Arabic Teachers' Perception of an Integrated Approach for Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language in Colleges and Universities in the United States PDF Download

Author: Abeer Al-Mohsen
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Languages : en
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This study examines the perception of Arabic teachers on whether an integrated approach is critical for students’ communicative competence in Arabic. Additionally, the study attempts to uncover what might be potential barriers to the integrated-approach program-wide implementation in the field of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language in higher education institutes in the United States. Although many studies investigated students’ perception of learning Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) only, few studies focused on teachers’ perceptions of the issue and understanding of what communicative Arabic instruction should entail. Using a mixed-method study, the researcher conducted the study in two sequential phases: a quantitative phase followed by a qualitative phase. Quantitative data-collection sources used adaptation of the Arabic Teacher Survey. The online survey dataset consisted of a 50-item survey of 60 participants. Although no significant relationships emerged between teachers’ perceptions of the integrated approach and its impact on communicative competence due to size effect, an overall favorable perception of using the integrated approach emerged as the correct way to go about the teaching and learning of Arabic. The MSA ideology, especially among older and more highly educated teachers correlated with participants’ overall favorability of the integrated approach. The qualitative phase consisted of one-on-one phone interviews with seven Arabic teachers to provide a more descriptive analysis of the survey data. Changes in perceptions of teaching both MSA and spoken Arabic are shifting, despite the narrow scope of its implementation. The participants’ credited the delay in wide implementation of an integrated approach to a lack of teaching materials, teachers’ training opportunities, and insufficient of data that supports the implementation of the approach. This research provided empirical insights to teachers’ perceptions of the integrated approach and its promising future as a common practice in the field. The study concludes by proposing an integrated approach instructional design and recommendations for further research. The aim is to support the importance of teaching both MSA and spoken Arabic as the underpinning of communicative competence in Arabic.

Author: Kassem M. Wahba
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317384199
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 578

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Drawing on the collective expertise of language scholars and educators in a variety of subdisciplines, the Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century, Volume II, provides a comprehensive treatment of teaching and research in Arabic as a second and foreign language worldwide. Keeping a balance among theory, research and practice, the content is organized around 12 themes: Trends and Recent Issues in Teaching and Learning Arabic Social, Political and Educational Contexts of Arabic Language Teaching and Learning Identifying Core Issues in Practice Language Variation, Communicative Competence and Using Frames in Arabic Language Teaching and Learning Arabic Programs: Goals, Design and Curriculum Teaching and Learning Approaches: Content-Based Instruction and Curriculum Arabic Teaching and Learning: Classroom Language Materials and Language Corpora Assessment, Testing and Evaluation Methodology of Teaching Arabic: Skills and Components Teacher Education and Professional Development Technology-Mediated Teaching and Learning Future Directions The field faces new challenges since the publication of Volume I, including increasing and diverse demands, motives and needs for learning Arabic across various contexts of use; a need for accountability and academic research given the growing recognition of the complexity and diverse contexts of teaching Arabic; and an increasing shortage of and need for quality of instruction. Volume II addresses these challenges. It is designed to generate a dialogue—continued from Volume I—among professionals in the field leading to improved practice, and to facilitate interactions, not only among individuals but also among educational institutions within a single country and across different countries.

Author: Kassem M. Wahba
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000814955
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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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.

Author: Rasha ElHawari
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135101465X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Teaching Arabic as a Heritage Language is a practical guide to Arabic pedagogy for Heritage Learners of Arabic. Exploring the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language (TAFL) in North America and Europe, it covers sociocultural topics such as diglossia and religion alongside theoretical approaches to Heritage Language Learning. It also provides a new and detailed definition of the heritage language learner (HLL) of Arabic. The role of the professor and the material are explored to ensure a successful learning experience. The latest advances in HLL are considered together with the recent and recommended changes in classroom practice, giving rise to the recognition of the individual needs of heritage learners. This is an indispensable resource for instructors, researchers, and students in the fields of TAFL and TASOL, as well as linguists interested in Arabic language learning and teaching.

Author: Enam Al-Wer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317525000
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 407

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The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Sociolinguistics comprises 22 chapters encompassing various aspects in the study of Arabic dialects within their sociolinguistic context. This is a novel volume, which not only includes the traditional topics in variationist sociolinguistics, but also links the sociolinguistic enterprise to the history of Arabic and to applications of sociolinguistics beyond the theoretical treatment of variation. Newly formed trends, with an eye to future research, form the backbone of this volume. With contributions from an international pool of researchers, this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of Arabic sociolinguistics, as well as to linguists interested in a concise, rounded view of the field.

Author: Munther Younes
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317580699
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 114

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Leading teacher of Arabic, Munther Younes, explores the realities of teaching Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) and outlines his groundbreaking approach to instruction, tried and tested over many years at Cornell University. The Integrated Approach to Arabic Instruction introduces teachers to the features of an integrated Arabic program—one that simultaneously teaches the two varieties of the language, Modern Standard Written Arabic, fuṣḥā, and the dialect, āmmiyya, in a way that reflects the authentic practice of native Arabic speakers. This pedagogy, Younes argues, is the most logical, effective and economical method of instruction as it prepares students fully for the realities of the Arabic diglossic situation. Younes takes teachers through the following ground: Consideration of the current Arabic sociolinguistic situation and key debates in the field Outline of changing student goals and the needs of the modern AFL learner Overview of the Integrated Approach covering its rationale, features, implementation methods and usage of instructional materials in the classroom Response to objections to the Integrated Approach, outlining its advantages over alternative practices and clarifying crucial issues in practice The Integrated Approach to Arabic Instruction addresses a pressing issue deeply relevant to the world of Arabic language instruction, placed in the practical context of shifting attitudes among students and educators. It will be an essential resource for all teachers of Arabic as a Foreign Language.

Author: Karin C. Ryding
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 1626162492
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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Al-'Arabiyya is the annual journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic and serves scholars in the United States and abroad. Al-'Arabiyya includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic language, linguistics, literature, and pedagogy.

Author: Mohamad Abdalla
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319736124
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 334

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This book presents the views of leading scholars, academics, and educators on the renewal of Islamic schools in the Western context. The book argues that as Islamic schools in Western contexts have negotiated the establishment phase they must next embrace a period of renewal. Renewal relates to a purposeful synthesis of the tradition with contemporary educational practice and greater emphasis on empirical research substantiating best practices in Islamic schools. This renewal must reflect teaching and learning practices consistent with an Islamic worldview and pedagogy. It should also inform, among other aspects, classroom management models, and relevant and contextual Islamic and Arabic studies. This book acquaints the reader with contemporary challenges and opportunities in Islamic schools in the Western context with a focus on Australia.

Author: Salman Almoaiqel
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Languages : en
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ABSTRACTThis study was conducted to examine the perceptions of elementary and middle school teachers in Saudi Arabia toward using an integrated approach to teaching Arabic language Arts. These teachers have taught Arabic language arts and skills separately through the specialized textbooks as directed for many decades by the Ministry of Education and district mandates. In late 2007 the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia decreed a change towards integrating the language arts in both teaching and students' textbooks. This new language arts program is being applied since then in 40 elementary and middle schools in different school districts before it was circulated to all schools around the country in September 2010. The main goal of this study is to explore the teachers' opinions toward the integration within the Arabic language after having tried in their own schools and compared it with the former method they have used for several years. This study analyzed the current practices in teaching the Arabic language and examined to what extent this change has been efficient according to the teachers applying the integrated approach. The study also examined their perceptions about the problems and barriers that affect the implementation of the integration. Moreover, this study discovered the impact of such a change on students' communication skills and how efficient the approach was on their motivation to learn the Arabic language. Additionally, the study assessed the extent to which such method fits the Arabic language and how teachers see the appropriateness of the provided Arabic textbooks and the practiced evaluation methods to the integration approach. The level of teachers' enthusiasm to this approach and their satisfaction with implementing this program were also discovered. The results of this study revealed that 84% of the Arabic language teachers see the integration within the Arabic language arts important as it is an efficient way of teaching students, which increases flexibility in teaching, and encourages critical thinking and deeper comprehension. This study discovered that 79% of the teachers see the integrated Arabic language curriculum effective in helping them achieve the teaching goals. About 73% of the teachers agreed that the integrated Arabic language curriculum and the integrative approach had a positive impact on their students' language skills. For students' motivation, 82.7% of the teachers believed that the integrated Arabic language curriculum and the integrative approach had a positive impact on their students' learning motivation. As for the integration barriers, the results revealed that 73.71% of the teachers believed that the large number of students in the classroom was a big barrier obstructing the integration practice, while only 53.71% believed that insufficiency of the equipment and school supplies was a big barrier, and only 49.14% believed that the insufficiency of teachers training and development was a large barrier affecting the integration. This study found that 85% of the teachers were satisfied with the new integrated Arabic language curriculum they teach and they enjoyed teaching Arabic in this approach more than the previous separated curriculum. Findings discovered that 92% of teachers believed that the Arabic language is suitable to the integration notion. About 71.57% of them believed that the students' Arabic textbooks provided by the Ministry of Education for this new program were appropriate for applying the integration approach, and only 44.73% of the teachers believed that the students' assessment procedures applied and the evaluation methods practiced were appropriate to assess students' language learning. Most of teachers' recommendation for improving the implementation of the integrated curriculum were concerning increasing the number of training courses and improving the quality and comprehensiveness of training; providing the necessary educational means and equipment such as computers, CD-ROM's, DVD's, and projectors; and reducing students' number in classrooms. Finally, this study found significant differences between male and female teachers on all the integration variables. Female teachers favored the integration program the most and expressed its effect on their students more than the male teachers did. These differences may be due to the fact that the female teachers had more teaching experience than the male teachers. In addition, the results showed that 70% of the female teachers had training before implementing the program, while only 47% of the male teachers had that kind of training. The more experience that the female teachers had in teaching Arabic language, and the more training they received might have positively affected their opinions and their implementation of this program.

Author: Estrada Chichón, José Luis
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1668461803
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 478

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Modern societies tend to demand innovative learning modalities in which foreign languages are used to teach content subjects from very early educational stages. Education authorities in different geographical areas of the world are currently working to determine how bilingual teaching should be developed depending, along with many other factors, on the initial training of bilingual education teachers. On this basis, it is necessary to review how tertiary education institutions deal with the theoretical foundations and practical approaches necessary for this learning modality to train bilingual education teachers for primary schools. The Handbook of Research on Training Teachers for Bilingual Education in Primary Schools includes international experiences of teacher training for bilingual education in primary schools in which educators should be able to recognize themselves and identify concrete working formulas to apply in their daily work. Covering key topics such as teacher training, language learning, and primary education, this reference work is ideal for administrators, teacher trainers, policymakers, researchers, scholars, practitioners, academicians, instructors, and students.