1st Edition

Teaching Arabic as a Heritage Language

By Rasha ElHawari Copyright 2021
126 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

126 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

126 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Teaching Arabic as a Heritage Language is a practical guide to Arabic pedagogy for Heritage Learners of Arabic. Exploring the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language (TAFL) in North America and Europe, it covers sociocultural topics such as diglossia and religion alongside theoretical approaches to Heritage Language Learning. It also provides a new and detailed definition of the heritage... Read more

Part One: Arabic as a Heritage Language

Chapter One: What is a Heritage Language?Chapter 2: Arabic Language (s) in the Arab World

Chapter 3: Arabic Beyond the Arab World

Part Two: Heritage Language Learning Pedagogy

Chapter Four: Heritage Language Learners and Assessment of Arabic Language Proficiency

Chapter 5: The Heritage Language Learner of Arabic

Chapter Six: The HLL and the Arabic Language Classroom

Biography

Rasha ElHawari is a Senior Lecturer of Arabic and the Coordinator for the Semitic Languages Program at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She has extensive experience in TAFL and teaching Arabic immersion programs.