The impact of Language: a cross-border collaboration for the design, development and promotion of an online Palestinian Arabic course

This project was international and multilingual collaboration between a team composed by academics, teachers, administrators, IT experts, videographers and graphic designers. Based in the Scotland (UK) and the Gaza Strip (Palestine), the international team worked in close collaboration to design, develop and promote an online Arabic course for beginner learners.

The project was managed by Dr Giovanna Fassetta (School of Education) and Dr Nazmi Al-Masri (Islamic University of Gaza), and it sits within the UNESCO Chair for Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, led by Prof Alison Phipps (UofG, School of Education).

The 12-month project has resulted in the ‘Online Arabic from Palestine’ course. This innovative language course is: (a) grounded in Palestinian culture, history, language and art; (b) tailor-made for online delivery from a challenging context; (c) collaborative and (d) holistic (i.e. focusing not just on language for communication but also on the emotional and aesthetic dimensions of language).

The ‘Online Arabic from Palestine’ language course will be formally launched in September 2018 and will be taught by trained and experienced teachers based at the Arabic Center of the Islamic University of Gaza.

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