psychology.
She currently teaches various levels of Egyptian Colloquial and Modern Standard Arabic at the Arabic Language Institute at AUC. Heba has participated in developing computer-assisted teaching materials, a web site for reading materials, and listening materials for Aswat Arabia. She is coauthor of a book on Colloquial Arabic that is being developed. She has also lead several teacher training workshops at AUC and in other countries in the Middle East, Europe and Latin America.
Download the MoLaCo Arabic Programme (329 KB) for full details.
Conference collaborators

Cost for the whole day is £38. only.

09/10/2011

Common European Framework for references for languages

http://www.coe.int/t/dc4/linguistic/

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR)
38 Language Versions (+ 2 in translation)
 The Common European Framework in its political
and educational contex
http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Source/Framework_en.pdf

  Teacher's guide to the Common European Framework  http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/cef/cefguide.pdf
Main page http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/cef/CEF.htm
Steering Committee for Education
http://www.coe.int/document-library/default.asp?urlwcd=https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1279435
Arabic version / Version arabe :
Adam Bookshop, Maadi Grand Mall - B1, Shops No. 124 & 140, Cairo/Egypte-mail: magdy@adambookshop.com / http://www.adambookshop.com/
English Version / Version anglaise : Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment - Cambridge University Press
ISBN : HB 0521803136 - PB 0521005310 www.uk.cambridge.org/elt
Summary http://assets.cambridge.org/052180/3136/sample/0521803136WS.pdf
EUROPEAN LANGUAGE Portfolio http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/elp/default_EN.asp?
Examination http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/portfolio/documents/exampleswriting.pdf
   T h e   r e l a t i o n s h i p   b e t w e e n   a c t i v i t i e s   a n d   c o m p e t e n c e s
http://archive.ecml.at/mtp2/Elp_tt/Results/DM_layout/00_10/03/03%20CEF%20text%20E.pdf
An Application of Standard-Setting Methodology
http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/RR-08-34.pdf
 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: learning, teaching, assessment
Chapter 3, Table 1    http://www.linguanet-worldwide.org/pdfs/global-scale-grid-en.pdf
Chapter 3, Table 2    http://www.linguanet-europa.org/pdfs/self-assessment-grid-en.pdf
Other :http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/yousif/ELT%20Resources/Primary%20ELT/the%20common%20euroupean%20framework.pdf

29/09/2011

International Association of Teachers of Arabic as a Foreign Language: Al-kitaab Homepage

International Association of Teachers of Arabic as a Foreign Language: Al-kitaab Homepage

Al-kitaab Homepage

Al-kitaab Homepage

تشتمل صفحات هذا الموقع على معلومات عن مادة الكتاب بأجزائه المختلفة وتقدم للأستاذات والأساتذة نماذج من بعض برامج التدريس
syllabi التي توضّح بشكل تفصيلي كيفية توزيع النشاطات المختلفة في كل الدروس بين الصف والبيت والتي يمكن تعديلها بما يتلاءم والاحتياجات الخاصة لكل برنامج وعدد الساعات الصفية فيه. وكذلك تقدم هذه الصفحات وصفاً لكيفية القيام ببعض
النشاطات الموجودة في الكتاب وأيضاً لبعض النشاطات الجديدة التي يمكن القيام بها داخل الصف لتفعيل جوانب معينة من كل درس

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