Teaching Of Arabic Conference 2008

A Conference on the Teaching of Arabic Thursday 6 March 2008

Programme 1000 Registration and coffee 1015 Welcome and introductions Olga Stanojlovic British Council Reflections from key partners David Wilson Association for Language Learning (ALL) Claire Dugard CILT, the National Centre for Languages Samia Earle Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) 1040 Dr Lid King Department for Children, Schools and Families 1100 Session 1 Arabic Immersion Courses and School Partnerships Pilton Community College, Barnstaple Sheryl Arnold and students Arabic Immersion Course, Egypt Sarah Bonnell School, Newham Humera Ihsan and students Arabic Immersion Course, Bahrain 1130 Refreshments 1145 Session 2 A Practical teaching strategies Sawsan Saffaf Head of Arabic, Paddington Academy and Nazek Abdel-Hay, joint authors of the Curriculum Guide for Arabic will focus on storytelling, oracy and literacy issues B Making the case for Arabic — activities involving Arabic in your school Samia Earle National Specialism Co-ordinator: Languages, SSAT 1230 Lunch and exhibition Exhibitors: British Council, CiLT, DCSF eLanguages, g-and-w publishing Ltd, Interactive Knowledge Centre, Nazali Ltd 1350 Introduction to afternoon session The Arabic network: resources for teachers Samia Earle and Doha Kudsi 1400 Session 3 C Arabic in the primary school Salwa Mohammed Cheetham Community School, Manchester D Asset Languages Lamia Amr 1445 Session 4 E Resources ‘Swap Shop’ Led by Doha Kudsi, consultant to SSAT F Working together — mainstream, supplementary and extended schools Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School and the Arabic School for All, Lincoln John Kelly Boys’ Technology College, Brent 1530 Panel session — key issues from workshops will be shared 1600 Close and departure