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Testing in MSA and Dialect The Foreign Service Institute Model Testing in One Arabic 1 FSI Speaking Test Parts Conversation Work-related exchange Interview 2 FSI Test Takers DOS employees Learned Arabic at FSI Learned Arabic elsewhere Employees of other government agencies Learned Arabic at FSI Learned Arabic elsewhere 3 FSI Old Test Format Two Protocols Interactive Separate MSA test protocol Separate dialect test protocol 4 Old Test Challenges Defining boundaries (MSA/Dialect) Establishing boundaries between various dialects Establishing a system of credits and penalties based on use of MSA or dialect 5 FSI New Test Format One Protocol Interactive Integrated but flexible One protocol for both MSA and dialect Based on examinee’s choice of dialect 6 Precepts of Arabic Use Arabic: one continuum Examinee: choice of dialect Yardstick: ILR descriptors Meaning: negotiated Audience: defines language interaction 7 Arabic Language Formal Arabic Colloquial Arabic (informal) Classical Arabic Colloquial of the Educated Modern Standard Arabic Colloquial of the Enlightened (MSA) Colloquial of the Illiterate 8 Examinee’s Choice Test Choice Register Choice MSA Situation (conference, Egyptian Arabic formal speech, birthday party, interview, shopping…) Iraqi Arabic Audience (doctors, judges, Moroccan Arabic journalists, street vendors, Sudanese Arabic farmers…) Syrian Arabic, Topic etc. Type of message 9 Use of Arabic (by Educated Arabic Speakers) Speak formal and informal Arabic Move naturally between the two Select register based on audience, topic, situation, and message 10 Negotiated Meaning Pure MSA Dialect Blended Arabic (MSA/Dialect mix) Mix of multiple dialects (rare) 11 Outcome Natural interaction regardless of the Arabic variant. 12.

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