Intercultural language teaching and learning
Lecture
The need for language programs to attend to the development of intercultural understanding and intercultural communication has long been a commonplace in language education. Recent thinking in language education has argued that language education needs to do more than make claims the contribution…
Linguists in the education space - ANU Language Teaching Forum
Other
At so many levels, schooling in Australia could benefit from linguistically informed advice, particularly where education is delivered in linguistically complex contexts. The question is whether linguists are prepared for the nature of the very particular “site” of schools which have their own…
Education Reform in Qatar
Lecture
Listen to this lecture Education Reform in Qatar (MP3, 9.9 MB) Qatar has witnessed an educational renaissance movement within the past decade with the strategic goal of comprehensively reforming the national educational system. The reform of publicly funded education in Qatar was entrusted…
Summer of Discontent: Does A Viable Iraq Exist in 2014?
Lecture
Throughout its near century-long existence as a modern state, Iraq has repeatedly undergone forces threatening to undermine its territorial integrity. None, however, have truly shaken the foundations of the state as the events of 10 June 2014 and subsequently. This lecture will explore whether Iraq…
No Woman, No Drive: How a new generation of artists is transforming Saudi Arabia
Lecture
On October 26, 2013, the Saudi YouTube production company C3 released ‘No Woman, No Drive’ to coincide with a major protest against the ban on women driving in the Kingdom. The video, based on Bob Marley’s song, ‘No woman, No Cry’, addresses the issue of women’s driving directly and has earned over…
Persian Language Online - Obstacles and Opportunities
Other
In 2013, the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (CAIS) began an ambitious project to teach Persian and Arabic online. The first course offering was Introductory Persian A in Semester 1, 2014; Introductory Persian B and an advanced course in Media Arabic followed in Semester 2, 2014. Digital…
For Ali and the Motherland: Conflict, Development and Sectarian Imaginaries in Eastern Tajikistan
Lecture
In the wake of the on-going NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan, many analysts have been speculating how it could affect Central Asia and Tajikistan more specifically. While this is an important question, the “Afghanistan factor” has also tended to overshadow ethno-religious ruptures and local…