I hope you all are doing well and enjoying your semester!
Two candidates are being considered for the Arabic Pedagogy position in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Culture. The candidates are Dr. Giselle Khoury, Senior Lecturer, Boston University and Kevin Burnham, PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Giselle Khoury of Boston University was on campus this week; she presented two lectures - one in English and one in Arabic. On Tuesday, February 08, she presented 'Morphological Awareness and Vocabulary Acquisition in Arabic as a Foreign Language' in English as well as 'Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial Arabic: What do Students Think?' in Arabic.
Kevin Burnham will be presenting 'Listening from the Bottom Up: a new technique for improving listening comprehension in learners of Arabic' in English on Monday, February 21, 5:30pm in Ballantine Hall, 004, and ‘The Sounds of the Arabic Language in the Past and Present’ in Arabic on Monday, February 22, 10am in Ballantine Hall, 004
If you would like to submit comments about the Arabic Pedagogy candidates, please email the Graduate Student Faculty Representative, Katie Peoples, at kepeople@umail.iu.edu. Your comments will be complied with your names removed and then submitted to the NELC Faculty. All comments will be kept confidential and anonymous. Comments must be submitted for Dr. Giselle Khoury no later than Friday, February 18 and Kevin Burnham by Friday, February 25.
Have a lovely day!
Sincerely,
Katie Peoples
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