AY 2007-2008 Projects - Near East and North Africa

Country Egypt
City Cairo
Host Institution Al-Azhar University

Project Description
The EL Fellow will teach English to selected twenty-five (25) top graduate students of Egypt’s Al-Azhar University’s Arabic and Islamic Studies Departments, provide in-service training for ten (10) selected Al-Azhar University English teachers, and manage/support a concurrent newly established English Language Resource Center (ELRC). The EL Fellow will have a defined work space in the ELRC. Al-Azhar University will provide classrooms for classes. The EL Fellow will be expected to start work at Al-Azhar University after Ramadan 2007 (o/a October 15, 2007). The EL Fellow will have a maximum 18 contact hour per week: s/he will teach 1 class for graduate students at 10 hours/week for 9 months, and train 1 group of teachers at 6 hours/week for 9 months, with 2 hours/week for general invitational faculty presentations on selected educational and cultural topics. Office hours, ELRC support, and classroom observations will be an additional 14 hours week. Class sizes will not exceed 25 students/class or 10 teachers/class. Al-Azhar University will select a student class of 25 learners of similar English proficiency, and/or a placement test can be used. Al-Azhar University will select a teacher-trainee section of 10 English teachers with less than 5 years teaching experience. All Al-Azhar students and teacher-trainees will be expected to spend an additional 5 hours/week in the ELRC. The EL Fellow will provide at the minimum an assessment of students and teacher trainees progress by mid-December 2007 and a final assessment on June 30, 2008. Books and materials for all 25 graduate students and 10 teachers will be provided by the Public Affairs Office, with review/approval by Al-Azhar University. Al-Azhar University will provide appropriate classroom space.

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