Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language: Techniques for Developing Language Skills and Grammar / Edition 1

by Mohammad T. Alhawary

Overview

Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language: Techniques for Developing Language Skills and Grammar is an indispensable guide for in-training and novice teachers of Arabic as a foreign language and a source of fresh and effective ideas for experienced teachers.

This highly practical guide outlines how Arabic second-language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and grammar are targeted in isolation from one another and how they are integrated to reinforce each other through the use of specific tried-and-tested techniques and activities.

Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language provides instantly accessible, practical teaching techniques to target and develop specific language skills and grammar at novice, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138921009
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/07/2023
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mohammad T. Alhawary is Professor of Arabic Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition and Director of MA in Arabic for Professional Purposes and the Teaching of Arabic as a Foreign Language Programs at the University of Michigan, USA. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on Arabic language and Arabic theoretical and applied linguistics.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Listening Techniques

1.1. Developing Listening at the Novice Level

1.2 Developing Listening at the Intermediate Level

1.3 Developing Listening at the Advanced Level

2. Speaking Techniques

2.1. Developing Speaking at the Novice Level

2.2 Developing Speaking at the Intermediate Level

2.3 Developing Speaking at the Advanced Level

3. Reading Techniques

3.1. Developing Reading at the Novice Level

3.2 Developing Reading at the Intermediate Level

3.3 Developing Reading at the Advanced Level

4. Writing Techniques

4.1. Developing Writing at the Novice Level

4.2 Developing Writing at the Intermediate Level

4.3 Developing Writing at the Advanced Level

5. Grammar Techniques

5.1. Developing Grammatical Competence at the Novice Level

5.2 Developing Grammatical Competence at the Intermediate Level

5.3. Developing Grammatical Competence at the Advanced Level