Arabic Teaching Council
The Department of World Languages and Literatures is pleased to be collaborating with regional K-12 teachers of Arabic on the Midsouth Arabic Teaching Council. The council serves as a center for offering professional development opportunities for teachers of Arabic in Memphis and across the southeast of the United States. Created in 2020, the center will offer its first workshop in October 2020 (information below), and will continue to develop opportunities and materials to enhance the teaching of Arabic in our region.
2021-2022 Workshops
The Arabic Teaching Council at the University of Memphis is pleased to offer the following workshops. To receive the invitation to the Zoom meeting for any workshop, please contact the Department of World Languages and Literatures at wll@memphis.edu. Conditions permitting, some workshops may be held in person, and updated information will be posted here.
All workshops will take place from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Central Time, unless otherwise indicated.
October 30, 2021
اختبارات اللغة البديلة
Alternative Language Assessments
November 27, 2021
تدريس مهارة الاستماع
Teaching Listening Skills
January 29, 2022
تكييف تطبيقات الوسائط الحديثة في أنشطة تعلم اللغة الثانية
Adaptation of New Media Applications into Second Language Learning Practices
March 26, 2022
موارد أساسيّة في تعليم العربيّة
Essential Resources for Teaching Arabic
April 23, 2022 (Starting at 2:00 p.m.)
تعليم مهارة التحدث لغير الناطقين بالعربية
Teaching Arabic speaking skills
May 28, 2022 (Please note corrected date)
تدريس المفردات وتوظيف النظريات اللغوية للناطقين بغير العربية
Teaching Arabic vocabulary using Modern Theories
Past Workshops
October 31, 2020
تطوير مناهج تدريس اللغة العربيّة لغير الناطقين بها وتصميم الخطّة الدّراسيّة
Developing Arabic language curriculum for non-native speakers and Designing course syllabi for Arabic learners
November 28, 2020
تدريس العربيّة لوارثي اللغة
Teaching Arabic for Heritage Learners
Link to YouTube video of workshop
January 30, 2021
Arabic heritage speakers' grammar: pedagogical implications
Link to YouTube video of workshop
March 27, 2021
التّعامل مع مناهج تدريس العربيّة لغير النّاطقين بها
Dealing with Arabic teaching curricula for non-native speakers
Link to YouTube video of workshop
April 24, 2021
الاستراتيجيّات المستخدمة في تدريس العربيّة لغير الناطقين بها: النّظرية والتطبيق
Strategies for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers: theory and applications
Link to YouTube video of workshop
May 29, 2021
انتقاء نصوص القراءة لغير الناطقين بالعربيّة
وتدريس قواعد اللغة العربيّة لغير الناطقين بها
Selecting reading texts and teaching Arabic grammar for non-native speakers of Arabic