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

by Kassem M. Wahba (Editor), Zeinab A. Taha (Editor), Manuela E. B. Giolfo (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367472214
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/30/2022
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

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.

Table 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