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From http://www.america.gov/st/educ-english/2008/October/20081017163514xlrenneF2.758425e-02.html

U.S. Students Learn Arabic Through STARTALK Program
Inclusive classroom serves students with and without disabilities
By Michele Scheib
October 20, 2008

For the past two years NSLI also has funded the STARTALK Summer Institutes to make instruction in Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian and Urdu more available nationally for secondary school students. The program also provides additional training for teachers of these critical languages.

In the summer of 2008, one STARTALK institute at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge brought together students with and without disabilities to learn Arabic and to explore Arabic culture through multimedia presentations, field trips and lectures guided by scholars from the United States and abroad.

Read the entire article at http://www.america.gov/st/educ-english/2008/October/20081017163514xlrenneF2.758425e-02.html .

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