The due date for all proposals is December 1, 2024.
This QFI research proposal solicits research that addresses the top 10 research priorities:
- What approaches to teacher development are effective for teachers of Arabic?
- How do we design valid, reliable, inclusive, and fair assessments of AL2 proficiency for learners of diverse backgrounds?
- What might an effective multiglossic approach to teaching Arabic look like?
- How can we ensure that instruction and materials are appropriate for learners of different levels within the same classroom (across different language skills and areas of learning)?
- How do we develop heritage learners' positive sense of identity through their Arabic learning?
- What strategies can learners use in relation to different skills (reading, writing, listening, vocabulary, learning etc.) to help improve their proficiency?
- How can students be encouraged to use Arabic inside and outside the classroom?
- What resources are available for teaching Arabic at different levels, and to students of different backgrounds, and how effective are they?
- What factors influence, generate, and sustain learners' motivation to study Arabic?
- How can critical cultural competence be taught effectively to different categories of learners?Researchers (at universities or think tanks, research orgs) - located in QFI geographies
