Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century, Volume II

Author:   Kassem M. Wahba ,  Liz England ,  Zeinab A. Taha
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138934771


Pages:   434
Publication Date:   27 July 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Drawing on the collective expertise of language scholars and educators in a variety of subdisciplines, the Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century, Volume II, provides a comprehensive treatment of teaching and research in Arabic as a second and foreign language worldwide. Keeping a balance among theory, research and practice, the content is organized around 12 themes: Trends and Recent Issues in Teaching and Learning Arabic Social, Political and Educational Contexts of Arabic Language Teaching and Learning Identifying Core Issues in Practice Language Variation, Communicative Competence and Using Frames in Arabic Language Teaching and Learning Arabic Programs: Goals, Design and Curriculum Teaching and Learning Approaches: Content-Based Instruction and Curriculum Arabic Teaching and Learning: Classroom Language Materials and Language Corpora Assessment, Testing and Evaluation Methodology of Teaching Arabic: Skills and Components Teacher Education and Professional Development Technology-Mediated Teaching and Learning Future Directions The field faces new challenges since the publication of Volume I, including increasing and diverse demands, motives and needs for learning Arabic across various contexts of use; a need for accountability and academic research given the growing recognition of the complexity and diverse contexts of teaching Arabic; and an increasing shortage of and need for quality of instruction. Volume II addresses these challenges. It is designed to generate a dialogue—continued from Volume I—among professionals in the field leading to improved practice, and to facilitate interactions, not only among individuals but also among educational institutions within a single country and across different countries.

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Author:   Kassem M. Wahba ,  Liz England ,  Zeinab A. Taha
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.844kg
ISBN:  

9781138934771


ISBN 10:   1138934771
Pages:   434
Publication Date:   27 July 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Theme One Trends and Recent Issues in Teaching and Learning Arabic Ch. 1 Trends and Recent Issues in Teaching and Learning Arabic Kassem Wahba, Liz England and Zeinab Taha Theme Two Social, Political and Educational Contexts of Arabic Language Teaching and Learning Ch. 2 Teaching Arabic in the United States II Karin C. Ryding Ch. 3 Teaching and Learning Arabic in Japan Akiko M. Sumi and Katsunori Sumi Theme Three Identifying Core Issues in Practice Ch. 4 Approaches to Second Language Acquisition in Relation to Arabic Susan M. Gass and Ayman Mohamed Ch. 5 Beliefs, Motivation, and Engagement: What Every Teacher of Arabic Should Know about Self-Efficacy Nicole Mills and R. Kirk Belnap Theme Four Language Variation, Communicative Competence, and Using Frames in Arabic Language Teaching and Learning Ch. 6 Syntactic Variation in Modern Written Arabic: A Corpus-Based Study in Egyptian Newspapers Zeinab Taha Ch.7 Contemporary Arabic Variation and Conditionals: Hypotheses from Arab Bogs 2014-2015 Manuela E.B. Giolfo and Federico Salvaggio Ch. 8 Interactional communication, curriculum development and assessment Gerald Lampe Ch. 9 The Implementation of the Common European Framework of Reference for the Teaching and Learning of Arabic as a Second Language in Higher Education Rasha Soliman Theme Five Arabic Programs: Goals, Design and Curriculum Ch.10 Arabic as a foreign language at the American University of Beirut: History and current trends David Wilmsen Ch. 11 Arabic study abroad programs: Issues of concerns, Research and Future directions Emma Trentman Ch. 12 Teaching Arabic in Elementary, Middle, and High School Steven Berbeco Ch.13 Motivating Heritage Students to acquire the Standard Arabic Language Mona Kamel Hassan Theme Six Teaching and learning approaches: Content-based Instruction and Curriculum Ch.14 Arabic for Specific Purposes: Problems and Potentials Mohssen Essesy Ch.15 Arabiyyatti: An Innovative Technology-Based Curriculum for Teaching Arabic to Native Speakers Zeinab Ibrahim, Pantelis Papadopoulos and Andreas Karatsolis Theme Seven Arabic Teaching and Learning: Classroom Language materials and LanguageCorporaCh.16 Using Linguistic Corpora in Arabic Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Lynn Whitcomb and Sameh Alansary Ch.17 Materials development in Arabic language teaching and learning: Realities, Needs, and Future Directions Kassem Wahba Theme Eight Assessment, Testing and Evaluation Ch. 18 Arabic Language Assessment John M. Norris and Michael Raish Ch. 19 Assessment of Spoken Arabic Proficiency: Issues in Elicitation and Rating Mahdi Alosh Ch. 20 Writing Across the Arabic Curriculum: Towards Assessment for Program Development Clarissa Burt Theme Nine Methodology of Teaching Arabic: Skills and Components Ch.21 Integrating Listening and Speaking Skills in a Content-Based Instruction Class Using a Task-Based Framework Shahira Yacout Ch. 22 Integrating Reading and Writing: Literature Circles Dalal Abo El Seoud Ch. 23 A strategy for teaching the pronunciation of Arabic Khaled Rifaat Ch. 24 The Pedagogy for Arabic Grammar Hristina Tchobanova Theme Ten Teacher Education and Professional Development Ch.25 Proposing Professional Standards for Arabic Teacher Certification Mouna Mana and Liz England Theme Eleven Technology-mediated Teaching and Learning Ch.26 Online Ethnography in the Arabic as a Second Language Classroom Francesco Sinatora Ch.27 Importance of Collaborative Tech-based learning Model for Teacher Education Raghda El Essawi Theme Twelve Future Directions Ch.28 Future research directions in Arabic as a foreign language Karin C. Ryding Ch.29 Empirical Directions in the Future of Arabic Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Pedagogy Mohammad T. Alhawary

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Kassem M. Wahba is Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, USA. Liz England is Principal at Liz England and Associates, LLC, USA. Zeinab A. Taha is Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.

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