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Teaching Arabic across Contexts

The European Network for Teaching Arabic  

In Collaboration with 

Leiden University Institute for Area Studies 

Announce 

The Sixth Conference of the European Network for Teaching Arabic (ENTA-6) 

“Teaching Arabic Across Contexts” 

December 18 – 19, 2024, Leiden University, The Netherlands. 

Call for abstracts 

The past two decades witnessed waves of diversified contexts of learning and teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language, bringing the field to shores beyond the traditionally strong Oriental and Religious Studies.  Teaching Arabic across Contexts explores the diverse methodologies and approaches to teaching Arabic in various educational settings and cultural backgrounds. It aims to address the challenges and opportunities that arise when Arabic is taught as a foreign language across different contexts, including formal classroom environments in diverse educational programs, study abroad, informal and community schools, or online platforms, and at different proficiency levels. It aims to unite educators, scholars, and practitioners from Europe and beyond to exchange insights, research findings, and discuss the evolution and innovation in the field of Arabic language education. 

The conference invites submissions of abstracts for presentations, papers, workshops and panels on the theme of the conference. For more information click here. 

Conference themes: 

The conference encourages submissions on research that has implications on teaching and learning Arabic as a foreign language, and on teaching projects that are linked to research on the following areas: 

• Research-Practice Nexus: How can research findings inform classroom practices, and vice versa?
• Arabic language instruction in different contexts such as Arabic as a Classical Language, as a World Language, to heritage learners, in immersion programs, online platforms, and professional settings.
• Assessment and Evaluation in various teaching contexts.
• Linguistics and Language Variation as it relates to TAFL.
• Teacher Training and Professional Development to support evolving teaching and learning needs.
• Pedagogical Innovations and Best Practices: Share your experiences with novel teaching methods, technology integration, and learner-centered approaches.

Publication Opportunity:

ENTA-4 successfully culminated in the preparation of an edited volume (To Appear) published by Routledge. In a similar vein, original, not previously published, research presented at ENTA-6 may be invited to submit a full manuscript for consideration in a subsequent publication. 

Organizing Committee:

• Dr. Hossam Ahmed, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Program Committee:

• Dr. Ashraf Abdou, University of Oxford, UK.
• Dr. Ghada Badawi, New York University, USA.
• Dr. Nesrine Basheer, University of British Columbia, Canada.
• Dr. Raghda El Essawi, American Univeristy in Cairo, Egypt.
• Prof. Manuela E.B. Giolfo, IULM University – Milan, Italy
• Dr. Rasha ElHawari, Concordia University, Canada
• Dr. Nada Elzeer, SOAS, University of London, UK.
• Dr. Andrea Facchin, University of Venice, Italy.
• Dr. Ruba Khamam, University of Leeds, UK.
• Dr. Letizia Lombezzi, The University of Bologna and The University of Siena, Italy.
• Dr. Lama Nassif, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar.
• Mr. Zehad Sabry, University of Oslo, Norway.
• Dr. Federico Salvaggio, University of Udine, Italy.
• Dr. Iman Soliman, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
• Dr. Rasha Soliman, University of Leeds, UK.
• Prof. Zeinab Taha, American University of Cairo, Egypt.
• Dr. Liesbeth Zack, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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