tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9241024343841443362024-03-05T16:08:25.711-08:00Transnational LiteraciesTransnationalism is a social concept that has emerged due to the increased global mobility of individuals and their resulting value-based choices. Transnational Literacies are the evolving communication structures that support this globalizing concept.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11821078253741612219noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924102434384144336.post-36147633099735189722016-03-05T06:49:00.000-08:002016-03-05T14:42:00.872-08:00Transnational Mysticism: A Review of Yahia Lababidi's Balancing Acts.<div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As I read Egyptian-American poet Yahia Lababidi’s newest work, <i>Balancing Acts,</i> I remembered Jean Eardman’s comment that “The way of the mystic and the way of the artist are related, except the mystic doesn't have a craft.” Lababidi’s poetry demonstrates that he is a mystic with a craft: a true artist. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Publication date April 1, 2016 </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">by </span><a href="http://www.press53.com/yahia_lababidi.html" style="font-size: x-small;" target="_blank">Press Fifty Three</a></div>
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"The Dictionary" in my college-freshman level <i>Topics in Arab Culture</i>
interdisciplinary course. Students are
asked to define a list of ten terms and to keep those definitions as references
for their analytical papers and our in-class discussions. The Sykes-Pico Agreement is at the top of the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Christmas Morning 2012. I stood in the living room of a modest home, wearing a green Santa's Elf hat; next to me was a man dressed as Santa. We were encircled by three little girls under the age of age 8 and a 10-year old boy. I helped Santa untie a large Hefty bag full of gifts. The children watched us, wide-eyed. It was my first Christmas as a volunteer elf for <a href="http://www.santashelpersstl.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #207bb8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Santa's Helpers Inc</a>. in St. Louis, MO.</span></div>
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facing a significant transformation of their profession. In a recent Carnegie
Paper by Muhammad Faour and Marwan Muasher, titled<a href="http://carnegieendowment.org/files/citizenship_education.pdf" target="_blank"> <span style="color: blue;">"Education for Citizenship in the Arab World"</span></a>, the authors explain that thus far,
education reform in Arab countries has meant improvement to buildings and
infrastructure, improvement of math and science test scores and bridging the
gender gap. Until now, education in the Arab world has been tightly controlled by Arab governments, and
the goal of Arab education has been to preserve the ruler's grip on power. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Texting is paving the way for literacy learning in <st1:place w:st="on">Senegal,</st1:place> and it could be the impetus for a written language in Wolof, which until now has been an oral African language. Kristin Vold Lexander (2011) conducted a study that examined the ways that Short Messaging Service (SMS) texts were used by ordinary citizens in <st1:place w:st="on">Senegal</st1:place>. She notes that, "estimates show that among <st1:place w:st="on">Senegal</st1:place>’s 12-13 million citizens, there are 1 million internet users, while the number of mobile phone subscribers is 7.8 million" (Lexander, 2011, p. 2). Unlike French, the colonial language of <st1:place w:st="on">Senegal</st1:place> that is used in professional and academic settings, Wolof is recognized as the peoples' language. Senegalese SMS text users are helping Wolof and other African languages move to a higher status in their society, which can elevate the linguistic access of the majority of citizens who do not speak French. Lexander (2011) notes that, "mastering several languages appears to be an important resource in SMS-writing: through texting, African languages and multilingualism are promoted" (p. 15).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lexander's (2011) conclusions are worth noting by teachers who instruct English literacy learners. In English speaking countries, text messaging has frequently been blamed for the deterioration of good writing. Most writing professors have become used to encountering text message acronyms such as BFF (best female friend) or single letter designations for words in student papers: <i>u</i> versus <i>you</i>, for example. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Study Abroad courses offer a safe and educational way to learn about new environments and gain personal enrichment. Through travel, we learn about the values we share with other individuals and cultures. The knowledge we gain from our travels can be applied to our careers. In this course, s</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">tudents will tour archaeological sites and areas of interest in the city of Amman. They will also take day trips out of the city to local Jordanian heritage sites. The students will be exposed the elements of Arabic culture while learning how to apply good data collection and research strategies to apply to their communicating skills.</span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11821078253741612219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924102434384144336.post-69866050932369148032013-09-14T19:49:00.000-07:002013-09-15T12:30:33.374-07:00TRANSNATIONALISM: What is it? <div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;">
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global mobility of individuals and their resulting value-based choices. Most areas of society are impacted by transnationalism: education, politics and finance, for example. Transnationalism not the same as assimilation
into a new country, and we can't assume that foundational learning experiences
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