The Arabic Classroom: Context, Text and Learners

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. American contexts of teaching and learning Arabic: 1. Taking the Arabic classroom beyond the American experience: Navigating context, text and students / Mbaye Bashir Lo -- 2. A Survey of Arabic Syllabi at US Institutions: -- Pedagogical implications / Hanada Al-Masri -- 3. Arabic and the Problem of Learning: Experiences in Teaching Arabic at Two Historically Black Colleges and Universities / Aman Nadhiri and Maurice Hines -- 4. On Arabic: Reflections from Edinburgh University to Duke University / Miriam Cooke -- Part II. Texts and Textbooks in Teaching and Learning Arabic: 5. Evaluating Alif Baa Textbook: A Pedagogical Perspective / Badr Abdelfattah Badr -- 6. Technology and Culture in the Arabic Classroom / Manar Darwish -- 7. Principles of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language: A European Economical Point of View / Van Mol Mark -- Part III. Methods and Methodology in Teaching and Learning Arabic: 8. Personalizing Proficiency: a Student-Centered Proficiency-Oriented Curriculum / David DiMeo -- 9. The Arabyola Portal - Integrating Trusted Arabic e-Resources into Curriculum / Inas Hassan -- 10. Teaching Grammar Orally through Colloquial Arabic: report of an Experiment / Rachael Harris -- 11. Teaching Literature to Advanced Learners of Arabic: Methods and Tools / Rachel Friedman -- Part IV. Students and Learners of Arabic: 12. Unleashing the Power of the Learner / Mahdi Alosh -- 13. Toward a New Approach to Teaching Arabic Grammar: A Model for Arabic Learners / Mounira Gannouni, Qatar University -- 14. Connectives in the Writing of Native and Non-native Speakers of Arabic: Similarities, Differences and a Teaching Model / Nesrine Basheer -- 15. The Arabic Plunge at Middlebury's School in Jordan: Helping Students Swim after Diving into Jordanian Language and Culture / Kerstin Wilsch, Elsa Belmont Flores and Emily Goldman -- Part V. The Global Contexts of Teaching and Learning Arabic: 16. Arabic Education In Chinese Universities: A Historical Perspective / LIN Fengmin and LIN Zhe -- 17. The History of Arabic as a Second Language in Azerbaijan: The Textbooks of Professor Ali Asgar Mammadov, A Case of Study / by Aida Gasimova, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan -- 18. Arabic Education in the Southwest Nigeria: The Role of Private Arabic Schools (PASs) / A.G.A.S. Oladosu -- - 19. How Arabic fares in UK schools / Vicky Gough and Tony Calderbank -- Index.