Silly Item Of The Day

The Community College of Baltimore County has a new Arabic program but the following is unbelievably silly and such a waste of time

The majority of the course -- nearly two months -- is spent learning the Arabic alphabet and how to make sounds that go with it.

I spend 90 minutes on the Arabic Alphabet on the first day of class and then move on into the language. In two months, with the proper methods, you can take a language learner who is encountering the language for the first time to intermediate low or novice high levels congruent with ACTFL standards.

Language and Culture Training, a Military Tool

Language and culture training for the military is not new and has been going on for a while. I think that in one month though you can do much more than just the basics of the language. I can actually put my students at 1+ or even 2 in that amount of time.

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