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

Herausgeber: England, Liz; Wahba, Kassem M.; Taha, Zeinab A.

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 458
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 855g
• ISBN-13: 9781138934771
• ISBN-10: 1138934771
• Artikelnr.: 48935671

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Overview: Trends and Recent Issues in Teaching and Learning Arabic
Part II. Social, Political and Educational contexts of Arabic Language
Teaching and Learninga) Arabic-speaking Worldb) Non-Arabic-speaking Worldc)
Islamic countries: Indonesia/Malaysia Part III. Identifying Core issues in
Practicea) Models of Second Language Acquisition:b) Sociolinguistic and the
Variations of Arabic in Multiple Language Communities c) History of
Teaching and Learning Arabic in Medieval Islam Part IV. Communicative
Competence and Performance in Arabic Language Teachinga) What is
Communicative Arabic?b) The Arabic language use and the educated language
user c) Integrating Vernacular with FuSHa in the Arabic as a Foreign
Language classroom d) Various Standards of Learning Arabic as a Foreign
Language in the Arabic-speaking World versus everywhere : Relevance of
ACTFL and CEFR e) Intercultural communication, curriculum development and
assessment Part V. Arabic Programs: Goals, Design and Curriculum a)
University-based Teaching and Learning: 1) University programs a. Arabic
Program-Texas University)(16)b. Lebanon: Arabic language program at the
American University in Bayrut2) Study abroad programs: a. Center of Arabic
Study Abroad (CASA) (Postgraduate level learners) (18)3) Government
Programs: ILI4) K-12 Programs5) Heritage learners and native learners Part
VI. Teaching Approachesa) Content-based Instruction b) Arabic Literature
and Literacy c) Arabic for Specific Purposes (ASP): Arabic for Businessd)
Pragmatics in Arabic Language Teachinge) Arabic language materials f)
Corpus linguistics for Arabic language teachers and learners g) Task-based
Arabic Language InstructionPart VII. Arabic language teaching and learning:
curriculum and classroom instruction a) Methodology, Classroom Management
and Lesson Planning b) Oral Skills Teaching1) Listening 2) Speaking c)
Literacy skills teaching3) Developing reading skills 4) Developing writing
skills d) Teaching and Learning Arabic pronunciation e) Teaching Grammar f)
Teaching beginner and intermediate level Vocabulary g) Motivation, Noticing
and feedback in the Arabic classroom Part VIII . Assessment, Testing and
Evaluationa) An Overview of Assessment and Evaluation: Purpose, Uses and
Types of testsb) Issue in Arabic Language Assessment in the US a) Arabic
Program Evaluation and Accreditation Part IX. Teacher Education and
Professional Developmenta) Pre- and in service Education training:
Observation, Teacher Evaluation and Certification. b) Teacher Research and
Measuring Effectiveness of Instruction Part X. Technology-mediated Teaching
and Learninga) Social media: Historical Perspective: Role and Researchb)
Distance education and Online Arabic Programs