Option 1: Flagship Darija Courses

Students who have taken Levels 1, 2, or 3 of the Flagship course, entitled Moroccan Arabic and Culture: A Multimedia Interactive eTextbook with an instructor at their home institutions, during the academic year, satisfy the pre-departure requirement. These students do not need to take the proficiency assessment below. Their home Flagship program will just certify they have completed the course(s).

Option 2: Flagship Familiarization Crash Course

If a student has no prior Darija at the time they are selected for the program, they can still learn enough Moroccan Arabic using the self-paced, technology-based Familiarization course. See details below under “Level 1 Moroccan Arabic and Culture Familiarization: A Multimedia Interactive eTextbook.”

Option 3: Proficiency Assessment/Testing Out

If a student already learned some Darija from other contexts, they will need to take an oral assessment that verifies that they have met the requirement. Depending on the assessment outcome, students will be able to skip through the learning materials altogether or be directed to the relevant units in the Level 1 course to help them learn what they need. Any units that need to be learned must be completed prior to departure to Morocco.

Option 1: Flagship Darija Courses

Step 1 – Authentication: Names and emails of instructors and students who need access to the course are collected and provided to the Tech Center. Once instructors and students are added to the Tech Center LMS (Moodle), they will then receive their own login credentials (username and password) and enrollment instructions in the email they have provided. For an initial request for enrollment, please contact the Tech Center (tech.center@hawaii.edu).

Step 2 Enrollment: Students enroll in the Level 1 Moroccan Arabic Familiarization Course by following the enrollment instructions. Registered instructors can access the course directly after logging in. (Note: Upon first visiting the course site, instructors and students will be prompted to change the password for this course.)

Option 2: Flagship Familiarization Crash Course

Students will start from Lesson 1 and will complete the course using the following steps:

Step 1 – Authentication: A list that contains the name and email of the students who intend to enroll in this course will be collected by their home Flagship institution. The list will be provided to the Flagship Tech Center to be added to its LMS to grant students access to the course. Students will receive their own login credentials (username and password) and enrollment instructions in the email they have provided.

Step 2 – Enrollment: Students will be guided to enroll in the Level 1 Moroccan Arabic and Culture Familiarization course by following the enrollment instructions. (Note: Upon first visiting the course site, students will be prompted to change their password for this course.)

Step 3 – Course Completion: Students must complete all the activities and take the speaking assessments in each lesson. Students will receive a badge for each lesson based on their performance on the speaking assessment (passing grade: 85%).

Learning Tip: To ensure retention, it is recommended that students complete daily assignments in a progressive manner and regularly review earlier materials as they advance through the course.

Option 3: Proficiency Assessment/Testing Out

Students who have previously taken any of the levels of the Flagship course entitled Moroccan Arabic Language and Culture or a longer version of it fulfill the requirement and do not need to take the assessment. They just need their home Flagship institutions to confirm fulfillment of the requirement to the Flagship Council.

Those who learned Darija through other means or courses will fulfill the requirement through the following steps:

Step 1 – Authentication: A list that contains the name and email of the students who intend to enroll in this course are collected by their home institutions and provided to the Tech Center. For an initial request for enrollment, please contact the Tech Center (tech.center@hawaii.edu).

Step 2 – Placement Test: Students will be guided to create an account in Extempore (the speaking assessment app) and complete the Darija Placement Test. Students will receive results for each assessment topic they have completed (passing grade: 85%). Based on the Placement Test results, students will receive instructions on which lesson(s) they are required to complete in the Darija Familiarization Course.

Step 3 – Enrollment: Students will receive their own login credentials (username and password) for the Darija Familiarization Course and enrollment instructions in the email they have provided. Students will be guided to enroll in the course.

Step 4 – Course Completion: Students complete all the activities and take the speaking assessments in all the required lessons. Students will receive a badge for each completed lesson based on their performance in the speaking assessment (passing grade: 85%).

This course was created with support from The Language Flagship Technology Innovation Center. The development of this course was funded under a grant from the Institute of International Education (IIE), acting as the administrative agent of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO) for The Language Flagship.

The Language Flagship is a national initiative to change the way Americans learn languages through a groundbreaking approach to language education through a network of programs at institutions of higher education across the United States. The Language Flagship graduates students who will take their place among the next generation of global professionals, commanding a superior level of proficiency in one of ten languages critical to U.S. national security and economic competitiveness.

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