During this study day “The teaching of Arabic in higher education establishments in France: what future for our sectors?” The speakers will reflect on the contemporary content necessary for professional teaching and will examine the issues linked to the progression and harmonization of Arabic programs, while identifying the challenges encountered by departments and teachers.
This day will be an opportunity to strengthen links between Arabic departments, French embassies abroad, businesses, establishments and institutions, where the Arabic language can be used for professional purposes, whether in France or in the Arab world.
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Programme
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.: Opening speech by Nisrine AL ZAHRE, director of the IMA Center for Arabic Language and Civilization (CLCA)
9:20 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Word from Boutros GEBEIL, president of the French Association of Arabists (AFDA)
Séance 1
Principal: Nejmeddine KHALFALLAH (Jean Moulin Lyon 3)
9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.: Faisal KENANAH (University of Caen Normandy) | Structuring the A2-B1 progression in Arabic in higher education: contributions of a “spiral” progression based on a learning method
9:50 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.: Rima LABBAN (University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry) | For the rehabilitation of writing in the teaching/learning of Arabic as a foreign language
10:10 a.m. Р10:30 a.m.: Hilda MOKH (Universit̩ Jean Moulin Lyon 3) | Revalorizing Arabic literature at university: issues, obstacles and educational avenues
Séance 2
President: Rima LABBAN (Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry)
11:00 a.m. Р11:20 a.m.: Nejmeddine KHALFALLAH (Universit̩ Jean Moulin Lyon 3) | Teaching legal Arabic
11:20 a.m. Р11:40 a.m.: Hajar SADDOUG (Universit̩ Jean Moulin Lyon 3) | Teaching diplomatic Arabic in higher education: between corpus selection challenges and didactic innovation
11:40 a.m. Р12:00 p.m.: Rana RAAD (Universit̩ Jean Moulin Lyon 3) | Teaching French-Arabic translation under the test of variants in French universities
Assemblée générale (12h20 – 12h50)  Â
Séance 3
President : Hilda MOKH (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3)
2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.: Carole NEHMÉ and May HADDAD (Saint-Joseph University – Lebanon) | Arabic in a multilingual university context: linguistic realities and pedagogical practices – the experience of CREA
2:50 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.: Monica BALDA (University of Grenoble-Alpes) | The English-Arabic LEA sector in Grenoble: the issues and challenges of professionalization
3.10pm Р3.30pm: Salim GASTI (Universit̩ de Strasbourg)
3:30 p.m. Р3:50 p.m.: Abdeslam IDDAR (Universit̩ Jean Moulin Lyon 3) | Between dialect and standard Arabic: students from Arabic-speaking backgrounds facing the challenge of university teaching of Arabic in France
15h50 – 16h30 : Discussion
16h30: Clôture de la journée d’étude
