Linguistic applications
Subtitle: teaching English in Arabic context
By: edited by Omar Sheikh Al-Shabab and Farida Baka.
Contributors: Al-Shabab, Omar Sheikh.; Baka, Farida.
Edition: First
Publisher: DEBS
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Damascus, Syria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
First sentence: The essence of any research object centers around task accomplishment of product delivery.
Description: Linguisitc Applications works towards bridging the gap between theory and practice in Linguistics, an effort the editors, Omar S. Al-Shabab and Farida Baka, started in their earlier works. They maintain taht the misplaced and short-sighted views of exploring the monolingual monocultural approach to foreign language learning/teaching is a mirage in an endless desert.

This collection of chapters is offered in the spirit of mediating English and Arabic languages and cultures, and establishing the studying of the English language, English Literature and translation from Arabic-into English as a two-way trade to the enrichment of both cultures and peoples.
Table of contents: label: One
pagenum: 1
class: chapter
title: Second Language Acquisition: An Overview; label: Seven
pagenum: 229
title: Teaching Verbal Irony to EFL Students of Shakespeare