Mohamed A. Ansary: Arabic Flagship Program (Arizona)

Thursday, April 25, 2019

University of Arizona Arabic Immersion Program | البرنامج الصيفي للغة العربية بجامعة أريزونا - قسم دراسات الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا

http://bit.ly/2PwfniU

البرنامج الصيفي للغة العربية بجامعة أريزونا - قسم

دراسات الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا

https://menas.arizona.edu/arabic-summer

منحة لطلاب المدارس الثانوية لدراسة اللغة العربية في الصيف بجامعة أريزونا والحصول على كريدت للجامعة

منحة لطلاب المدارس الثانوية لدراسة اللغة العربية في الصيف بجامعة أريزونا

والحصول على كريدت للجامعة

برنامج

JumpStart

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The Jumpstart program allows high school juniors and seniors to take an intensive Arabic summer course on campus for college credit. Students enjoy a variety of educational and fun-filled cultural activities throughout the program in addition to mentoring and tutoring specifically for high school students.

http://bit.ly/2Pu1fXy

There are scholarships available for qualifying students. The program offers two tracks for scholarships: Jumpstart to Flagship and Jumpstart to College. Jumpstart to Flagship is for seniors who will be joining the U of A in Fall 2019 as a freshman and plan to join the Arizona Arabic Flagship Program. This track offers full funding for both/either summer session. Jumpstart to College is for rising juniors and seniors who are motivated to earn college credit and pursue advanced Arabic. This track offers a tuition reduction to approximately $600 per summer session.

The Jumpstart program application is currently open! You can find the application at https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3kM5p4uq7LOKlbT. The deadline has been extended to May 1st.

Saturday, September 2, 2017

COMMON GROUND, COMMON FUTURE

SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 9-10, 2017

This workshop built on work done in the three previous symposia by continuing to foster an engaged community of innovators. Its main purpose was to forge a better understanding of current technology use, capabilities, and needs in Flagship programs. At the same time, the workshop was intended to strengthen our emerging Flagship community of innovators by engaging in activities that helped identify blended learning needs and plan for a common future.

http://lftic.lll.hawaii.edu/workshop/

Monday, June 1, 2015

Learning Tools and Social Media

Learning Tools and Social Media
By: Mohamed Ansary

Speech Tools:
Google Voice

Why do I ask my students to use Google Voice?

Flagship students should get trained to speak over the phone using the target language. (OPI)
For a warm-up, Google voice saves time.
All students have an equal opportunity to speak and leave a voice message.
I listen to each and every one and text him/her back in the target language commenting on his/her message.
I get notified by email when a student leaves a voice message. I can text him/her back using my Gmail account or my Google voice app on my phone.
Students are encouraged to speak on the sentence level/paragraph level as they are encouraged to use the whole 3 minutes of the voice message.

Observations:
Students first were intimidated.
Example: when my students were asked for the first time to use Google voice for a warm up, a student said: “ What? Am I going to speak in Arabic over the phone? No way. I cannot do that!”. The same student, later, was looking forward to knowing the daily topic of the warm up.
Some students began to leave me voice messages whenever they had questions.

Conclusion:
This method is very interactive and engaging.
Students become connected with their teachers.
Teachers can trace the development of their students as all voice messages are saved on their Google accounts. ( Formative Assessment)