This project will create an Arabic Club where students will demonstrate competence in using Arabic before a large audience. Parents and community members will participate in curriculum night and cultural events. We will host a forum where the community and school staff will learn about the education, culture, cuisine, customs, traditions, and daily life in Egypt. The project will promote and reinforce the Arabic language, students' fluency, and knowledge of the Egyptian culture.
Lifting Arabic Language Awareness is intended to introduce, teach, and grow the Arabic language skills among members of the Winooski, VT community. Adult participants will have the opportunity to learn Modern Standard Arabic through weekly conversational classes led by a qualified instructor, while children and their families will be invited to attend bilingual story-times followed by an activity centered on the culture, practices, and traditions of the Middle East.
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Wang Rennyu (EastSide Charter School) reinforces color vocabulary with an active game and conversation practice.
Sarah Elgammal’s (Ashford School) students design their own lessons and teach their classmates about weather vocabulary in Arabic.
Chen Xiaoyun (Tonopah Valley High School) teaches students how to make Chinese dumplings and asks them to describe the activity in the target language.
Zeng Xiaolian (Beethoven Secondary) leads students in an interactive activity to reinforce animal vocabulary.
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Wu Jiaman (Edward E. Sadlowski Elementary, IL) teaches vocabulary and sentence patterns by teaching students a song called “What’s Your Name?”
Mohamed Salem Tiguit (Frederick Douglass High School, KY) asks students to present the colors in different national flags to reinforce vocabulary and speaking skills.
Zhang Wenyu (West Park Academy, IL) teaches students how to ask and respond to the question “What color is it?” and leads them in a game.
Xu Quansai (Batesville Intermediate School, IN) leads students in a song and interviews them about their favorite colors to reinforce vocabulary.
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Chen Xiaoyun (Tonopah Valley High School, AZ) shares the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival with local students during community outreach.
Wang Zhenglin (Batesville Primary School, IN) leads activities in which students reinforce vocabulary for family members and practice talking about their families.
Mohamed El Ouardi (Plantation Middle School, FL) leads a game in which students listen to commands in Arabic and respond appropriately.
Zeng Xiaolian (Beethoven Secondary, TX) reinforces vocabulary with an interactive activity where students practice identifying common daily expressions.
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Sun Quanfang (Ewa Makai Middle School, HI) leads an activity where students practice asking and answering the question “What is the date?” as quickly and correctly as possible.
Sarah Elgammal (Ashford School, CT) models introducing herself in Arabic and listens while each student practices introducing themselves to the class.
Wang Rennyu (EastSide Charter School, DE) leads an activity where students identify the pinyin sound they hear by slapping the corresponding card on the table.
Mohamed Salem Tiguit (Frederick Douglass High School, KY) reinforces vocabulary with an interactive activity where students practice naming the days of the week in Arabic.
Hu Qian (Western High School, FL) models a tongue twister for students, then leads an activity where students recite the tongue twister as a group one word at a time.
On October 28, Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) exchange teacher Azza Ghazaly, hosted at Seventy-First High School in Fayetteville, NC, participated in a local “Dining & Dialogue” event entitled “Meet your Muslim Neighbor”. This event was hosted by the Fayetteville-Cumberland Human Relations Commission as part of their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. During the event, Ms. Ghazaly joined other Muslim community members in helping to dispel stereotypes and promote greater understanding of her religion and culture.
In the first few weeks of the program, the 2021-2022 TCLP exchange teachers have enjoyed sightseeing and exploring their U.S. host communities, started building relationships with colleagues and community members, and began teaching Arabic and Mandarin language and culture to their students.
TCLP exchange alumna Wang Ling, hosted at Chariho Regional High School in Wood River Junction, RI in 2018-2019, established a sister school partnership between Chariho and her home school, No.1 High School of Liuyang in Hunan, China in the summer of 2019 and is working continuously to expand the partnership.
