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Author:   Atta Gebril (The American University in Cairo)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   15
Weight:   0.755kg
ISBN:  

9789027205339

ISBN 10:   9027205337
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   18 July 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. To my parents; 2. Acknowledgments; 3. Chapter 1. Applied linguistics research in the Middle East and North Africa: An overview (by Gebril, Atta); 4. Section I. Language in society; 5. Chapter 2. When the president loses his voice, the people capture speech (by Boussofara, Naima); 6. Chapter 3. Religion and identity in modern Egyptian public discourse (by Bassiouney, Reem); 7. Chapter 4. English between Egyptians: Power and ownership of the English language in Egypt (by Lewko, Alexander M.); 8. Chapter 5. The age of global English: Language use and identity construction in the United Arab Emirates (by Dahan, Laila S.); 9. Chapter 6. The linguistic landscape of Cairo from the Rosetta Stone to the Ring Road billboards: Signs of their times (by Plumlee, Marilyn); 10. Chapter 7. The ongoing rivalry between English and French in Lebanon (by Shaaban, Kassim); 11. Section II. Language in education; 12. Chapter 8. A Qatari case for authenticity in the investigation of reading abilities and strategies (by Reynolds, Dudley); 13. Chapter 9. The development and validation of an Arabic language test in Saudi Arabia (by Norrbom, Bjorn); 14. Chapter 10. A survey of English language proficiency requirements for admission to English-medium universities in Arabic-speaking countries (by Boraie, Deena); 15. Chapter 11. Student teachers' computer-mediated narratives-in-interaction: Sharing notions of culture, teaching and language acquisition (by Fredricks, Lori); 16. Chapter 12. Arabic language teacher education (by Taha, Hanada); 17. Chapter 13. Corpora and the study of Arabic vocabulary (by Abdou, Ashraf); 18. Section III. Future directions of applied linguistics in the MENA countries; 19. Chapter 14. Whither Arabic?: From possible worlds to possible futures (by Eisele, John C.); 20. Chapter 15. A forward-looking conceptual framework for Arabic curriculum design and instructional methodology (by Alosh, Mahdi); 21. Chapter 16. Applied linguistics in the MENA countries: A research agenda (by Gebril, Atta); 21. Bibliographies; 22. Author index; 23. Subject index

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