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Hussein M. Elkhafaifi
NEAR E 595
Seattle Campus
Theory and practice of communicative language teaching; current developments in foreign-language teaching; evaluation of teaching materials; includes participation at the departmental and university-wide fall orientation; required for beginning teaching assistants of Near Eastern languages; requires enrollment in Near E 518. Credit/no credit only. Offered: A.
Class description
This course addresses theoretical and practical aspects of teaching college-level Near Eastern languages. The seminar explores issues such as lesson-planning and classroom management, syllabus design, teaching methodology, learning strategies, proficiency-oriented instruction, teaching the various language skills, and assessment. Class discussions and activities are supplemented by observations of actual UW Arabic classes and micro-teaching by seminar students. In addition to discussing issues of pedagogy, students complete a variety of in-class and outside assignments including materials development and evaluation of teaching and testing materials. The course is taught in English.
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