Highlights and Events

Moroccan FLTA, Abdelilah Afquir, Wins IIE Photo Contest!

Abdelilah Afquir, 2011-12 Moroccan FLTA teaching Arabic at Fayetteville State University, was the Grand Prize winner of the 3rd Annual IIE Photo Contest. His photo submission beat out strong competition from other IIE-administered scholarship recipients: all prize winners can be viewed here.
To view the official contest result announcement, click here.

2009-2010 Austrian FLTA, Marion Greiner, Wins Competition!

Marion Greiner, Austrian FLTA teaching German at Bowling Green State University was the winner of the Lesson Plan Design Competition at the Ohio American Association of Teachers of German Conference in October, 2009.  Marion is a graduate of the University of Graz, Austria.
To view Marion's winning lesson plan, click here.

FLTA PROGRAM IN OMAN

The Fulbright FLTA Program held a Pre-departure Orientation in Muscat in the summer of 2010. In attendance at the orientation was Ambassador Richard J. Schmierer, Omani FLTAs and FLTA Alumni.  The 2009-10 Omani FLTAs received their Certificates of Completion from the Ambassador while the 2010-11 FLTAs learned about the experience ahead of them.

On April 22, 2009, Fulbright Scholar John Little delivered a three hour workshop presentation on journalism basics to 25 of Oman's FLTA Alumni.  The presentation, at the personal request of the Ministry's Director General and Adviser to the Minister, taught alumni of the FLTA Program how to draft journalistic articles about their experiences in the United States.  John Little's talk began with an overview of journalism concepts, then delved into journalism techniques for catching readers' attention while communicating the essential facts of the story.  The Ministry requested this training session in an effort to encourage FLTA Alumni to write and publish articles upon returning from the U.S., publicizing the value of the experience for the Ministry's teachers.  Several FLTA Alumni have been featured in both U.S. and Omani papers, and the Ministry hopes to increase media exposure to this program.  Upon completion of the first workshop session, the Director General invited John Little to return for a follow-up session.  This workshop is one of several "extracurricular" events that John Little is engaged in.  He is also conducting a three-week introductory seminar on video production and editing for audiences at Oman TV and a local media company.  The Diwan of Royal Court has asked him to conduct a similar session. 

ANNUAL PRE-DEPARTURE ORIENTATION IN CAIRO, EGYPT

The fifth annual Pre-departure Orientation in Cairo was held in the summer of 2010. 100 Arabic language FLTAs attended sessions in Cairo developed to provide them with skills needed to successfully adjust to teaching and studying in a U.S. post-secondary educational institution and to inform them of their responsibilities as Fulbright grantees.

FLTAs from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen gathered with ECA and IIE staff to participate in the following session topics:

• Foreign Language Instruction in the U.S. in 2010
• Best Practices in Arabic Teaching
• Professionalism in the Classroom
• Challenges to Learning Arabic
• The FLTAs as Cultural Ambassadors
• Learner-Centered Classroom
• Meeting U.S. Student Expectations/ Learner Perspective

FLTAs also contributed by sharing their best practices.

Please click the links below to view select presentations from Cairo Orientations:

Intergrating Culture by Jehan Allam

FLTA Alumnae Presentation by Yasmine Hasnaoui

The Fulbright FLTA Program: Policies and Procedures