Handbook for teaching Arabic language professionals in the 21st century
By: Edited by Kassem M. Wahba, Zeinab A. Taha, Liz England.
Contributors: Wahba, Kassem M.; Taha, Zeinab A.; England, Liz.
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
Subjects: Arabic language -- Study and teaching.
Other titles: Handbook for teaching Arabic language professionals in the twenty-first century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History of Arabic language teaching / Kees Versteegh; title: Teaching Arabic in the United States / Karin C. Ryding; title: Models of second language acquisition; title: Susan Gass; title: Is Spanish really so easy? Is Arabic really so hard?: perceived difficulty in learning Arabic as a second language; title: Paul B. Stevens; title: Teaching Arabic to non-native speakers at Alexandria University / Mahmoud Ahmad Nahla; title: Teaching Arabic in Israel /  Muhammad Amara; title: Teaching Arabic in Korea / Sah Hee-man and Fouad El-khazindar; title: Arabic teaching in Britain and Ireland / James Dickins and Janet C.E. Watson; title: The Arabic language at the University of Bucharest / Nadia Anghelescu; title: What is communicative Arabic? / David Wilmsen; title: Arabic language use and the educated language user / Kassem M. Wahba; title: Integrating the vernacular with Fusha in the Arabic as a foreign language classroom / Munther Younes; title: A profile of students of Arabic in U.S. universities / R. Kirk Belnap; title: Arabic language learners' needs: pedagogical, cognitive, affective, and social / Raghda El Essawi; title: Developing frames of reference for assessment and curricular design in a diglossic L2: from skills to tasks (and back again) / John Eisele; title: Issues in developing standardized tests of Arabic language proficiency / Paula Winke, Rajaa Aquil; title: Technologies for Arabic language teaching and learning / Everhard Ditters; title: Learner strategies at the interface: computer-assisted language learning meets computer-mediated communication / Vance Stevens; title: Instructional media and learning Arabic / Waheed Samy; title: Creative interactive web-based Arabic teaching materials with authoring systems / Adriana Babler; title: Teaching Arabic with technology now: word processing, e-mail, and the internet / al-Husein N. Madhany; title: Arabic receptive language teaching: a new call approach / Mark van Mol; title: Arabic immersion and summer programs in the United States / Mahmoud Abdalla; title: Playing with words: teaching vocabulary in the Arabic curriculum / Mahmoud Al-Batal; title: Reading fluently in Arabic / Kristen Brustad; title: Toward pragmatic competency in Arabic / Zeinab A. Taha; title: Arabic/English translation and interpreting teaching in Britain / James Dickins; title: International Arabic language programs / Mohammed Sawaie; title: - A plan for the future of teaching Arabic: a viewpoint from within the Arab World / 'Abdu al-Ragihi; title: The teaching and learning of Arabic in the United States: realities, needs, and future directions / Mahmoud Al-Batal, R. Kirk Belnap; title: Marketing Arabic as a second/foreign language program / William M. Martin; title: Professional standards for teachers of Arabic / Mahdi Alosh, Hussein M. El Khafaifi and Salah-Dine Hammoud; title: Arabic learners and heritage students redefined: present and future /; title: Zeinab Ibrahim and Jehan allam; title: Author index; title: Subject index.