Foundational and comprehensive, this volume provides a theoretical and practical overview of the current issues that dominate the field of teaching and learning Arabic grammar. Bringing together authorities on Arabic grammar from around the world, the book covers both historical contexts and current practices, and provides principles, strategies, and examples of current Arabic grammar instruction across educational settings. Chapter authors offer a range of perspectives on teaching approaches, implementing research findings in the classroom, and future challenges.
A much-needed volume to help students, teachers, and teacher educators develop their knowledge and skills, it addresses the most salient and controversial issues in the field, including: what grammar to teach, how much grammar to teach, how to address grammar in content-based or communication-based classroom, and how to teach variation in grammar. This resource is ideal for preservice Arabic language teachers as well as Arabic language professors and researchers.
Author(s): Zeinab A. Taha, Kassem M. Wahba, Manuela E. B. Giolfo
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 355
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I Current Issues and Challenges Concerning the Place of Grammar in Arabic Language Instruction
1 A Historical Overview of Arabic Grammar Instruction
2 Grammar of Contemporary Spoken Arabic
3 Modern Written Arabic Grammar: Corpus-Based Description
Part II Learners’ and Teachers’ Perspectives
4 Arabic Grammar Pedagogy and SLA
5 Teachers’ Pedagogical Perception and Arabic Grammar Teaching: A Survey-Based Study
6 Learners’ Perception of Arabic Grammar
7 Arabic Grammar Materials: Description and Analysis
Part III Arabic Grammar and Pedagogical Considerations
8 Integrating Grammar in the Arabic Curricula
9 Different Methods and Approaches for Teaching Arabic Grammar
10 From Mechanical to Communicative Grammar Practice: Why and How
11 Arabic Grammar at the Advanced Level: A Paradigm Shift
12 Teaching Arabic Grammar in the Online Environment
Part IV Assessing Grammar
13 Corrective Feedback in the Arabic Language Classroom
14 Assessing Grammar: An ACTFL Perspective
15 Teaching and Assessing Arabic Grammar in the Classroom: A Holistic Approach
List of Contributors
