Routledge Handbook of Arabic Second Language Acquisition

by Mohammad Alhawary (Editor)

Overview

The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Second Language Acquisition introduces major current approaches in Arabic second language acquisition (SLA) research and offers empirical findings on crucial aspects and issues to do with the learning of Arabic as a foreign language and Arabic SLA. It brings together leading academics in the field to synthesize existing research and develops a new framework for analyzing important topics within Arabic SLA.

This handbook will be suitable as a reference work for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and scholars actively researching in this area and is primarily relevant to sister disciplines within teacher training and Arabic applied linguistics. The themes and findings should, however, also be attractive to other areas of study, including theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, cognition, and cognitive psychology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367581442
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Series:	Routledge Language Handbooks
Pages:	438
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mohammad T. Alhawary is Professor of Arabic linguistics and second language acquisition at the University of Michigan, where he teaches courses on both Arabic language and Arabic theoretical and applied linguistics.

Table of Contents

List of contributors viii

Acknowledgments x

Introduction 1

Part I Arabic L2 phonology and phonetics 7

1 Frequency and L1 transfer effects for the perception and production of Arabic lexical stress by L1 English and L1 Chinese learners of Arabic as an L2 Cheng-Wei Lin Mohammad T. Alhawary 9

2 Production of Modern Standard Arabic lexical stress cues by native speakers of American English Mashael Al-Aloula 38

3 Native English speakers' perception and production of Arabic consonants Asmaa Shehata 56

4 The perception and production of Arabic consonants: a cross-linguistic study Sara Al Tubuly 70

5 Arabic L2 phonological acquisition: an ultrasound study of emphatics and gutturals Amanda Eads Jodi Khater Jeff Mielke 93

6 The L2 acquisition of Modern Standard Arabic final consonant clusters by L1 Chinese speakers Mona Maamoun 113

Part II Arabic L2 vocabulary 137

7 Looking at words: an eye-tracking investigation of L2 Arabic vocabulary learning Ayman A. Mohamed 139

8 Keyword vs. context strategies among different levels of Arabic language learners Olla Najah Al-Shalchi 157

Part III Arabic L2 morphosyntax 179

9 The acquisition of resumptive pronouns: how do second language learners of Arabic do it? Dola Algady 181

10 Arabic L2 learners' use of word order and subject-verb agreement for actor role assignment Jamil Al-Thawahrih 201

Part IV Arabic L2 reading and corpus-aided language learning 223

11 Corpus linguistics and critical reading and thinking: proposals for teaching learning sequences based on journalistic corpora in Modern Standard Arabic Nadia Makouar 225

Part V Arabic L2 writing: discourse analysis and measuring production 249

12 Writing in Arabic: discourse analysis and pedagogical reflections Dris Soulaimani 251

13 Comparing the complexity, accuracy, and fluency of written Arabic in the production of advanced learners and native speakers Michael Raish 265

Part VI Arabic L2 speaking and intercultural learning (in study abroad) 287

14 Code-switching in L2 Arabic collaborative dyadic interactions Khaled Al Masaeed 289

15 Research-based interventions for language and intercultural learning Emma Trentman 303

Part VII Arabic heritage learners 329

16 Proficiency in standard Arabic and its predictors: the case of heritage speakers in college-level elementary Arabic classrooms Abdulkafi Albirini 331

17 Effect of age of acquisition on concept mediation in heritage Arabic bilinguals Iyad Ghanim 362

Part VIII The Arabic L2 teacher: teacher training and self-positioning 385

18 Effect of using a collaborative video-based self-evaluation activity on helping AFL student-teachers tie theory to practice Raghda El Essawi 387

19 Arabic language teaching in the U.S.: two Arabic language users' views on culture and self-positioning as teachers Brahim Oulbeid 402

Index 422