ENTA-4: The Fourth Conference of the European Network for Teaching Arabic University of Oslo (UiO) Oslo, Norway, December 15-16, 2022 |
Conference website | http://enta.network/enta-4/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=enta4 |
Abstract registration deadline | August 21, 2022 |
Submission deadline | August 21, 2022 |
Call for abstracts
Connecting Research and Practice in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language addresses all important issues pertaining to research in Arabic language learning and teaching and its relation to the practice of teaching Arabic to non-native speakers at undergraduate and graduate levels. The conference also examines how engaging with research affects teachers’ professional development. It aims to bring together academics, researchers, and language instructors in Europe and beyond to share their views, empirical work and discuss the gains and challenges at the levels of AFL pedagogy, assessment, linguistics of the Arabic language, language acquisition and teacher training as they shed light on future possibilities and needs.
The conference invites submissions of abstracts for presentations (20 min. + 10 min. discussion), papers (20+10 min. Presentation and submission of the manuscript for an edited volume), workshops, and panels (75 minutes) on the theme of the conference. Abstracts are accepted via EasyChair. For more information and submission guidelines, 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:
- Action research and classroom research.
- Language use and communication.
- Arabic as a World Language.
- Teacher education and training.
- First and second language acquisition.
- Pedagogy for native and non-native speakers.
- (Online) curriculum and syllabus design.
- Resources for Arabic language teachers and learners.
- Arabic linguistics in TAFL.
- Assessment in TAFL.
- Best practices in TAFL.
Keynote Speaker
Mahmoud Al-Batal is a Professor of Arabic at the American University in Beirut. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Arabic Linguistics from the University of Michigan. He taught Arabic at Emory University in Atlanta, and at the University of Texas, Austin (UT) and served as director of the Emory Language Center, director of the Middlebury College Arabic School, director of the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA), and director of the Arabic Flagship program at UT.
Dr. Al-Batal is co-author of Al-Kitaab Arabic textbook series and has published on various aspects of TAFL and Sociolinguistics. His most recent publications include Arabic as One: Integrating Dialect in the Arabic Curriculum, an edited volume published by Georgetown University Press (2018), and تقرير حالة اللغة العربية ومستقبلها published by the UAE Ministry of Culture and Youth (2021).
Keynote title (TBA)
Committees
Program Committee
- Dr. Ghada Badawi, New York University, USA.
- Dr. Raghda El Essawi, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
- Dr. Letizia Lombezzi, University of Pescara, Italy.
- Dr. Teresa Pepe, University of Oslo, Norway.
- Dr. Iman Soliman, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
- Dr. Rasha Soliman, University of Leeds, UK.
- Prof. Zeinab Taha, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
- Dr. Liesbeth Zack, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Organizing committee
- Mr. Zehad Sabry, University of Oslo, Norway.
- Dr. Hossam Ahmed, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to:z.s.m.zehad@ikos.uio.no