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The Persian Flagship Program at the University of Maryland-College Park is hosting a workshop for teachers of Persian (Farsi/Dari/Tadjik) from 25-26 Jan 2008; the workshop is free of charge and open to the public. Highlights include:

--Presentations on curriculum and materials development by instructors from the Persian Flagship Program, Foreign Service Institute, and Defense Language Institute.

--Keynote address "What Makes Persian Hard to Learn as a Second Language" by Karine Megerdoomian, PhD, Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer, MITRE.

--Special presentation "Vocabulary Activities in the Classroom: More than 30 Methods for Learning and Retaining Persian Words in the Classroom" by Mahvash Shahegh, PhD, American Association of Teachers of Persian.

--Showcase of Computer-Assisted Language Learning Programs for Teaching Persian developed by the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Service Institute, and the Persian Flagship Program.

For more details on the workshop, please see this website: http://www.languages.umd.edu/workshops/persian .

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