Wednesday, December 18, 2024
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Opening remarks |
| 9:30 – 10:30 | Keynote address (HMO 0.20): Integrating ‘Āmmiyya and Fuṣḥā in AFL Programs: The Cornell University Model Munther Younes (Cornell University) |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Concurrent sessions 1 |
| Pedagogical Innovations and best practices (HMO 0.20) Chair: Ruba Khamam (University of Leeds) | |
| Unlocking the Arabic Alphabet: A Comparative Exploration of Learning Strategies for Non-Native Speakers Yomna Chami (American University of Beirut) | |
| Simplexity and non -linearity in TAFL: just crisis or new paradigm? Letizia Lombezzi (The University of Bologna-DSPS) | |
| The Effectiveness of the Root and Pattern System of Arabic as a Vocabulary Learning Strategy: A Classroom-Based Research Study Silvia Lodi (QMUL) | |
| TAFL in Institutional Context (HMO 1.80) Chair: Nada Elzeer ( SOAS, University of London) | |
| Contrastive approaches to teaching Arabic in schools in UK and USA: the Impact of a high stakes assessment Tony Calderbank (QFI) | |
| Case Study on Proficiency Testing in a School Arabic Program Janine E Elya (Qatar Foundation International) | |
| Student Wellbeing in Online and Blended Arabic as a Second and Heritage Language Courses: Challenges and Suggested Solutions Hany Fazza (Georgetown University-Qatar); Mohamed Mahgoub (Qatar Foundation); Martine Elie (Qatar Foundation) | |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15 – 14:45 | Concurrent sessions 2 |
| AI Tools in AFL (HMO 0.20) Chair: Rasha ElHawari (Concordia University) | |
| Innovative AI Integration into Arabic Language Teaching and Learning: A Spotlight on Enhancing Writing Skills and Students’ Creativity Ruba Khamam (University of Leeds ); Carla Khoury (University of Oslo) | |
| AI integration in Teaching Listening Skills Dalia Baki (Leiden University ) | |
| Evaluation of AI-Generated Reading Comprehension Materials for Arabic Language Teaching Ahmed Allaithy (American University of Sharjah); Mai Zaki (American University of Sharjah) | |
| Arabic Language Acquisition (HMO 1.80) Chair: Letizia L Lombezzi (The University of Bologna-DSPS) | |
| The impact of teacher and peer feedback on L2 Arabic pronunciation skills Asmaa Shehata (University of Mississippi) | |
| Teaching Grammar in the L2 Arabic Classroom: Adopting the Input Processing Model Lama Nassif (Carnegie Mellon University Qatar); Ruba Khamam (University of Leeds ) | |
| Do multilinguals use vocabulary learning strategies differently in Arabic and English? A mixed-methods approach Maha Alharthi (Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University); Suhad Sonbul (Umm Al-Qura University); Dina El-Dakhs (Prince Sultan University ) | |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | ENTA Business Meeting (HMO 0.20) Members can propose agenda items by emailing Hossam Ahmed |
| 15:45 – 16:45 | Concurrent sessions 3 |
| Panel: Crafting an Advanced Arabic Curriculum in Higher Education (HMO 0.20) Chair: Mona Hammad (SOAS, University of London) Adéla Provazníková (Charles University); Safinaz Saad (University of Bamberg); Alessandro Columbu (University of Westminster) | |
| Culture in the Language Classroom (HMO 1.80) Chair: Ruba Khamam (University of Leeds) | |
| From Classroom to Culture: Integrating ICC (Intercultural Communicative Competence) in TAFL (Teaching Arabic as Foreign Language) Linda Salerno (Otto-Friedrich Universität Bamberg) | |
| The LEARN project: intercultural enrichment of the curriculum through the teaching of the Arabic language in primary schools in Florence Haifa Alsakkaf (Good World Citizen) |
Day 2:Thursday, December 19, 2024
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | Workshop Sessions |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | Keynote Workshop (HMO 1.84) Integrating Arabic varieties across Contexts Munther Younes (Cornell University) |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Teaching collocations with Muraija – an online Arabic collocation dictionary (HMO 1.80) Mirko Vogel (Muraija) |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | How to use the Media Arabic Text Collection (MATC) in your teaching (HMO 1.80) Jan Hoogland (Radboud University) |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Celebrating Arabic in an Innovative Environment (HMO 0.16) Sara Mallo (Life Sciences UTC) |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | FL Course Planning and Design following a Content, Culture, Language across the Curriculum (CLAC /FLIC) Approach to Course Design (HMO 0.16) Doha M. Ahmed (American University in Cairo) |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | تقديم الثقافة العربية السعودية لمتعلمي اللغة العربية الناطقين بغيرها، التحديات والحلول (HMO 1.80) Hadeel Alabbasi and Mohammad AlJarrah (Qanaateer Center) |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Concurrent sessions 4 |
| Contextualizing Language variation (HMO 1.80) Chair: Dalia Baki (Leiden University) | |
| Translanguaging Practices in the Writings of Heritage Language Learners of Arabic Rasha M ElHawari (Concordia University ) | |
| Connecting research and practice: Multidialectal approaches in the Arabic language classroom Emma Trentman (University of New Mexico) | |
| Towards a New Way of Integrating Modern Standard Arabic with Dialects in the University Classroom Bogdan E Cojanu (University of Bucharest) | |
| Professional Development (HMO 0.16) Chair: Orieb Masadeh-tate (University of Manchester) | |
| Professional Development, How Does It Work? A Deep Dive into the Participant’s Educator Experience Jehan Mohamed (Rutgers State University) | |
| What do Arabic native and non-native teachers need to improve in their teaching? “Insights from students” Mohamed Hassan Firgany (American University in Cairo) | |
| L2 Arabic pragmatics in the classroom: Insights from instructors’ experiences Seth M McCombie (Carnegie Mellon University); Khaled Al Masaeed (Carnegie Mellon University) | |
| 14:45 – 16:15 | Concurrent sessions 5 |
| Professional Development (HMO 0.16) Chair: Dalia Baki (Leiden University) | |
| Communities of Practice for Arabic School Teachers in the US, UK and Europe Chase Smithburg and Tony Calderbank (QFI) | |
| تقويم فاعلية وحدة تعليمية مقترحة قائمة على المدخل الكلي للغة في تنمية بعض مهارات القراءة لدى الدارسين الأجانب في المستوى المتوسط في ماليزيا Nasirudeen Abdur Razaq Kharashi (Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin) | |
| Identifying the Cognitive Underpinnings of Arabic Reading Acquisition to Inform Teaching Practice Alaa Ghandour (Grenoble Alpes University); Emmanuel Trouche (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University); Sylviane Valdois (Grenoble Alpes University); Dominique Guillo (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University) | |
| Pedagogical Innovations and best practices (HMO 1.80) Chair: Nada Elzeer ( SOAS, University of London) | |
| Learning grammar through the ‘I’ of a text: The construction of an Arabic-Spanish parallel literary corpus Laila M. Jreis-Navarro (Universidad de Zaragoza) | |
| Lexical Change Across Generations Ghada Ramadan Abdelaal (American University in Cairo) | |
| Exploring Mobile Application usefulness In Enhancing Vocabulary Learning and Retention in Media Arabic for Non-Native Learners Nashwa Abdelraouf abdelrahman (Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar) | |
| 16:15 – 16:45 HMO 0.02 | Closing remarks |