National Arabic Language Conference
National Arabic Language Conference
DePaulUniversity
SchmidtAcademicCenter
2320 N. Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614
June 13–15, 2008
______Friday, June 13, 2008
11:00-1:00Registration
1:00-1:15Welcoming Remarks
1:15-2:10Auditorium (SAC 154)
“The State of Teaching Arabic in the United States” by
Dr. Mahdi Alosh—Associate Dean for International Affairs, United StatesMilitaryAcademy
2:10-2-30Conference Logistics and Break
2:30-3:20Session I: (Concurrent Presentations)
402“Applying Multiple Intelligences in the Arabic Classroom: The Land of Sounds”byDr.Hanada Taha-
Thomure—San Diego State University
403“Teaching Arabic is Fun”by Summer Rabadi and Feryal
Alzubi—Durkin Park Elementary
404“The Problem of Hamza and Pronunciation Between
Fusha and Amia”byMahmoud Altaie—DePaul
University
405“Methods of Teaching Vocabulary and Incorporating
Culture”by Farah Combs—West Point Academy
406“Music, Games, and Fun Activities for Effective
Learning for All Ages”by Lonnie Dai Zovi—Batann
MilitaryAcademy
407“The Role of Guttural Sound in the Construction of the
Present Tense”by Dr. Yakub Karkenny—State Department
3:20-3:40Break
3:40-5:00Session II: (Concurrent Workshops/Panel Discussions)
402“Technology and Foreign Language”by Mostefa
Khadraoui, Atef Abdelmalak, andMaha Bohsali—
Foreign Service Institute
403“Moving from Standards to Actions”by Hanan Matari—Dirksen Elementary, Seida Khater, Jemana Martini, and Samira Dissi—UniversalSchool
404“The Chicago Experience: Developing a Successful Arabic Program in Public Schools”by Sylvia Acierto, Fadwa Hasan, Alan Mather,Lalainya Goldsberry—ChicagoPublic School
405“Developing Successful Arabic Language Materials forSecondary Schools”by Nada Shaath—California Public School, and Iman Hashem—Los Angeles Unified SchoolDistrict & The Minaret Academy
406“Task Based Learning and Assessment Through
Technology”by Randa Jad-Moussa—University of
California, San Diego/San Diego State University
______Saturday, June 14, 2008
8:00-9:00Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:50Auditorium (SAC 154)
“Teaching & Assessing Arab Culture”byDr. Jerry Lampe—Deputy Director, National Foreign LanguageCenter, University of Maryland
10:00-11:00Session III (Concurrent Presentations)
402“Teaching Arabic through Art”by Yasmeen Hanoosh—
WellesleyCollege, University of Minnesota
403“Methods of Incorporating Arabic Culture in High
SchoolImmersion Programs”by Fetna Mikati–
TheodoreRooseveltHigh School & KentStateUniversity.
404“Electronic Arabic Dictionary on the Net”by Ibtissam
Alamal—West Point Academy
405“Enhancing Interactive Teaching & Arabic Learning:
Role of Assessment and Evaluation”by Dr.Salem
Aweiss—StanfordUniversity
406“Hands on Activities for Teaching Arabic as a Second
Language” by Dr. Maha Sweis-Dababneh and Rafah
AbuInnab—DePaulUniversity
407“Development of the Arabic Basic Course at the
DefenseLanguage Institute”by Hanan Khaled and
Tarek Elgendy—Defense Language Institute
11:00-12:00Session IV (Concurrent Presentations)
402“Video-based Learning: A Case Study in Integrating
Instructional Video Lesson into the Curriculum”by
Kamaleddine Tabine – Defense language Institute
403“Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language Based on
Phonological Knowledge”byDr. Khaled Huthaily—
University of Montana
404 “Diversifying Instruction in the Arabic Language
Classroom”by Iman Maamoun—AmanaAcademy
CharterSchool
405“Nimnim Iraqi: Expression Unique to Iraqi Arabic”by
Mahmoud Altaie—DePaulUniversity
406“Teaching Distinguished Level Arabic: The Case of San DiegoStateUniversity”by Dr. Hanada Taha-Thomure—San Diego State University
407“The Linguistic Structure in Jordanian and Omani
SchoolTextbooks” byDr. Halemah Ahmad Amayrah–
Al-Balqa University, Jordan
12:00-1:00Lunch
______Saturday, June 14, 2008
1:00-1:45Auditorium (SAC 154)
“Disparate Cultural Norms: The Arab World & America”byDr. Ahmad Ferhadi—Director of the Arabic Program, New YorkUniversity
1:50-2:45Session V (Concurrent Presentations)
402“A Personal Experience: Learning Arabic from Basic to Translation”by Allen Salter—Author, Evanston
403“Making Conversation Integral to Curriculum andClassroom”by Dr. Shukri Abed—Middle East Institute
404“Connecting Language Learning and Content: Content Based Instruction and Its Applicability to Arabic Language Classroom” by Dr. Salah Ayari—Islamic Society of North America & TexasA&MUniversity
405“Some Lessons Learned: Teaching Arabic to Heritage Speakers in Dearborn”byDr.Kenneth K. Ayouby—University of Michigan
406“Teaching Arabic to Heritage Speakers: A Journey of Search and Discovery”by Iman Hashem—Los Angeles Unified School District & The MinaretAcademy
407“Integration of Global and Mission Language Training: Iraqi Dialect Assignment—Oriented Training”by John Puckett and Mustafa Baghdadi—Goodfellow Air Force Base
2:45-3:15Information Sharing Sessions (Concurrent Presentations)
402Arabic Learners and Their Teachers: SurveyFindings from U.S. Higher Education”by Dr.Kirk Belnap—BrighamYoungUniversity
403 “Arabic Resources: K-12 Project and NCLRC, NFLC”Moderator:Dr. Jerry Lampe—National Foreign LanguageCenter, University of Maryland
404“Testing in Arabic as a Foreign Language: STAMP, LinguaFolio, OPI”Moderator: Dr. Mahdi Alosh—United StatesMilitaryAcademy
405“Accommodating Users Needs: Microsoft Arabic and Beyond”by Osama Shabaneh—Microsoft Corporation
406“Available Federal Funding”byRebecca Richey—Department of Education.
407“Working with Community Based Initiatives to Promote Teaching Arabic in Public Schools”by Lina Jamuol—United Action Network, Chicago
3:15-3:40Break
______Saturday, June 14, 2008
3:40-5:00Session VI: (Concurrent Workshops/Panel Discussions)
402“EssentialBuilding Blocks for Learning Arabic: Hayya
Nataklam Maan Program”by Lina Kholaki—CaliforniaStateUniversity
403“From Ibn Batouta to Darth Vader: Teaching Arabic in
the US”by Dr.Shakir Mustafa, Lindsay Gifford—
BostonUniversity and Stephen Berbeco—Charlestown
High School
404“Alqalam wa ma Yastoroon”by Hanan Matari—
Dirksen Elementary, Seida Khater, Jemana Martini, and
Samira Dissi—UniversalSchool
405“The Arabic Language Teacher and the First Week of
School” by Dr. Naji Abdul Jaber—BridgeAcademy
406"Toward a Standardized Diagnostic Assessment of
Listening-MSA" by Abdelfattah Boussalhi, Haytham
Abdelmalak, and Osama Helmy—Defense Language
Institute
407 “Key Components for Establishing a Successful
Content-Based Arabic Program” Dr. Shereen Tabrizi
and HalaHamka—Dearborn Public Schools
5:00-5:30Break—Appetizers will be served
5:30-7:00Auditorium (SAC 154)
Cultural Program:Music and Entertainment
______Sunday, June 15, 2008
8:00-9:00Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:45Auditorium (SAC 154)
“Creating Successful Immersion Programs” by Dr. Peter Abboud—Professor of Arabic Language and Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
9:50-10:50Session VII(Concurrent Presentations)
402“The ArabicLanguageVillage: A Virtual Study-Abroad
Experience for Studying Arabic as a Foreign Language”by Dr. Ghazi Abuhakema—ArabicLanguageVillage (Alwaha)
403“Facilitating Students’ Debate: Framing, Arguing,
Refuting, Learning”by Dr.Paul Roochnik—Defense Language Institute
404“Innovative Strategies for Teaching Arabic”by Nacheda Tizani, Ilham Samra Zayat, and Amal Sakr Elhoseiny—New HorizonSchool
405“Teaching Arabic Poetry” by Dr. Mokemar Saleh Yahya—Yarmouk University, Jordan
406“All Aboard: Arabic Immersion Language Camp”by
Lina Kholaki—CaliforniaStateUniversity
407 “English-Arabic Cross Language Information Retrieval
Based on Parallel Documents”byDr.Hani Abu-Salem—
DePaul University
11:00-12:00Auditorium (SAC 154)
“Where Do We Go From Here?”Conference Taskforce & Guests—Moderator: Dr. Nesreen Akhtarkhavari—Coordinator of Arabic Studies, DePaulUniversity
12:00-12:15Closing Remarks
12:15-1:30Lunch
Bookstore and Exhibit Area
The Bookstore and Exhibits are located in Levan—Room 306
Exhibit Hours: Friday 3:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm &Sunday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm—inclusive
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