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<strong>James Soares, Teacher</strong><br>
<br>Curriculum Consultants<br>
<strong>Steven Berbeco</strong><br>
EdD '11, MAT ’03 Boston University, AM ’00 Harvard University, MA ’96 Indiana University<br>
Massachusetts Certification in High School English, History, and Arabic<br>
<br><strong>Lama Jarudi</strong><br>
Certificate in Advanced Arabic ’05 American University in Cairo, MEd ’01 and BA ’00 Harvard University<br>
Native proficiency in Lebanese dialect of Arabic<br>
Massachusetts Certification in High School English, History, and Arabic<br>
<br><strong>Rana Abdul-Aziz</strong><br>
Tufts University Lecturer in Arabic<br>
Native proficiency in Iraqi dialect of Arabic<br>
<br><strong>Tahir Al-Bakaa</strong><br>
Former Minister of Higher Education in Iraq<br>
Visiting Scholar, Suffolk University<br>
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<p><strong><a href="wcvb.htm">Who Studies Arabic?</a></strong> <br />
<a class="nav"> · Local television station WCVB ran a story about our Arabic 2 students</a><br />
<a class="nav"> · You can met them here!</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="greater_boston.htm">What Do We Learn?</a></strong> <br />
<a class="nav"> · We talked with Emily Rooney from WGBH's Greater Boston about what we study in our classes</a><br />
<a class="nav"> · Listen in on the conversation!</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="../30sec.htm">Thirty Second Challenge</a></strong> <br />
<a class="nav"> · We challenged our first-year students to talk about themselves in Arabic for thirty seconds</a><br />
<a class="nav"> · Watch how much they've learned after only a few months of studying Arabic!</a></p>
<p><strong><a href="../whystudyarabic.htm">Why Study Arabic?</a></strong> <br />
<a class="nav"> · We asked our second-year Arabic students to talk about how learning Arabic is more than just learning a language.
<a class="nav"> · Here are three responses!</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6543690" target="_new">NPR Story</a></strong> <br />
<a class="nav"> · Our classes were featured on National Public Radio!</a><br />
<a class="nav"> · Listen to an overview of our program and interviews with a teacher and a student<br />
<p><strong><a href="http://www.empowerpeace.org/page6/page28/page28.html" target="_new">Live Broadcast</a></strong> <br />
<a class="nav"> · On April 15, 2008 we went live from CHS and broadcast to students around the world</a><br /><p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.arabicsummeracademy.org">Arabic Summer Academy</a></strong> <br />
<a class="nav"> · Want to learn Arabic this summer, and earn a $500 college scholarship at the same time?</a><br />
<a class="nav"> · Applications for the Arabic Summer Academy are now available!<br /></p>
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