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3Proceedings of the 27 th MATE Annual ConferenceAcknowledgementsOn behalf of MATE national board, I would like to express our indebtedness tothe Ministry of National Education for the long and continuous support to andcooperation with our association both at moral and material levels. Ourpartnership with the Ministry is in fact a strategic one and has been recentlycrowned by signing a partnership agreement that has already started to yield itsfruits for both sides.We are also indebted to the Academy of Chawia Ouardigha and the delegation ofBenslimane for their invaluable support towards the success of MATE 27 thconference. Thanks also go to the Governor and local authorities of the provinceof Benslimane for making us feel at home in Bouznika. The administration andstaff of Bouznika cultural complex were great by making us feel comfortablethroughout all the stages of the conference activities.Thanks should be extended to the British Council and RELO for their support toMATE and contribution to the success of its events.MATE board as well as MATE active members should also be thanked forinvesting part of their precious time, energy and expertise to make the 27 thconference a really successful one.Special thanks should go to Nadia Edition for having contributed to the printingof these proceedings.Mohammed HassimMATE PresidentAgadir, March 27 th , 2008