The Teaching of Arabic as a Foreign Language
![]() 376 pp., 6 x 9 Paperback ISBN: 9780962153099 (0962153095) June 2008 EXPLORE THIS TITLE DescriptionTable of Contents Contributors RELATED SITES American Association of Teachers of Arabic |
The Teaching of Arabic as a Foreign Language
Issues and Directions
Mahmoud Al-Batal, Editor
In this volume leading teachers of Arabic, many of whom have written influential textbooks for advanced learners, explore the realities and challenges of teaching Arabic as a foreign language. Topics covered include the state of the Arabic teaching profession; the institutional challenges in U.S. and study-abroad programs; the teaching of various skills such as writing, reading, speaking, and listening; the varieties of Arabic and their relevance in the classroom; the uses of technology in the classroom; and testing. Published in 1995, many of the issues raised in this volume remain relevant today. Related Sites:
Mahmoud Al-Batal is an associate professor and director of the Arabic Flagship Program at University of Texas at Austin. He is coauthor (with Kristen Brustad and Abbas Al-Tonsi) of the Al-Kitaab Arabic textbook series. Table of Contents Introduction The Arabic Teaching Profession: Current Realities and Future Challenges Mahmoud Al-Batal 1. The Teaching of Arabic in the United States: Whence and Whither? Peter F. Abboud 2. The Institutional Setting of Arabic Language Teaching: A Survey of Program Coordinators and Teachers of Arabic in U. S. Institutions of Higher Learning R. Kirk Belnap 3. Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language: Challenges of the Nineties Alaa Elgibali and Zeinab Taha 4. Higher Level Language Skills in Arabic: Parameters and Issues Roger Allen 5. Issues in the Teaching of the Productive Skills in Arabic Mahmoud Al-Batal 6. Teaching Spontaneity in Elementary Arabic Zev bar-Lev 7. The Role of Close Reading in the Elementary Arabic Curriculum Margaret Larkin 8. The Grammar Controversy: What to Teach and Why Zeinab Taha 9. Learning from Gulliver: The Teaching of "Culture" in an Advanced Arabic Language Course Samar Attar 10. Discourse Competernce in TAFL: Skill Levels and Choice of Language Variety in the Arabic Classroom Karin C. Ryding 11. An Integrated Curriculum for Elementary Arabic Munther A. Younes 12. Computer-Assisted Language Learning for Arabic: Rationale and Research Potential Mahdi Alosh 13. Computers and Proficiency Goals: Facing Facts Dilworth B. Parkinson 14. Incorporating Video in Teaching Arabic Ahmed Ferhadi 15. The Arabic Speaking Proficiency Test and Its Implementation Raji Rammuny Index Contributors Peter AbboudMahmoud Al-BatalRoger AllenM. Mahdi AloshSamar AttarZev bar-LevR. Kirk BelnapAlaa ElgibaliAhmed FerhadiMargaret LarkinDilworth B. ParkinsonRaji M. RammunyKarin C. RydingZeinab TahaMunther A. Younes |