Career Certification in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (CCTAFL)

This certificate is a 60-hour pre-service certificate of intensive Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Spoken Arabic of Cairo (SAC). This hands-on teacher training program introduces Arabic language instructors to best practices, knowledge, and skills in communicative teaching, learner-centered approach, active learning, lesson planning, presentation skills, language acquisition, and production techniques, besides assessment of language proficiency and achievement level. The program is designed to provide trainees with intensive teaching practice sessions to develop self and peer assessment skills. The certificate discusses the following modules:

• Introduction: Principles and Concepts
• Teaching Methods and Skills
• Assessment and Practicum
• Micro-Teaching Practice(s)

*One continuing education unit (CEU) equals 10 contact hours.

Admission Requirements:

• Applicants must be university graduates (a copy of the bachelor’s degree is required)
• Passing the Proficiency Test in Modern Standard Arabic (PTMSA)
• Successfully passing the Proficiency Test in the Spoken Arabic of Cairo (PTSAC) for non-native speakers of Arabic OR Passing the Online Arabic Test (OAAT) by 70 percent
• Applicants must have basic computer literacy

Fees:

Admission Fee:

EGP 75: This to be paid onetime admission non-refundable fee

Arabic Proficiency Test (APT) Fees:

EGP 200: This to be paid 6 working days before the term.

OR

Online Arabic Admission Test (OAAT) Fees:

EGP 100: This to be paid 4 working days before the beginning of the term.

Course tuition:

Fees: EGP 6,325 / 6 CEUs

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