1. 2014 STARTALK/NHLRC Teacher Workshop June 23-27, 2014 Arabic

2. Let's Celebrate! By Anita Husen and Reem Mehdoui

3. Student Profile Intermediate-level, college. - Mixed class (L2+HL). - Typical HL Learner: -1.5 or 2nd generation, one or both parents of Arab descent. -Familiar with regional dialect (speaking+listening) -Coming to class with: -Intermediate-Mid: Dialect, for listening and speaking. -Novice-Mid: MSA (Modern Standard Arabic), for all 4 skills.

4. -Main theme: Cultural Celebrations -Possible sub-themes: family immigration inter-generational changes religion rituals Themes

5. Pre-requisites Have socio-linguistic awareness of varieties of Arabic. Comprehend a short video clip in MSA on familiar cultural topics. Write in MSA a paragraph-long essay on a personal, familiar topic. Speak in a ESA (Educated Spoken Arabic)-MSA, to a native speaker.

6. Objectives Content Objectives -Learn about a festival in Sudan -Create interview questions -Conduct an interview Language Objectives -Listen and summarize a video -Write a personal, persuasive essay -Practice using new vocabulary -Hypothesize and role play -Write a comparative essay

7. Resources (Authentic Materials) Short video clip (Al Jazeera): "Mango Festival in Khartoum, Sudan" http://www.aljazeera.net/reportslibrary/pages/1ac4e476-defb-4757- 87bc-137b62c684f2 Community (interviews)

8. Day 0: Agenda and Preparation From the previous week... Agenda explained this week's lesson plan, based on a 3 day/week class 55 minutes in length. Students were arranged in groups of 2-4 with at least one HL and one L2 based on varied proficiency. Students selected, contacted, and arranged interview appointment with an older native speaker in the local community.

9. Lesson Plan Day 1 (5 min) Warm-up. (15 min) Watch video once, discuss with partner. Watch twice, confirm/deny with same partner. Watch third time. (15 min) As a class, we discuss video. (15 min) Discuss with a new partner your favorite holiday and report to class information from partner. (5 min) Distribute basic vocab list. Re-explain homework assignment to write about favorite holiday using 3-5 new vocab specific to their holiday.

10. Lesson Plan Day 2 (5 min) Collect writing assignment. (10 min) Write new vocab on the board. (30 min) Work in groups to prepare 5-8 interview questions. Teacher rotates between groups to provide feedback, assistance, and reviews vocab on board (10 min) Review revised vocab list from board.

11. Lesson Plan Day 3 (15 min) Role-play activity, round 1. Re-enact. (15 min) Role-play, round 2. Re-enact with embellishment off-script. (15 min) Role-play, round 3. Re-enact without the script at hand. (10 min) Reflection in English. Explanation of writing assignment #2. Compare and contrast how one holiday/event is celebrated at home vs. abroad or past vs. now.

12. Assessment Formative Assessment: -Student-generated vocab list --> assessing appropriate lexical knowledge and contextual usage -Interview questions --> assessing knowledge and application of appropriate interview format and register Summative Assessment: -Both writing assignments --> content, lexical variety, use of supporting an argument to defend preference, comparison and aspect Meta-cognitive Awareness: -Discussion about interview process

13. THANK YOU!