Teaching and Learning Arabic Grammar - Theory, Practice, and Research

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.

List of contents

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
Kassem M. Wahba


2. Grammar of contemporary spoken Arabic
Manuela E.B. Giolfo


3. Modern written Arabic grammar: corpus-based description
Giuliano Lancioni
Part II
Learners’ and teachers’ perspectives


4. Arabic grammar pedagogy and SLA
Elizabeth Huntley


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


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


7. Arabic grammar materials: description and analysis
Andrea Facchin
Part III
Arabic grammar and pedagogical considerations


8. Integrating grammar in the Arabic curricula
Ashraf Abdou


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


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


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


12. Teaching Arabic Grammar in the Online Environment
Katrien Vanpee
Part IV
Assessing grammar


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


14. Assessing grammar: an ACTFL Perspective
Mahdi Alosh


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

Dalal Abo El Seoud

About the author

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.

Summary

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. This resource is ideal for preservice Arabic language teachers as well as Arabic language professors and researchers.

Product details

• Authors: Zeinab A. (The American University in Cairo Taha, Zeinab A. Wahba Taha, Kassem M. Taha Wahba
• Assisted by: Manuela Giolfo (Editor), Manuela E. B. Giolfo (Editor), Zeinab A. Taha (Editor), Taha Zeinab A. (Editor), Kassem Wahba (Editor), Kassem M. Wahba (Editor), Wahba Kassem M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9780367472214
• ISBN: 978-0-367-47221-4
• No. of pages: 336
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