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About Me: Mohamed Ansary is currently a lecturer of Arabic as a Foreign Language at the University of Arizona and has been an Adjunct Lecturer in Indiana University, SWSEEL, since 2012. He has been participating in programs for teaching Arabic in Egypt and abroad since 2007. In 2009 and 2010, Ansary worked at the Critical Language Scholarship Program (CLS), a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. In 2008 and 2009 he worked for Concordia Language Villages, Concordia College, where he still collaborates annually with its workshops for k-12 teachers of Arabic in the USA. His area of interest in these workshops is: application of 21st century skills to the Arabic language classroom, assessment of functional abilities of Arabic language learners, using technology into the classroom, teaching culture as a fifth skill and how to integrate it into the classroom.His research interests include social media, instructional technology in the AFL classroom and integrating culture into the classroom. Blog: http://mohamedansary.blogspot.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mohamedansary72 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mohamedansary72