Arabic Language and

Culture in Schools
Thursday 11 March 2010 0945-1600

Invitation
The British Council, the Association for Language Learning, CiLT, the Specialist Schools and Academies
Trust and CASAW invite you to Arabic Language and Culture in Schools at the British Council,
10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN

RSVP by 1 March 2010 Please return the registration form via e-mail to world.links@britishcouncil.org

Programme
0945 Registration and refreshments
1000 Welcome and introductions
British Council
HE Dr Sami Khiyami Syrian Ambassador to the UK
1030 Session 1 Teaching methodologies for heritage versus non-heritage speakers
Jonathan Featherstone Edinburgh University
1100 Opportunities with Arabic Our Languages: Partnerships in language and culture
1115 Refreshments
1130 Session 2
A Creative teaching activities in the classroom Luma Hameed Sarah Bonnell School, Newham
and Moseley School British Council Arabic Language Assistants programme
B Teaching resources Edward Parsons Council for Arab British Understanding
1215 Session 3
British Council Connecting Classrooms case study
Partnership with Oman Teacher and students Reepham High School
1245 Lunch and exhibition Calligraphy in the classroom Mustafa Ja’far
1345 Opportunities with Arabic Arabic Network
1400 Session 4 Empowering language learning with e-learning technologies Mourad Diouri CASAW
1440 Opportunities with Arabic Links into Languages and LinkedUp
1500 Session 5
A Creative teaching activities in the classroom Luma Hameed Sarah Bonnell School, Newham
and Moseley School British Council Arabic Language Assistants programme
B Teaching resources Edward Parsons Council for Arab British Understanding
1540 Key issues from workshops shared

1600 Close