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Michigan
State University
STARTALK Arabic Language Teacher Training Program
ProGRAM
Facilitators
Dr. Wafa Hassan: Dr. Wafa Hassan is a graduate of the George Washington University,
Graduate School of Education and Human Development with a specialty in
Bilingual Education. She worked
as K-12 Curriculum Supervisor and Director of Education at the Saudi Academy
in Fairfax, Virginia.
She is a member of the National Standards for Learning Arabic K-16 Task
Force. She conducted workshops
for teachers of Arabic on a regular basis in the States and
internationally. These workshops
included many subjects on pedagogy, second language acquisition, bilingual
education, teaching children with learning difficulties, learning styles,
motivation, and curriculum and materials development. She has given summer institutes,
workshops, and presentations with NCLRC, on teaching Arabic over the past six
years. Recently, she conducted a
STARTALK training program for Teachers of Arabic in Michigan. She is currently the Outreach Academic
Specialist for the Arabic Language Instruction Program at Michigan State
University. She is developing Arabic Curriculum
for high school students cooperatively with Dearborn Public Schools.
Kathleen McBroom: Kathleen
McBroom is the Teacher Leader for World Languages for the Dearborn Public
Schools. A frequent presenter at
ACTFL and other national conferences, and the author of numerous professional
journal articles on teaching, learning styles, and information literacy, she
is also a member of the
National Standards for Learning Arabic K-16 Task Force. Kathleen has studied extensively at
the University of Nice, holds a BA in French from Michigan State
University plus master degrees from Wayne State
and the University
of Michigan.
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