Description
Book SynopsisFoundational 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
Table of Contents
Foreword
Mohammed Sawaie
Preface
PART I
Current issues and challenges concerning the place of grammar in Arabic language instruction
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- A historical overview of Arabic grammar instruction
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Kassem M. Wahba
- Grammar of contemporary spoken Arabic
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Manuela E.B. Giolfo
- Modern written Arabic grammar: corpus-based description
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Giuliano Lancioni
Part II
Learners’ and teachers’ perspectives
- Arabic grammar pedagogy and SLA
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Elizabeth Huntley
- Teachers’ pedagogical perception and Arabic grammar teaching: A survey-based study
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Federico Salvaggio
- Learners’ perception of Arabic grammar: a quantitative study
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Rasha K. Soliman
- Arabic grammar materials: description and analysis
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Andrea Facchin
Part III
Arabic grammar and pedagogical considerations
- Integrating grammar in the Arabic curricula
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Ashraf Abdou
- Different Methods and Approaches for Teaching Arabic Grammar
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Akiko Sumi and Masato Tominaga
- From Mechanical to Communicative Grammar Practice: Why and How
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Raghda El Essawi
- Arabic Grammar at the Advanced Level: A Paradigm Shift
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Hanada Taha-Thomure and Majed Harb
- Teaching Arabic Grammar in the Online Environment
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Katrien Vanpee
Part IV
Assessing grammar
- Classroom grammar errors, corrective feedback and individual differences
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Gergana Attenassova
- Assessing grammar: an ACTFL Perspective
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Mahdi Alosh
- Teaching and Assessing Arabic grammar in the classroom: An eclectic approach
Dalal Abo El Seoud
