NMELRC Hebrew Seminar
This is an update on the 2009 National Middle East Language Resource Center Seminar for College and K-12 Teachers of Hebrew on October 31-Nov 1, 2009, hosted by the University of Arizona at Tucson and chaired by Shmuel Bolozky and Anat Maimon. Note: the NMELRC has extended its offer to subsidize two nights’ hotel stay (at the Marriott University Park Hotel) for the first sixteen qualified participants; all stipends have already been offered to early registrants. Participants registering now will be placed on a waiting list, in case some stipend offers are declined.
Applications must be filed by October 1, 2009.
Fee: A registration fee of $100.00 should be made out to the NMELRC, and sent to:
Dr. Maggie N. Nassif, Administrative Director, National Middle East Language Resource Center, Brigham Young University, 212 HRCB, BYU, Provo, Utah, 84602
Below is the detailed seminar schedule:
Saturday October 31
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast and Registration
9:00 – 10:45 Dr. Tara Fortune, Immersion Projects Coordinator, Center for Advanced Research on
Language Acquisition, Office of International Programs, University of Minnesota
Keynote Address: Theory and practice in language immersion education (Presentation
followed by interactive session with Dr. Fortune on practitioner-oriented concerns regarding
Immersion in the foreign language classroom.)
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Prof. Vardit Ringvald, Director of the Hebrew and Arabic Language Programs, Brandeis
University
Hebrew language immersion in action: lessons from Brandeis University /
Middlebury College Hebrew Immersion Program
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 Dr. Vered Shemtov, Co-Director, Taube Center for Jewish Studies, Stanford University, and
Coordinator, Hebrew Language and Literature, Stanford Language Center
The integration of web-based audio-visual materials in the curriculum (based on the
Stanford experience)
3:00 – 4:00 Dr. Yaakov Levi, University of Minnesota and Talmud Torah of Minneapolis
Bridging between Biblical and Modern Hebrew: tips for teachers
4:00 – 4:15 Break
4:15 – 5:15 Prof. Shmuel Bolozky, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Dr. Yaakov Levi, University
of Minnesota and Talmud Torah of Minneapolis
Tips on teaching the binyanim
6:00 – 8:00 Dinner and activities
Sunday, November 1st
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 – 9:45 Prof. Dorit Kaufman, Director Professional Education Program, Stony Brook University
Language and literacy development and the language learning standards
9:45 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 11:30 Prof. Linda Waugh and Prof. Beatrice Dupuy, Co-Directors of CERCLL -
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy, University of Arizona
Second language acquisition strategies
11:30 – 12:30 Dr. Adi Raz, University of Texas at Austin
Teaching Hebrew as a foreign language to students with learning disabilities
12:30 – 1:00 Assessment and light lunch
Accommodation
A Block of rooms has been reserved for participants at the Marriott University Park Hotel for Friday and Saturday nights, October 30-31, 2009 (The approved rate is $129 plus tax per night.). Visit the hotel website at www.tucsonmarriotthotel.com for your virtual tour!
Call the hotel central reservations line at 800-228-9290,
OR
Reserve your stay online with the following link: Tucson Marriott University Park
When possible, NMELRC Hebrew seminars are conducted during week days, yet at times, due to rooms’ and presenters’ availability, seminars are to take place on weekends, Shabbat included. In such cases, still, an effort is made to facilitate attendance of observant colleagues by providing walking distance accommodations, Kosher meals, etc. We regret any inconvenience or offense a weekend seminar might cause.
You can apply online using our application form.