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What Works in the Language Classroom: The 2005 Western Consortium Multi-Language Conference

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Lance Askildson  and
Bryan Meadows
Lance Askildson
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
Bryan Meadows
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
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The 2005 Western Consortium Multi-Language Conference was hosted by the University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies. The theme and focus of this year conference proceedings was titled, hat Works in the Language Classroom. The conference thus aimed to bring together teachers and scholars of Middle Eastern languages in order to elucidate relevant pedagogical trends and techniques in the field of language instruction. Moreover, the conference served as a valuable venue for the exchange of pedagogically grounded scholarly material that provided for demonstrated classroom application. Conference participants and session presenters represented a diversity of institutions from around the country. The following provides a brief summary of the featured conference presentations and participant reactions.

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Review of Middle East Studies , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , June 2005 , pp. 49 - 60
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Copyright © Middle East Studies Association of North America 2005

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