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PRESENTATION PROPOSAL FOR

BUILDING FUTURE EDUCATION MENAThank you very much for your inquiry about my interest in speaking at the BuildingFuture Education MENA event this October. As per your request, I have provided a titleand short abstract of two potential presentations which are appropriate to BFE-MENA.

As BFE-MENA is a two day event, I would be quite willing to give both presentations atthe event.

To begin with, I would like to provide a little more information about myself and the twointernational-education related organizations with which I am affiliated.

About the Alhambra-U.S. Chamber of Commerce: The Alhambra Chamber is aU.S.-based NGO dedicated to the promotion of constructive education, cultural andcommercial interaction between the U.S. and select other nations, including the UAE.The Alhambra Chamber engages in a wide range of consulting, training and partnershipactivities to support this vision.About House of Tutors/IAEI: The House of Tutors (HofT) operates the Intensive

American English Institute (IAEI), an internationally-recognized, best-practice providerof intensive language instruction. Additionally, HofT provides a full range of educational

services including tutoring and standardized test preparation. House of Tutors is alsoactive in educational consulting internationally on issues including accreditation, teachertraining and curriculum development.About Anjum Malik: Ms. Anjum Malik is an educator and educational consultantwith more than 30 years of experience and focus on international education and theunique needs of international students. She is cofounder and managing partner of the

Alhambra-US Chamber of Commerce as well as cofounder and Vice-President of theHouse of Tutors Learning CentersProposal 1: Active Learning and Classroom Design

This presentation focuses on cutting-edge educational theory in the areas of active,cooperative learning and classroom design/arrangement. In April, we presented asimilar workshop via videoconference for 100 teachers of the Dunes InternationalSchool in Saudi Arabia. The information contained in this workshop enables teachersto better connect with students at all levels of education and learning aptitudes as wellas increasing students ability to retain presented information. Key components of thepresentation:How teachers can draw professional lessons from reflecting on what they liked abouttheir favorite students and, from when they themselves were students, favorite teachers.

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Identifies the traits of an engaged learner and illustrates ways to transform all studentsinto engaged learners.

Identifies the traits of an engaged educator and illustrates how teaches can cultivatethose traits in themselves.

Discusses the benefits of arranging classrooms to pair students from differingbackgrounds and levels of ability.

Highlights the benefits of Active Learning teaching techniques, which emphasizediscussion, hands on practice and application and teaching others. In sort, thesebenefits include.

Students access their own prior knowledge to form mental connections to newmaterial.

Students develop personally meaningful problem solutions or interpretations.

Students receive more frequent and immediate feedback

Need to produce results forces learners to retrieve information from memoryrather than simply recognizing a correct statement.

Active participation and involvement increases students confidence and self-reliance.

For most learners, it is more motivating to be active than passive. A task a student has done himself or herself (or as part of group) is more highly

valued.

Students conceptions of knowledge change, which has implications for cognitivedevelopment.

Students learn to work together

Students learn strategies for learning itself by observing others.

The presentation also discusses how proper classroom arrangement can be beneficial inmultiple contexts:

Facilitating interactive and hands-on learning.

Cultivates students working together to strengthen mastery and comprehensionof material.

Enables dealing with cultural, socioeconomic and linguist barriers in theclassroom and turning student diversity into an educational asset.

This presentation can work as a traditional speech, but really comes into its ownas when conducted as a workshop. Previously, I have conducted this workshop inconjunction with Ms. Rose Potter, a US-based certified master teacher with a specialfocus on international exchange. I can, of course, conduct this workshop on my own,but If BFE-MENA is interested and has technical capacity, we could conduct thisworkshop with me present in Abu Dhabi and Ms. Potter joining us via videoconference.

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Proposal 2: Before Studying Abroad What Every Student Needs to KnowWe have worked with international students from the Gulf region for more than 30 years.In that time, we have found that many of these students would benefit from increasedunderstanding of the international application process as well as pre-familiarity withcultural and academic environment in their host country. This presentation providesprospective international students and their families with this kind of knowledge to serveas real-life practical tools to enable to get maximum academic and personal benefit from

their study abroad experience.

In April, we conducted four separate sessions of a similar presentation at the SaudiArabian Cultural Missions International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Educationin Riyadh. Over the four sessions, we spoke to several hundred students and theirfamilies.

Key themes of this presentation include:

The importance of college advising, standard application procedures andexpectations and tips to maximize the opportunity of being accepted by auniversity.

Visa requirements and the embassy interview process. Study tips and preparing for standardized tests

Academic expectations and academic culture abroad (including study andresearch skills).

The value of working with tutoring services and education service organizations.

How to acclimate to their new cultural and social environment while retainingtheir own values and culture.

Legal, regulatory and practical knowledge for their new host country (openingbank accounts, housing, child care, family life, money management, etc.)

This presentation is optimum in conventional speech format.