Middlebury

ARBC 6690

Teaching Arabic as a FL

Current Issues in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language

The course provides an overview of the history of teaching Arabic as a second/foreign language and the current approaches adopted in Arabic language programs and classrooms. Students will be acquainted with a variety of methods, techniques and activities for teaching the four skills, grammar, vocabulary and culture. Training also includes the use of textbooks, preparation of materials as well as learner strategies. Arabic specific issues such as the use of dialect and the place of media Arabic in the curriculum will be explored.
Subject:
Arabic
Department:
Arabic
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:
Language & Stylistics Pedagogy

Sections in Summer 2012, LS 3 Week Session II

Summer 2012, Mills 6 Week Session

ARBC6690A-L12 Lecture (El-Genidy)