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Professional Activities
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| 1986- present |
Oral proficiency tester for Arabic certified by ACTFL |
| 1996-present |
Grant proposal reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education |
| November, 1999 |
Consultant to the Arabic multimedia project at the University of Michigan. Activities involved evaluating the completed segments and providing assistance in developing the evaluation and assessment instruments. November |
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1998, April 1999, May 2000.
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Invited lecturer/evaluator to the Bahrain American School by the US Department of Defense to review the curriculum and provide an intensive, graduate-level workshop for the teachers on language learning and teaching |
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August 1999
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Invited consultant/evaluator to Middlebury College to participate in a three-day investigation of ways to improve the language curriculum of the Arabic School and integrate a colloquial component |
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2001- 2007
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Tester trainer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Teacher training for the National Foreign Language Initiative, Arabic Language Center, Damascus University
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2000- 2013
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Tester trainer for ACTFL at several universities, including Middlebury College (July 2000), University of California at Berkeley (May 2001), University of Maryland (March 2006), University of Texas (March 2007, March 2009), Georgetown University (May 2005, March 2008, March2010), San Diego State University (May 2006), Michigan State University (2009), Brigham Young University ( June 2008), Damascus University (April 2007), the American University in Cairo (April 2005), University of Maryland (May 2006), Middle East Institute (June 2008), DePaul University (June 2008), University of Illinois (April 2009), Qasid Institute, Jordan (March 2010), CIEE at the University of Jordan (May 2010), University of Alexandria, Egypt (October 2010), ACTFL OPI 4-day workshop at the annual convention in Boston (2010 and Denver in 2011), ACTFL OPI 3-day workshop at Yarmouk University, Jordan (2011), King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (April 2011), Qasid Institute, Jordan (June 2012), Orlando, Florida
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2009
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External program evaluator, University of Arizona,
External program evaluator, George Mason University
External program evaluator, University of Minnesota,
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2008
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StarTalk Aadvisory Committee meeting, Washington, D.C.
StarTalk Project Directors’ meeting, Washington, D.C.
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2007
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Program evaluation for StarTalk (federal program), Chicago Schools and De Paul University, 2007.
Program evaluation for StarTalk, Brigham Young University, 2007.
StarTalk Awardee Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2007.
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2002- 2014
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Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 2014, Georgetown University, Qatar 2015, San Diego State University, 2015, Amman, Jordan 2016).
Proficiency test development for court interpreters in California, Cooperative Personnel Services, Sacramento, CA, 2002-2006. Rating tests, 2002-2006.
External program evaluator, Brandeis University, April 2004.
Teacher training at many institutions, including Middlebury College; San Diego State University; New Horizon Schools, Pasadena, California; Ohio State University for the
Persian and Turkish Consortium; Al-Amal School, Minneapolis, MN; ISNA convention, Chicago; Aldeen Foundation, Pasadena, CA; University of Maryland (2002); Damascus University (2002-2007); George Washington University, Washington, DC (2008); Aleppo University (2000, 2010); Alexandria University (2009), Qasid (2010), CIE, Aleppo University, CIEE, University of Jordan (2010), King Saud University 2-11-2013, Damascus University 2014-15.
ACTFL committee member on redesigning oral proficiency tester training workshops, 2006.
Consultant to International School Services for the program of Literacy Coaches at American and international schools in the Arabian Gulf area, 2011-2012
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Articles
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A conceptual framework for designing innovative Arabic curricula for native and non-native learners. Key-note speaker at the Arabic Institute, Qatar University
Evaluating two frameworks European and American) for assessing language proficiency.
Reforming Arabic Teaching, Arabic, Damascus Arabic Academy
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| 2015 |
Assessment of Language Proficiency in the United States of America, in Teaching Arabic in North America: Review and Evaluation, Ed. Badr al-Jabr, Riyadh, SA
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| 2010 |
Oral Proficiency Assessment in the United States, in the Proceedings of Arabele 2009 conference on Arabic (Spain), The Arabic Language: Teaching and Acquisition
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| 2009 |
Implications of the First National Arabic Conference, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 2009.
Introduction to the proceedings of the First National Arabic Conference, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
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| 2006 |
Arabic Language Learning Standards, in K-16 National Learning Standards, ACTFL, 2006.
Alosh, Mahdi, Hussein Elkhafaifi, & Salah Hammoud. Professional Standards for Teachers of Arabic in Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching in the 21st Century,
(Eds.) Wahba, Taha, and England. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
From Language Functions to Tasks in a Diglossic Situation. Chapter in Task-Based Instruction, Weaver, Betty and Jane Willis, eds. Georgetown University Press
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| 2001 |
Learning Language at a Distance: The Arabic Initiative and Some Points and Constraints to Consider, Foreign Language Annals, Volume 34, No. 4,
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| 1998 |
Teacher Training in the LCTLs: What to Do About it. AAUSC Newsletter (Newsletter of the American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors of Foreign Language Programs) |
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Books |
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Alosh, Mahdi, Learner, Text, and Context in Foreign Language Acquisition: An Arabic Perspective. 1997. Columbus, the Ohio State University: National Foreign Language Resource Center.
Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2000.
Ahlan wa Sahlan: Instructor’s Handbook. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.
Using Arabic, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Ahlan wa Sahlan: Intermediate and Advanced Arabic. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.
Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic, Second Edition, Leaner Textbook. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.
Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic, Second Edition, Instructor Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.
Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic, Second Edition, Leaner Workbook. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.
Ahlan wa Sahlan: Intermediate and Advanced Arabic, second edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.
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