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Arabic As One Language : Integrating Dialect in the Arabic Language Curriculum by Mahmoud Al-Batal (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGeorgetown University Press
ISBN-101626165041
ISBN-139781626165045
eBay Product ID (ePID)237808617
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameArabic As One Language : Integrating Dialect in the Arabic Language Curriculum
Publication Year2017
SubjectArabic, Study & Teaching
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorMahmoud Al-Batal
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2017-007580
ReviewsThe editor and authors of this work should be lauded for advocating the integration of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and spoken dialects into a unified curriculum for nonnative speakers. This timely volume persuasively validates the many tangible benefits this approach--and thematically presents various empirically grounded models and strategies for implementing the integration within a program or in the classroom.
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentPrefaceAcknowledgments Part 1: Dialect Integration: A New Frontier for Arabic 1. Dialect Integration in the Arabic Foreign Language Curriculum: Vision, Rationale, and Models Mahmoud Al-Batal 2. To Separate or to Integrate, That Is the Question: The Cornell Arabic Program Model Munther Younes 3. Lessons Learned and Empirical Data from Twenty-Five Years of Using an Integrated Approach R. Kirk Belnap 4. Preparing Arabic Teachers for Integration: The Edinburgh Model Jonathan Featherstone 5. Preparing Students for the Future: Integrating Dialect and Standard into the Arabic Foreign Language Classroom Elizabeth Huntley Part 2: Curricular Models and Approaches to Integration 6. A Digitally Assisted Model of Integration of Standard and Colloquial Arabic Based on the Common European Framework Manuela E. B. Giolfo and Federico Salvaggio 7. Developing a Genre-Based Curriculum to Teach Arabic Diglossia Emma Trentman 8. An Integrated Moroccan and Modern Standard Arabic Curriculum for First-Year Learners Mike Turner 9. Arabic Diglossic Speaking without Mixing: Practices and Outcomes from a Beginning Level Sonia Shiri and Charles Joukhadar Part 3: Integration and Skill Development 10. Integrating Colloquial Arabic into the Arabic L2 Curriculum: An Analysis of Learner Speech Lama Nassif 11. Diverse Speaker Output in the Integrated Classroom: Trends and Interpretation Thomas Leddy-Cecere 12. Effects of Integrated Arabic on Written Language Skills at West Point: A Longitudinal Study Gregory R. Ebner and Jeff Watson Part 4: Learners' and Teachers' Voices and Perspectives13. Integrating Colloquial Arabic in the Classroom: A Study of Students' and Teachers' Attitudes and Effects Martin Isleem 14. Dialect Integration: Students' Perspectives within an Integrated Program Mahmoud Al-Batal and Christian Glakas 15. Integration and Students' Perspectives in a Multidialect Environment Mai Zaki and Jeremy Palmer 16. Teachers' Voices: Analysis of Teachers' Speech and Teachers' Perspectives in Integrated Arabic Classrooms Caroline Najour List of ContributorsIndex
SynopsisFor decades, students learning the Arabic language have begun with Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and then transitioned to learning spoken Arabic. While the MSA-first approach neither reflects the sociolinguistic reality of the language nor gives students the communicative skills required to fully function in Arabic, the field continues to debate the widespread adoption of this approach. Little research or evidence has been presented about the effectiveness of integrating dialect in the curriculum. With the recent publication of textbooks that integrate dialect in the Arabic curriculum, however, a more systematic analysis of such integration is clearly becoming necessary. In this seminal volume, Mahmoud Al-Batal gathers key scholars who have implemented integration to present data and research on the method's success. The studies address curricular models, students' outcomes, and attitudes of students and teachers using integration in their curricula. This volume is an essential resource for all teachers of Arabic language and those working in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL)., Arabic is a diglossic language: What is written is different from what is spoken. For decades, students have learned written Arabic first and then spoken but this does not reflect the sociolinguistic reality of the language nor does it give students what they need to communicate. Teachers of Arabic have struggled to teach communicative skills. With the introduction of Al-Kitaab Third Edition, this method had to be established. Though there has been much discussion about "integrating Arabic," little research or evidence has been presented about it. In this volume, Al-Batal gathers scholars who are using this method with success to present research that the method works. They will address curricular models, students' measured outcomes (with copious examples), and attitudes of students and teachers (which often change) using this methodology. Contributors are a mix of well-known and young scholars, bringing fresh voices into this discussion and making this method more established and less "experimental." Additional data will be provided on the GUP website. Data include, tables/figures, audio, and video recordings of students showing the proposed method and outcomes from the method discussed. References to these resources will be made in the book., Arabic as One Language gathers key scholars who have implemented the integration of dialect in Arabic curriculum to provide comprehensive evidence that teaching written and spoken Arabic together works. (I used the Mail chimp version for this because the main and short descriptions are too long. Happy to edit it if you think it doesn't fit ......
LC Classification NumberPJ6066.A69 2017
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