1st Edition

Teaching and Learning Arabic Grammar Theory, Practice, and Research

356 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

356 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

356 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

Foreword

Mohammed Sawaie

Preface

PART I

Current issues and challenges concerning the place of grammar in Arabic language instruction

  1. A historical overview of Arabic grammar instruction
  2. Kassem M. Wahba

  3. Grammar of contemporary spoken Arabic
  4. Manuela E.B. Giolfo

  5. Modern written Arabic grammar: corpus-based description
  6. Giuliano Lancioni

    Part II

    Learners’ and teachers’ perspectives

  7. Arabic grammar pedagogy and SLA
  8. Elizabeth Huntley

  9. Teachers’ pedagogical perception and Arabic grammar teaching: A survey-based study
  10. Federico Salvaggio

  11. Learners’ perception of Arabic grammar: a quantitative study
  12. Rasha K. Soliman

  13. Arabic grammar materials: description and analysis
  14. Andrea Facchin

    Part III

    Arabic grammar and pedagogical considerations

  15. Integrating grammar in the Arabic curricula
  16. Ashraf Abdou

  17. Different Methods and Approaches for Teaching Arabic Grammar
  18. Akiko Sumi and Masato Tominaga

  19. From Mechanical to Communicative Grammar Practice: Why and How
  20. Raghda El Essawi

  21. Arabic Grammar at the Advanced Level: A Paradigm Shift
  22. Hanada Taha-Thomure and Majed Harb

  23. Teaching Arabic Grammar in the Online Environment
  24. Katrien Vanpee

    Part IV

    Assessing grammar

  25. Classroom grammar errors, corrective feedback and individual differences
  26. Gergana Attenassova

  27. Assessing grammar: an ACTFL Perspective
  28. Mahdi Alosh

  29. Teaching and Assessing Arabic grammar in the classroom: An eclectic approach

Dalal Abo El Seoud

Biography

Kassem M. Wahba is Associate Professor of Arabic at American University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Zeinab Taha is Professor and Director of the MA TAFL program in the Department of Applied Linguistics at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.

Manuela E.B. Giolfo is Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the International University of Languages and Media (IULM) in Milan, Italy.