| Description |
xxxiii, 477 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
History of Arabic language teaching / Kees Versteegh -- Teaching Arabic in the United States / Karin C. Ryding -- Models of second language acquisition -- Susan Gass -- Is Spanish really so easy? Is Arabic really so hard?: perceived difficulty in learning Arabic as a second language / Paul B. Stevens -- Teaching Arabic to non-native speakers at Alexandria University / Mahmoud Ahmad Nahla -- Teaching Arabic in Israel / Muhammad Hasan Amara -- Teaching Arabic in Korea / Sah Hee-man and Fouad El-khazindar -- Arabic teaching in Britain and Ireland / James Dickins and Janet C.E. Watson -- The Arabic language at the University of Bucharest / Nadia Anghelescu -- What is communicative Arabic? / David Wilmsen -- Arabic language use and the educated language user / Kassem M. Wahba -- Integrating the colloquial with Fuṣḥā in the Arabic as a foreign language classroom / Munther Younes -- A profile of students of Arabic in U.S. universities / R. Kirk Belnap -- Arabic language learners' needs: pedagogical, cognitive, affective, and social / Raghda El Essawi -- Developing frames of reference for assessment and curricular design in a diglossic L2: from skills to tasks (and back again) / John Eisele -- Issues in developing standardized tests of Arabic language proficiency / Paula Winke, Rajaa Aquil -- Technologies for Arabic language teaching and learning / Everhard Ditters -- Learner strategies at the interface: computer-assisted language learning meets computer-mediated communication / Vance Stevens -- Instructional media and learning Arabic / Waheed Samy -- Creative interactive web-based Arabic teaching materials with authoring systems / Adriana Babler -- Teaching Arabic with technology now: word processing, e-mail, and the internet / al-Husein N. Madhany -- Arabic receptive language teaching: a new call approach / Mark van Mol -- Arabic immersion and summer programs in the United States / Mahmoud Abdalla -- Playing with words: teaching vocabulary in the Arabic curriculum / Mahmoud Al-Batal -- Reading fluently in Arabic / Kristen Brustad -- Toward pragmatic competency in Arabic / Zeinab A. Taha -- Arabic/English translation and interpreting teaching in Britain / James Dickins -- International Arabic language programs / Mohammed Sawaie --- A plan for the future of teaching Arabic: a viewpoint from within the Arab World / Abdu al-Rajhi -- The teaching and learning of Arabic in the United States: realities, needs, and future directions / Mahmoud Al-Batal, R. Kirk Belnap -- Marketing Arabic as a second/foreign language program / William M. Martin -- Professional standards for teachers of Arabic / Mahdi Alosh, Hussein M. Elkhafaifi and Salah-Dine Hammoud -- Arabic learners and heritage students redefined: present and future / -- Zeinab Ibrahim and Jehan Allam -- Author index -- Subject index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Arabic language -- Study and teaching.
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| Author |
Wahba, Kassem M.
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Taha, Zeinab A.
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England, Liz.
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| LC no. |
2005032350 |
| ISBN |
080585102X paperback alkaline paper |
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9780805851014 casebound |
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