Towards CEFR Proficiency Guidelines-based Certification of Arabic as a Foreign Language
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International Conference
Towards CEFR Proficiency Guidelines-based
Certification of Arabic as a Foreign Language
Thursday 6-Friday 7 September 2018
University of Genoa
Aula Magna, School of Humanities
Palazzo Balbi Cattaneo, Via Balbi 2, Genoa (Italy)
Supported by:
The University of Genoa
School of Humanities, University of Genoa
Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Genoa
Convener:
Manuela E.B. Giolfo
(Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, School of Humanities, University of Genoa)
Conference Webpage: http://www.lingue.unige.it/?page_id=17407
Contact: Manuela E.B. Giolfo E-mail: manuela.giolfo@unige.itInfo: mav.conference.unige@gmail.com
Organizing Committee
Manuela E.B. Giolfo
Paolo L. Branca
Federico Salvaggio
Simone Sibilio
Scientific Committee
Manuela E.B. Giolfo
Zeinab A. Taha
Kassem M. Wahba
Giuliano Lancioni
Francesca M. Corrao
Conference Description
The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) conceives language proficiency as
the ability to use language to cope with different tasks referring to various real-life
situations. As a result of the coexistence within Arabic authentic linguistic contexts of
multiple varieties interacting in complex and multifarious ways, the application of CEFR
proficiency guidelines to the Teaching of Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL) produces a
series of delicate theoretical, methodological, and ideological problems. If, on the one hand,
the application of CEFR to TAFL should imply the necessity to elaborate an approach that
takes into account the great variability of contemporary Arabic sociolinguistic reality, on
the other, CEFR levels are increasingly applied in Europe and elsewhere simply as ‘labels’ to
differentiate learning stages within existing mono-variety-based Arabic curricula. Such a
nominal adoption of CEFR is not only in opposition to CEFR proficiency guideline principles
but, more importantly, implies a falsification of Arabic linguistic reality itself. Since the
enhancement and evaluation of language proficiency is deeply related to the
accomplishment of authentic language tasks, presenting learners with tasks based on
unrealistic linguistic contexts may result in compromising their chances to achieve
authentic proficiency.
The International Conference ‘Mastering Arabic Variation – Towards CEFR Proficiency
Guidelines-based Certification of Arabic as a Foreign Language’ (MAV) aims at gathering
prominent scholars in the fields of language pedagogy and Arabic linguistics in order to
discuss the establishment of long-awaited common guidelines for a theoretically consistent
and pedagogically effective application of CEFR principles to the assessment and
certification of Arabic as a Foreign Language in Europe and elsewhere.
Contact: Manuela E.B. Giolfo E-mail: manuela.giolfo@unige.itKeynote Speakers
Jonathan Featherstone, The University of Edinburgh
Giuliano Lancioni, Roma Tre University
José Noijons, European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe
Zeinab A. Taha, The American University in Cairo
Kassem M. Wahba, The George Washington University
Munther A. Younes, Cornell University
Participants
Ashraf Abdou, The American University in Cairo; Hossam I. Ahmed, Leiden University; Feras
Alkabani, University of Sussex; Soha Altayar, University of East Anglia; Shahed G.A. Aly, LUISS
Università Guido Carli; Maggie Awadalla, University of Kent; Tarek Bouattour, Université de
Carthage; Paolo L. Branca, Università Cattolica di Milano; Francesca M. Corrao, LUISS Università
Guido Carli; Fiona Daniels, University of Westminster; Nadia El Ali, Freie Universität Berlin; Iman
El Nahrawi, Communicaid; Andrea Facchin, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia; Jonathan
Featherstone, University of Edinburgh; Giorgia Ferrari, University of Exeter; Manuela E.B.
Giolfo, Università degli Studi di Genova; Antonio Giménez Reìllo, Universidad de Murcia; Marco
Golfetto, Università degli Studi di Milano; Luma Hameed, Goldsmith University London; Lourdes
Hernández-Martín, London School of Economics; Ruba Khamam, University of Leeds; Peter
Konerding, Universität Bamberg; Sindith Kuster, Qatar Foundation International; Giuliano
Lancioni, Università degli Studi Roma Tre; Bouchra Laun, Freie Universität Berlin; Lorenzo
Liso, LUISS Università Guido Carli; Letizia Lombezzi, Sapienza Università di Roma; Nadim
Mahjoub, London School of Economics; Amira Mills, King’s College London; Giuliano
Mion, Università “G. d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara; José Noijons, European Centre for Modern
Languages of the Council of Europe; Federico Salvaggio, Università degli Studi di Genova; Simone
Sibilio, IULM Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione; Rasha K. Soliman, University of
Leeds; Cristina Solimando, Università degli Studi Roma Tre; Zeinab A. Taha, The American
University in Cairo; Annamaria Ventura, Sapienza Università di Roma; Kassem M. Wahba, George
Washington University; Munther A. Younes, Cornell University; Sara Youssef, The American
University in Cairo.
Conference language: English, Arabic.
Contact: Manuela E.B. Giolfo E-mail: manuela.giolfo@unige.itThursday, September 6, 2018
Aula Magna, Via Balbi 2
09.00: Registration
09:30: Opening of the Symposium
Michele Marsonet (Dean, School of Humanities, University of Genoa);
Michele Prandi (Director, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of
Genoa);
Manuela E.B. Giolfo (Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, School of Humanities,
University of Genoa).
Keynote Speech
10:00: José Noijons (European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe)
“Teaching, testing and the CEFR: more than just levels”
10:45: Coffee Break
Keynote Speech
11:15: Kassem M. Wahba (The George Whashington University)
“Proficiency in CEFR and its Requirements in Learning Arabic as a Foreign Language
in Higher Education” (in Arabic)
Session I (Chair: José Noijons)
12:00: Manuela E.B. Giolfo (Università degli Studi di Genova)
“Title to be confirmed”
12:30: Federico Salvaggio (Università degli Studi di Genova)
“Title to be confirmed”
Contact: Manuela E.B. Giolfo E-mail: manuela.giolfo@unige.it13:00: Lunch Break
Keynote Speech
14:00: Zeinab A. Taha (The American University in Cairo)
“Assessment in the Changing Linguistic Reality of Arabic Language Use”
Session II (Chair: Kassem M. Wahba)
14:45: Tarek Bouattour (Université de Carthage)
“Adaptation of CEFR in the teaching practices of the Institute Bourguiba for Modern
Languages IBLV in Tunis since 2005” (in Arabic)
15:15: Andrea Facchin (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
“The Pre-A1 Level in light of the new CEFR Companion Volume and TAFL theories”
15:45: Amira Mills (King’s College London)
“Title to be confirmed”
16:15: Coffee Break
Session III (Chair: Zeinab A. Taha)
16:45: Letizia Lombezzi (Sapienza Università di Roma)
“Title to be confirmed”
17:15: Annamaria Ventura (Sapienza Università di Roma)
“CEFR for Arabic based on a diglossic switching model”
17:45: Maggie Awadalla (University of Kent)
“A case study of TAFL at the University of Kent and Imperial College London:
challenges faced when trying to accommodate CEFR”
18:15: Visit of Palazzo dell’Università (Former Jesuit College - Bartolomeo Bianco da Como,
1630) - Via Balbi 5, Genova
Contact: Manuela E.B. Giolfo E-mail: manuela.giolfo@unige.itFriday, September 7, 2018
Aula Magna, Via Balbi 2
Keynote Speech
09:00: Munther A. Younes (Cornell University)
“Sakkin Taslam: On ʾIʿrāb, Power, and the Arabic Language Classroom”
Session I (Chair: Munther A. Younes)
09:45: Rasha K. Soliman (University of Leeds)
“Coping with Arabic variation as a CEFR-based sociolinguistic competence”
10:15: Giorgia Ferrari (University of Exeter)
“Is diglossic language awareness an indicator of language proficiency? An empirical
analysis of AFL beginner classroom”
10:45: Coffee Break
Keynote Speech
11:15: Jonathan Featherstone (The University of Edinburgh)
“Breaking the Barrier of Fear in training teachers to teach Arabic using the
Integrated Approach”
Session II (Chair: Jonathan Featherstone)
12:00: Ruba Khamam (University of Leeds)
“Enhancing Oral Fluency of Arabic Language Learners in the light of CEFR-based
prescription and maximising their employability skills”
12:30: Hossam I. Ahmed (Leiden University)
“Performing High Proficiency tasks with Low-proficiency Language. A Course-
Design Challenge”
Contact: Manuela E.B. Giolfo E-mail: manuela.giolfo@unige.it13:00: Lunch Break
Keynote Speech
14:00: Giuliano Lancioni (Università degli Studi Roma Tre)
“Title to be confirmed”
Session III (Chair: Giuliano Lancioni)
14:45: Cristina Solimando (Università degli Studi Roma Tre)
“Computer Mediated Discourse in teaching Arabic as a second language”
15:15: Ashraf Abdou (The American University in Cairo)
“Corpora and the Study of Arabic Clusters: some implications for TAFL”
15:45: Coffee Break
Session IV (Chair: Manuela E.B. Giolfo)
16:15: Sara Youssef (The American University in Cairo)
“Two Pragmatic Markers in Egyptian Film Language”
16:45: Paolo L. Branca (Università Cattolica di Milano)
“Proverbs, songs and jokes” (in Arabic)
17:15: Simone Sibilio (IULM Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione)
“Title to be confirmed”
17:45: Final Reflections (Jonathan Featherstone, Manuela E.B. Giolfo, Giuliano Lancioni, José
Noijons, Zeinab A. Taha, Kassem M. Wahba, Munther A. Younes)
18:30: Visit of Palazzo di Giacomo e Pantaleo Balbi (Palazzo Balbi Senarega) - Via Balbi 4,
Genova
Conference Dinner
Contact: Manuela E.B. Giolfo E-mail: manuela.giolfo@unige.itYou can also read
