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2004 English as a Foreign Language Institute
for Moroccan Teacher Trainers

Week in Washington

WEEK SIX
Sunday 8-15
5:00 p.m.
leave for Washington D.C.
     
8:00 p.m.
  Arrival and check-in at Best Western Hotel. 1850 North Ft. Meyer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209
     
   
Monday 8-16  
9:00 to
5:00 p.m.
  All day tour of Washington D.C. including Capitol, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Ford’s Theatre, Air and Space Museum, Old Post Office, White House, Washington National Cathedral
     
   
Tuesday 8-17  
10:00 a.m.
to 12:00 noon
  Meeting at U.S. Department of State, Fulbright Teacher Exchange Branch with Deputy Assistant Secretary Tom Farrell
     
12:30 p.m.
  Lunch
     
2:30 p.m.
  Tour of Voice America (contact: Jeanene Bass, jmbass@ibb.gov)
     
6:00 p.m.
  Dinner in Georgetown
     
   
 Wednesday  8-18  
10:00 a.m.
  Meeting with U.S. Senator Joseph Biden and Foreign Relations Committee Staff (Russell Senate Building)
     
12:00 noon.
  Summer Concert Series, “High Flight,” the premier show group of the U.S. Air Force Band, National Air and Space Museum, 7th and Independence Avenue SW, Washington D.C.
     
7:30 p.m.
  IMAX Theatre
     
   
Thursday 8-19  
10:00 a.m
to 12:00 noon
  Visit NCELA (National Clearing House for English Language Acquisition and Language Instructional Education Programs) at George Washington University (contact: Suzanne Abdelrahim, Research Associate 202-467-0867, suzanne@ncela.gwu.edu
     
  Lunch
     
2:30 to
4:30 p.m
  Visit to TESOL headquarters, 700 South Washington Street, Suite 200 Alexandria, VA (contact: Laura Bryant -- Member Relations Coordinator, 703-836-0774)
     
6:00 p.m.
  Millennium Stage Concert, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
     
   
Friday 8-20  
10:00 to
11:00 a.m.
  Tour of Library of Congress
     
11:00 to
12:00
  Demonstration of Digital Library (contact: Sylvia Amorin -- Visitor Services Specialist, 202-707-9779)
     
12:00 p.m.
  Lunch
     
2:00 to
5:00 p.m.
  Explore Smithsonian Museum exhibits
     
  Dinner
           
Saturday 8-21       Depart for Morocco from Dulles Airport
           
Escorts
Brett Tomashek
  302-383-0819  
 
Baerbel Schumacher
  302-230-6090  

 


Sponsored by the United States Department of
State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs