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ACTFL/ILR Oral Proficiency Interview by computer (OPIc)

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ACTFL/ILR Oral Proficiency Interview by computer (OPIc)

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The ACTFL/ILR Oral Proficiency Interview by computer (OPIc) exam tests for speaking skills and is offered for various languages, Arabic being one of them. The exam can be administered to students of all proficiency levels who are in college and beyond. The length of the exam is 20-30 minutes and it is rated by ACTFL Certified ILR OPIc Raters. The results reported are individual scores of proficiency from 0 to 2.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Assessment
Provider:: Language Testing International
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

ACTFLŠ Oral Proficiency Interview - computer

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ACTFLŠ Oral Proficiency Interview - computer

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The ACTFLŠ Oral Proficiency Interview - computer exam tests for speaking skills and is offered for various languages, Arabic being one of them. The exam can be administered to students at an ACTFL Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Superior proficiency level who are in the 10-12th grade, college and to adults. The length of the exam is 14-40 minutes and it is rated by ACTFL Certified ILR OPIc Raters. The results reported are 1 of 10 possible proficiency levels from the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Assessment
Provider:: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Arab Culture Through Literature and Film

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Arab Culture Through Literature and Film

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Arab Culture through Literature and Film is a five unit high school curriculum that provides students with knowledge and tools toanalyze and understand the Arab world. The materials utilize a student-centered pedagogical approach that promotes critical thinking and respect and encourages engaged global citizenship. Through this curriculum, students will recognize shared themes across the region and gain a sense of the rich diversity inherent to the multidimensional cultures of the Arab world. Students will study life and culture in the Arab world and engage with primary sources including films, short stories, and poems. Exposing students to Arab voices and putting human faces on the Arab world will increase understanding and tolerance in the American classroom.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; Literature; World Cultures; Cultural Geography
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan; Reading; Unit of Study
Provider:: Portland State University; Qatar Foundation International
Provider Set:: Middle East Studies Center
Date Added:: 10/17/2013

Arabic Course Achievement tests

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Arabic Course Achievement tests

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The Arabic Course Achievement tests measure reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, as well as grammar and vocabulary. The exams can be administered to students of all proficiency levels in PK-12 schools as well as college. The length of the exams is 1-2 hours and can be scored by a computer or a locally trained scorer. The intended test use can be for placement, credit by examination, achievement, and or fulfilling a requirement.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Assessment
Provider:: Mahdi Alosh
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Arabic Language

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Arabic Language

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Learn Arabic Language is a website that intends to teach the basics of the Arabic language, including background information on Arabic and its history. It contains information on the letters in their isolated position and numbers. The website further contains lists of pronouns, verbs, animal names, foods, grammar information, and more. All Arabic words are transliterated. The website also includes short lists of Arabic language books and Arabic schools throughout the U.S. and Egypt.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; U.S. History
Material Type:: Reading
Provider:: Arabic-learner
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Arabic Language for Schools

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Arabic Language for Schools

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This website contains some animated lessons of the subjects studied in schools. There are three categories: elementary for grades 4, 5, and 6, intermediate for grades 7, 8, and 9, and secondary for grades 10, 11, and 12. In the Arabic language section, there are texts, grammar lessons, reading lessons, balaghah, and more. For each lesson, the user is provided with synonyms, antonyms, plural and singular forms of vocabulary, exercises, summary, and the objective.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Homework/Assignment; Interactive; Reading
Provider:: Skoool Egypt
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Arabic Proficiency Test

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Arabic Proficiency Test

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The Arabic Proficiency Test measures reading and listening skills. The exam can be administered to high school and college students as well as to professionals. The length of the exam is 2 hours 30 minutes and its format is selected response/multiple choice. Ultimately, the reported result is based on ACTFL scores of novice, intermediate, advanced, and auperior proficiency levels.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Assessment
Provider:: Raji M. Rammuny
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Arabic Speaking Test (AST)

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Arabic Speaking Test (AST)

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The Arabic Speaking Test measures speaking skills. The exam can be administered to those at ACTFL intermediate, advanced, and superior proficiency levels. The test can be given to high school and college students and to professionals. The length of the exam is 25-50 minutes and its format is a simulated oral proficiency interview. Ultimately, the result reported is a proficiency level.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Assessment
Provider:: University of Michigan/Center for Applied Linguistics
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Arabic Windows: Arabicizing Windows Applications to Read and Write Arabic

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Arabic Windows: Arabicizing Windows Applications to Read and Write Arabic

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This document represents one of the first steps in addressing the lack of technological resources available for Arabicizing Windows. It provides instructions for enabling reading and typing Arabic in older versions of Windows up to Windows XP, Microsoft Word up to 2003, how to enable Arabic web browsing, and more. Information on how to type Arabic/Hindi numerals and where to download fonts is also included.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Reading
Provider:: al-Husein N. Madhany
Author:: al-Husein N. Madhany
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Arabic in Jordan

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Arabic in Jordan

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This site contains numerous audio, and video files, grouped by topic, of subjects speaking Jordanian colloquial Arabic. There are also a few images and informational links interspersed throughout the site. Each video is available for download and accompanied by an Arabic transcript and an English translation. Videos are based on every day topics like greetings, farewells, shopping, and transportation.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; World Cultures
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: Five College Center for the Study of World Languages
Date Added:: 09/12/2013

The Art of Arabic Calligraphy

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The Art of Arabic Calligraphy

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The Art of Arabic Calligraphy is a collection of four articles by Mamoun Sakkal, a professional calligrapher. The site explains the history of the Arabic alphabet, the history of Arabic calligraphy, and presents articles on the two largest schools of Arabic calligraphy, Kufic and cursive. Articles are informative and succinct and are accompanied by helpful charts and illustrations. The first section demonstrates all the connected and unconnected forms of the Arabic letters in the most basic script.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Reading
Provider:: Individual Authors
Author:: Mamoun Sakkal
Date Added:: 09/12/2013

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CAST

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The CAST exam measures speaking skills and is offered for various languages, Arabic being one of them. The exam can be administered to students at an intermediate and advanced proficiency level who are in the 10-12th grade, students in college, and to professionals. The length of the exam is 30 minutes and it is rated by a CAST assessor or by a teacher/reviewer. The exams are anonymous and results are sent by e-mail automatically after rating.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Assessment
Provider:: Center For Applied Linguistics
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Calligraphy Qalam

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Calligraphy Qalam

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Calligraphy Qallam offers visitors information about the Arabic alphabet, various styles of scripts, and the process and history of calligraphy. It offers tutorial videos which demonstrate the various shapes of the Arabic characters both within one script and between different scripts. There is also a "script quiz" which allows visitors to test their ability to recognize different calligraphic scripts. The site also includes a blog and a forum where topics surrounding calligraphy are discussed.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Assessment; Lecture; Reading
Provider:: Calligraphy Qalam
Date Added:: 09/12/2013

Classroom Oral Competency Interview (COCI)

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Classroom Oral Competency Interview (COCI)

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The Classroom Oral Competency Interview (COCI) exam tests for listening and speaking skills and is offered for any language. The exam can be administered to students in 6-12th grade as well as in college. The length of the exam is 5-7 minutes. The exam consists of a face to face interview and the result reported is a proficiency level.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Assessment
Provider:: Center For Applied Linguistics
Author:: California Foreign Language Project
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Columbus Public Schools Foreign Language Oral Assessment Kit, Levels I-III

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Columbus Public Schools Foreign Language Oral Assessment Kit, Levels I-III

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The Columbus Public Schools Foreign Language Oral Assessment tests for speaking skills and is offered for any language. The exam can be administered to students of all proficiency levels in 7-12th grade. The exam is based on scenarios and only tests what students can realistically respond to.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Assessment
Provider:: Columbus Public Schools Level I-III Foreign Language Oral Assessment Project
Author:: Robert E Robison et al.
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Critical Language Service (YouTube Channel)

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Critical Language Service (YouTube Channel)

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Critical Language Service offers playlists with video lessons that explain the material in Alif Baa, Al-Kitaab 1 (through lesson 11), and a series on Egyptian vocabulary. Videos designed for the Alif Baa series focus on stories to illustrate new vocabulary while the series designed for Al-Kitaab explains grammatical concepts introduced in the books, and demonstrate proper pronunciation. They also offer a playlist of 60 cartoon episodes in Arabic.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: Critical Language Service
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

CultureTalk - Arab World

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CultureTalk - Arab World

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CultureTalk - Arab World features a very extensive selection of filmed interviews with people from different countries in the Arabic speaking world. While some interviews are in English, the vast majority are in Arabic. Translations and usually transcripts are provided for all non-English video clips. Topics include family, food, education, religious and cultural customs, work, art, sport, travel, etc. The regions covered are the Levant, North Africa, Egypt, and Mauritania, with an Iraqi section on the way.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; Religious Studies; World Cultures
Material Type:: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: Five College Center for the Study of World Languages
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Culture Talk: Egypt

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Culture Talk: Egypt

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CultureTalk - Arab World features native speakers from across the Arabic-speaking world giving filmed interviews, in Arabic and sometimes English, on selected topics. Text-based translations and transcriptions are often provided as downloadable documents for most Arabic videos. The videos engage a number of region/country-specific topics, including cultural traditions, religion, politics, and sports.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; World Cultures; Economics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lecture; Reading
Provider:: Five College Center for the Study of World Languages
Date Added:: 09/17/2013

Culture Talk: Yemeni Arabic

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Culture Talk: Yemeni Arabic

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CultureTalk - Arab World features native speakers from across the Arabic-speaking world giving filmed interviews, in Arabic and sometimes English, on selected topics. Text-based translations and transcriptions are often provided as downloadable documents for most Arabic videos. The videos engage a number of region/country-specific topics, including cultural traditions, religion, politics, and sports.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; World Cultures; Economics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lecture; Reading; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: Five College Center for the Study of World Languages
Date Added:: 09/17/2013

FLTEACH listserv

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FLTEACH listserv

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This listserv is provided by the Foreign Language Teaching Forum and is an integrated service for foreign language teachers, dedicated to encouraging communication, sharing, and collaboration at all levels. The broad discussion topic is foreign language teaching methods for any level of instruction in all languages. Students in teacher training programs, teachers both new and experienced, administrators, and other professionals interested in any aspect of foreign language teaching are invited to participate in discussions. Messages are sent via email and are also archived in a searchable database. The website is hosted by the State University of New York College at Cortland.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: Individual Authors
Date Added:: 08/27/2013