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AboutBrigham Young University
Provo, UT
BYU Summer Arabic Camp
Dates: July 23 - August 17
http://asiane.byu.edu/arabic
Three apprentice teachers will work closely with a master teacher over the length of the program while twelve high school students complete the equivalent of BYU's Arabic 101 course. A three-day seminar will be held for at least seven other teachers.
Chicago Public Schools, Arabic Language Institute (ALI)
Chicago, IL
Teacher Professional Development (TPD)
Dates: June 18 - June 29, 2007 (2 weeks)
http://www.cps.k12.il.us
http://www.olce.org
The TPD program provides a four-week pedagogy-based professional development for teachers of Arabic language to introduce traditional and contemporary considerations for effective curriculum planning, design and development as applied to teaching Arabic in the U.S.
Concordia Language Villages
Moorhead, MN
Authentic Learning, Authentic Teaching: Arabic Language Acquisition in Context
Dates: July 2 - July 14
http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org
A cohort of 20 Arabic teachers will gather from across the United States for a two-week course that links the best practices in second language education with the innovative immersion techniques used at Concordia Language Villages for over 45 years. Teachers will earn four semester hours of graduate credit through Concordia College. Program participants will have the opportunity to both observe and interact with students and staff at the Arabic Language Village.
George Washington University, National Capital Language Resource Center
Washington, DC
Arabic K-12 Hands-On Workshop
Dates: July 2 - July 6
http://www.nclrc.org/profdev/nclrc_inst_pres/summer_inst.html
Conducted in Arabic by Iman Hashem, California State University, Long Beach, and Muhammad Eissa, Ph.D., University of Chicago. In this five-day intensive institute participants will learn how to design instruction for Arabic K-12 students which incorporates ACTFL proficiency guidelines and the National Standards for Arabic. Participants will be guided in preparing student-centered, standards-based instruction for their classrooms.
George Washington University, National Capital Language Resource Center
Washington, DC
Teaching Arabic to College and Upper High School Students
Dates: May 21 - May 25
http://www.nclrc.org/profdev/nclrc_inst_pres/summer_inst.html
A Hands-On Workshop Conducted in Arabic by Mahmoud Al-Batal, University of Texas and Martha Schulte-Nafeh, University of Arizona. Through demonstrations, video, discussion, and interactive activities, participants will experience the methods of learner-centered, proficiency-based instruction. The presenters will demonstrate best practices by micro-teaching with small groups of university students, and participants will practice learner-centered instruction with coaching and feedback from the presenters.
George Washington University, National Capital Language Resource Center
Washington, DC
Writing and Implementing Curricula for Teachers of Arabic
Dates: July 9 - July 13
http://www.nclrc.org/profdev/nclrc_inst_pres/summer_inst.html
Conducted in English and Arabic by Iman Hashem, California State University, Dr. Muhammad Eissa, University of Chicago, and Dr. Christine Brown, Glastonbury Public Schools. The goal of this institute is to provide guidelines and frameworks for curriculum development and specifically to assist teachers develop standards-based curricula, units and lesson plans for Arabic for their schools, programs, or districts. The institute will give participants the opportunity to share their ideas, frustrations, and solutions with each other under the guidance of expert curriculum developers experienced in Arabic language curriculum development at a variety of levels and for various ages.
Human Assistance & Development International (HADI)
Pasadena, CA
Summer Workshop for Educators of Arabic Language
Dates: June 16 - July 27
http://www.hadi.org/Startalk/
Major goals are to enhance and promote the quality of teaching of the Arabic language in the U.S. with superior training and professional development, thereby increasing the number of qualified Arabic language educators.
Michigan State University
Dearborn, MI
Arabic Language Instruction Professional Development Program at Michigan State University
Dates: July 23 - August 14
http://www.msu.edu
Workshop for teachers interested in a collaborative environment to learn about the latest developments in the field of Arabic language teaching.
Middlebury College, Sunderland Language Center
Middlebury, VT
Teacher Workshops and Continuing Education Programs in Arabic
Dates: July 23 - August 3
http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/startalk
Ten Arabic teachers will be enrolled in a two-week intensive immersion workshop during the Middlebury Language Schools' summer 2007 session.
Northern Kentucky University, NKU Research Foundation
Highland Heights, KY
Educating World Language (Arabic) Teachers
Dates: June 4 - July 20
http://www.nku.edu
This program consists of a seven-week intensive summer institute for alternative certification for teachers of Arabic. Also, there is also a free workshop on Arabic teaching at end of June or early July.
Northern Virginia Community College
Alexandria, VA
Powering Up Your Arabic Language Courses with Technology
Dates: June 26 - June 29
A summer institute of four full-day sessions studying technology and language pedagogy for up to ten teachers of Arabic.
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA
Occidental College Foreign Language Project
Dates: June 25 - 29, July 2 - 12, August 27 - 31
http://www.oxy.edu
http://www.la-stars.net
Fifteen participants will design an interpretive task that reflects the Arab culture and their students' proficiency levels. They will also select authentic texts and learn to scaffold activities to deploy them into a teaching unit.
Seattle Public Schools
Seattle, WA
Arabic Language Teacher Certification
Dates: July 16 - August 31
http://www.seattleschools.org/area/main/index.dxml
A teacher certification program enabling teachers of Arabic to quality for conditional teacher certificates in Washington State and to continue on the path to full Arabic teacher certification.
