Online Teacher Training for Teachers of Arabic

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Founder, Director & Teacher Saussan Khalil

Saussan is an experienced Arabic as a Foreign Language teacher, with a PhD in Arabic Studies and MA by Research in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL) from the University of Leeds, and a Certificate of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (CTAFL) from SOAS, London.

Saussan teaches at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and is a Cambridge Research in Community Language Education Network (CRiCLE) School Research Advisory Board member.

She is the author of Arabic Writing in the Digital Age: Towards a Theoretical Framework, and the creator of the Kalamna Phonics Toolkit.

Towards a Theoretical Framework

Kalamna Phonics Toolkit.

About Kalamna

A UK-based social enterprise and Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) set up for the benefit of Arabic-speaking families

  • Spoken Arabic

    Arabic classes with a focus on learning spoken Arabic in an environment that provides a positive image of Arabic culture and identity.

  • Arabic Teacher Development

    Training teachers and managers and supporting them in planning and delivering high-quality Arabic classes.

  • Dialect Based Resources

    Developing dialect-based resources to support learning Arabic, using sound pedagogical research and practice.

Affiliations

Best Arabic Language Courses Award
Social Enterprise UK
Cambridge Social Ventures