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Highlights

TCLP Chinese Highlights April 2009

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Li Ang assisted his Austin High School Chinese students in preparing for the Texas Model UN

Cui Yonglin co-taught with her mentor teacher in his 6th and 7th grade social studies classes where they focused on an array of Chinese topics

Cai Yifan traveled to China with Lunada Bay colleagues to set up joint-classroom partnerships

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TCLP Arabic Highlights April 2009

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Emad Rawy implemented an Arabic Day Camp for 140 elementary and middle school students from 14 schools throughout his district

Fatma El Sakhawy gave presentations about the Arab World, focusing on Egypt, to all 4th and 5th grade students in her school, as well as to 80 school parents during Parent-Teacher Conferences

Mina Akladios spent much of his time in April helping students review for their written IB tests in May

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Announcements

Follow-On Projects

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce support for follow-on projects to assist Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) alumni and institutions to support mutual understanding by helping to increase the number of Americans teaching and learning critical need languages.

These projects can be proposed by current or previous exchange teachers, mentor teachers, host schools, or host school districts. Projects that allow continued collaboration between schools and their exchange teachers, as well as those that contribute to or develop US schools' critical foreign language programs, can be supported with awards up to approximately $5,000. Grants will be awarded on an ongoing basis, and application materials can be found under "Document Resources" in the "Programmatic" section using the link below:

TCLP Resource Document.

Teachers of Critical Languages Follow-On Project.

Please note, the deadline is March 31, 2010, with all approved projects to be completed by June 30, 2010

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Featured Teacher - ( Teacher)

Featured Alumni Member - Rawan Ibrahim (Arabic Teacher)

Rawan Ibrahim was hosted by Lindblom Math and Science Academy in Chicago, Illinois where she preferred to teach communicatively. Among her many accomplishments were getting her students involved in an international and cross-cultural play- writing contest and using authentic materials such as her family's identification card and henna to keep her students' interest high. Ms. Ibrahim, who is from Zarqa City, Jordan, is a MA candidate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Hashemite University, teaches Beginning English within the Ministry of Education.