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Middlebury College

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Middlebury College: A private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs, including language schools and international studies.

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Does the term “foreign language” still fit our times?

Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL); the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL): we need to talk about the "F"-word in these acronyms, writes Dr. Roger Anderson. If Arabic is a "foreign" language, then every time Arab-Americans speak it within their home, they are performing something foreign in every conversation. Hence, the "foreign" has to be abandoned, opines Dr. Anderson in a thought-provoking guest article.
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Is Arabic taught differently in Germany than in the USA?

"Real-life-situations" (USA) versus "lots of grammar" (Germany) - that's what studying Arabic used to be in both countries. But that is changing, says Paula Rรถtscher, who has studied Arabic at university level in the US and in Germany - and, moreover, teaches Arabic at several institutions.