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APETAU
First Regional Forum: Building Bridges or Burning Boats?
Association of Professors of English & Translation at Arab Universities
(APETAU)
in collaboration with
The
Hashemite University
APETAU FIRST
REGIONAL FORUM
7th August
2004
in honour of
PROFESSOR ALBERT BUTROS
on the occasion of
his retirement
On 7th
August 2004 APETAU held a one-day forum at the Hashemite University.
The Forum was
held in honour of Professor Albert Butros of the University of Jordan
on the occasion of his retirement after a long and highly distinguished
academic and diplomatic career.
The Forum main theme was:
NEW CHALLENGES:
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
EDUCATION IN THE ARAB WORLD
IN THE WAKE OF
GLOBALISATION
The Forum was attended
by over 80 professors and lecturers, mainly from Jordanian universities.
However, a few colleagues from some Arab universities were also present and
took part in the Forum seminars: cf.
- Hebron University
/ Palestine.
- Birzeit
University
/ Palestine.
- Lebanese
University
/ Lebanon.
- King Saud
University
/ Saudi Arabia.
- Taibah University
/
Saudi Arabia.
- University
of Qatar
/ Qatar.
- Kuwait University
/ Kuwait.
- Arab Open
University
/ Kuwait.
The Forum was arranged
into two sessions each in the form of an open seminar. Below are details
of the Forum Program and a synopsis of the main issues dealt with/raised in
the two seminars.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Professor
Lewis Mukattash (APETAU President) / Arab Open University &
University of Jordan.
- Professor
Marwan Obeidat (APETAU First Vice President) / Hashemite University.
- Dr.
Yaser Tamimi ( APETAU Secretary) / Hashemite University.
- Dr.
Mohammed Hamdan (APETAU Treasurer) / University of Jordan.
- Dr.
Hanada Al-Masri / Hashemite University.
Forum Program
The Forum was arranged
into two sessions as shown below.
FIRST SESSION:
Theme:
Changing Roles of Foreign
Literatures & Cultural Studies at Arab Universitie
Chair:
Fuad Shaban (Petra University)
Rappoteur:
Tahrir Hamdi (Zaitouneh University; now at the Arab Open University –
Jordan Branch)
Speakers:
Mohammed Asfour
(Sharjah University)
Mahmoud Kharbutli
(Yarmouk University)
May Maalouf
(Lebanese University)
Ibrahim Mumayiz
(Hashemite University)
Marwan Obeidat
(Hashemite University)
SECOND SESSION:
Theme:
Innonovations & Experiences
in TEFL in the Arab World
Chair:
Mohammad Farghal
(Kuwait University)
Rappoteur:
Omar Atari
(King Saud University; now at the University of Bahrain)
Speakers:
Raghad Dweik
(Palestine)
Najib El-Shehabi
(Syria)
Hashim Noor
(Saudi Arabia)
Majid Qur’an
(Jordan)
Ibrahim Sallo
(Iraq)
Abdallah Shunnaq
(Jordan)
A summary of the
contributions to the two seminars by speakers and session chairs appears in
IJAES, Vol. 6, 2005.
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