Past Events

You don’t only learn with your head! Movement and games increase brain activity, improve learning success – and simply put you in a good mood!

Especially at the time of the corona lockdown, it is all the more important to combine online learning with exercise breaks and loosen up with active games. How can this be achieved – even if the lessons mostly take place in front of the screen and space is limited at home?

Our speakers will show you how it can be done: with simple tips, exercises, and examples that you can use in your lessons!

• Carmen Kohlfürst, former head of language and advanced training at the Doha Language Center and the German program at Hamad bin Khalifa University in Education City, currently working as a freelance trainer and seminar leader

• Paula Rötscher, Arabic teacher at the Salzmannschule Schnepfenthal and Arabic lecturer at the University of Erfurt and the Volkshochschule Würzburg

This 2.5-hour workshop will focus on key tenets of teaching for social justice in world language and will provide entry points into participants’ own curriculum. The workshop will include hands-on work with social justice standards and World-Readiness Standards and opportunities to brainstorm and collaborate with fellow participants. Participants will examine a variety of examples and will leave the workshop with the next steps for their own curriculum and program.

Dr. Cassandra Glynn is an Associate Professor of Education at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN where she teaches methods courses for pre-service and in-service teachers. She also serves as Director of the Master of Education in World Language Instruction in partnership with Concordia Language Villages. She is co-author of Words and Actions: Teaching Languages through the Lens of Social Justice.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSco3PNWgRV09vMC3kCq14ufd86x3IUHG69S0dYthTyWX1uPYA/viewform

This presentation will be divided into two parts: The first part will include a brief introduction to the benefits of using games for teaching and learning with a specific focus on teaching and learning languages. The second part will demonstrate designing several games with the purpose of teaching/learning Arabic, as well as their application. All the examples will be created using the Google Suite.

For more information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_3TsIovEor8SVIZi9ET8xZz0UwmNsFPlwLxvwBGbQeIByqQ/viewform

AHS and SIMA are hosting an event with the filmmaker of Vital Voices Manal Yaish Zraiq (film on the Arab World Vision playlist). The event is only open to students in AHS for now. More info here: https://www.arabichonorsociety.com/ahs-film-club-partnership-sima-studios and https://simaclassroom.com/student-film-club/

Registration Link:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrjVi9jhE1oSFoZGc0nLNiq5fnCc4pX8CuaHWhZQPj8hIFsA/viewform

The “Arabicum Institute” at Landesspracheninstitut (LSI), the regional language institute of Ruhr University Bochum, developed the innovative e-learning tool “LSI.Online.”

LSI.Online contains a self-study course to learn the Arabic script and over 500 online exercises for training on vocabulary, grammar, and communicative structures. These materials can be used in the classroom and for lesson planning.

Join our online seminar for insight into how to use the various exercises as well as suggestions and new ideas for teaching Arabic online!

Speaker: Michaela Kleinhaus, Head of the LSI-Arabicum Institute.

Please join us for NYATC winter conference: ‘A Conversation with Qasid Institute on Planning for the Blending Learning Environment.’

The conference will feature two sessions, the first focused on designing blended instruction and the second on managing student learning. Both sessions will be led by instructors and staff from Qasid Institute. Workshop 1 will be held primarily in Arabic, and workshop 2 in English.

This session will be jointly hosted by QFI and NYATC as a workshop to promote Arabic teachers in their Professional Development.

Registrants will receive the zoom link before March 13th.

The world of languages in your own home: interactive language courses, workshops for teachers, learners, and language enthusiasts, live sessions for those interested in professions with languages or anybody who’s longing to go traveling.

Qatar Foundation International (QFI) is participating and presenting four events revolving around Arabic. Registration is free and possible via this link.

This event is in the German language.

Die Welt der Sprachen bei Dir zu Hause: Sprachkurse zum Mitmachen, Workshops für Lehrer, Lerner und Sprachenfreunde, Live-Sessions für alle, die an Berufen mit Sprachen interessiert sind oder Fernweh und Reisesehnsucht haben!

Qatar Foundation International (QFI) ist mit dabei und präsentiert Veranstaltungen rund um das Thema Arabisch. Die Anmeldung ist kostenlos und über diesen Link möglich.

Connect with youth and adult leaders from around the world! A 2-day virtual conference (April 14 & 15).

Jennifer Geist and Anas Ghanim will be doing a live session and we will have one pre-recorded session with a QFI Alumni. They will discuss topics relevant to students today who want to maximize their service-learning experiences and mentorship opportunities. Topics include meaningful connections from local to global; developing cross-cultural communication skills; global perspectives on career readiness; long-term view of service-learning work; tips for students on cultivating mentors; and a lively Q&A!

QFI Frühlingskonferenz 2021/QFI Spring Conference 2021 in Germany

During the first Spring Conference organized by QFI in Germany, we would like to address Arabic teachers and present ideas and tools for teaching Arabic. The conference is in cooperation with Expolingua, Fachverband Arabisch and Verein der Arabischlehrer*innen.
Arabic teachers will contribute to various topics:
• How do you teach Arabic script online?
Paula Roetscher: Salzmannschule Schnepfenthal, Erfurt University
• Learn to read Arabic online
Aicha Hamdani: Interkulturelle Waldorfschule Berlin, Arabischlehrer*innen Verein e.V.
• Lesson planning for Arabic classes
Dr. Peter Konerding: Bamberg University, Fachverband Arabisch
• How do I integrate Arabic culture in Arabic lessons?
Shahir Nashed: Salzmannschule Schnepfenthal, Arabischlehrer*Innen Verein e.V.
• Teach Arabic vocabulary in a fun way.
Paula Roetscher: Salzmannschule Schnepfenthal, Erfurt University
• Participants will learn more about Arabic calligraphy from Berlin artist Daniel Arab and discuss with the team of the Bonn school project the challenges and opportunities of founding a bilingual (German-Arabic) school.

Each session will last 30 minutes. Breaks will offer the opportunity to meet other teachers and exchange ideas. Participation is free of charge. The conference will be held on Zoom.

Give Something Back to Berlin (@GSBTBerlin) is organizing a musical hour: Introduction to Arabic Music – a performance and Conversation on the Oud and Baglama, two-stringed instruments central to Arabic folk music.

Register here.

The Chicago Arabic Teachers Council (CATC) invites you to participate in its annual conference, which will focus on connecting Arabic language classrooms to the wider world. Panel sessions will showcase opportunities for Arabic instructors to collaborate with local and international communities to enrich their teaching. 

Conference Schedule:

Friday, May 21

11:00 am – 12:30 pm CDT: Keynote Lecture, “Crossing Boundaries and Building Bridges: The Role of Arabic in the 21st Century” by Mohammed Elmeski (Arizona State University)

12:45 pm – 1:45 pm CDT: Panel Session, “Connecting with Local Communities,” featuring Dr. Azar Maluki (Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project), Samira Alhamwi (Syrian Community Network), Sarab Al Ani (Yale University), and moderator Aidan Kaplan (University of Chicago)

Saturday, May 22

10:15 am – 11:45 am CDT: Panel Session, “Connecting Arabic Students Across Schools,” featuring Tahreem Akhtar (Qatar Foundation International), Fadi Abughoush (Lindblom Math & Science Academy), Iman Hashem (California World Language Project, Occidental College), and moderator Noha Forster (University of Chicago)

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CDT: Panel Session, “Connecting with International Communities,” featuring Ronnie Malley (Chicago Public Schools, Global Voices Initiative), Lisa Roberts (STEAMuseum), and moderator Lena Krause (Beacon Academy)

For registration and more information, please visit: https://voices.uchicago.edu/catc/2021conference/

Join QFI and the British council as we celebrate the winners of the Arabic Speaking Competition for our schools. The celebration will be broadcast on Teams LIVE.

You and your students are welcome to join and see some of the winning students and other distinguished guests celebrating the importance of learning the Arabic Language.

Register here. 

Finding teaching and learning materials for young Arabic heritage speakers is difficult when few textbooks from trusted publishers are available. How do teachers cope with diverse student backgrounds, and how can they take the variety of dialects into account? What makes the old-fashioned textbook so attractive, and how does the content of non- European teaching material correspond to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)?

Three Arabic teachers from Germany will present their favorite Arabic teaching materials for young heritage speakers and discuss what it means to adapt teaching material to a familiar language learning environment.

Join the Expolingua Online Seminar discussion with Safaa Al Jazzar from the Arabic Heritage Program in Bonn, Asma Zarrug of Heidelberg University, and Shahir Nashed from the language specialist school “Salzmannschule.”

Register here.

“TAMAM” is an exciting educational project of the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin where German educator teams from mosques and the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin developed teaching material about Islamic Art and Culture. The material and exercises are divided into the categories: Connected Worlds, Shared Heritage, Equal Rights, Present, and Religious Diversity.

In our online seminar, we will explore how the teaching material can be adapted to work in the Arabic language classroom. We will be looking at two exercises in particular.

Introduction: Shirin Haacke, TAMAM Project, Museum of Islamic Art Berlin.

Exercise 1: “Present – Do you think you are what you wear?”, presented by Paula Roetscher, Arabic teacher at Salzmannschule, Schnepfenthal.

Exercise 2: “Religious Diversity – What’s Islamic Architecture to you?”, presented by Shahir Nashed, Arabic teacher at Salzmannschule, Schnepfenthal.

You can find more information about the project in German, English, and Arabic here: https://tamam-projekt.de/en/who-is-tamam/

Please register for the online seminar here: https://www.expolingua.com/myexpo_calendar_detail.php?eid=tamam_kultur

The Online Seminar will be held in German.