The Arabic Classroom

Mbaye Lo is Associate Professor of the Practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and International Comparative Studies at Duke University, USA. Dr Lo, a recipient of the Duke Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, is the Arabic Program Coordinator and Director of Duke in the Arab World Academic Program.

Introduction. Part I: American Contexts of Teaching and Learning Arabic. Chapter 1: Taking the Arabic Classroom Beyond the American Experience: Navigating Context, Text and Students, Mbaye Bashir Lo. Chapter 2: A Survey of Arabic Syllabi at US Institutions: Pedagogical Implications, Hanada Al-Masri. Chapter 3: Arabic and the Problem of Learning: Experiences in Teaching Arabic at Two Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Aman Nadhiri and Maurice Hines. Chapter 4: On Arabic: Reflections from Edinburgh University to Duke University, Miriam Cooke. Part II: Texts and Textbooks in Teaching and Learning Arabic. Chapter 5: Evaluating Alif Baa Textbook: A Pedagogical Perspective, Badr Abdelfattah Badr. Chapter 6: Technology and Culture in the Arabic Classroom, Manar Darwish. Chapter 7: Principles of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language: A European Economical Point of View, Van Mol Mark. Part III: Methods and Methodology in Teaching and Learning Arabic. Chapter 8: Personalizing Proficiency: a Student-Centered Proficiency-Oriented Curriculum, David DiMeo. Chapter 9: The Arabyola Portal - Integrating Trusted Arabic e-Resources into Curriculum, Inas Hassan. Chapter 10: Teaching Grammar Orally through Colloquial Arabic –report of an Experiment, Rachael Harris. Chapter 11: Teaching Literature to Advanced Learners of Arabic: Methods and Tools, Rachel Friedman. Part IV: Students and Learners of Arabic. Chapter 12: Unleashing the Power of the Learner, Mahdi Alosh. Chapter 13: Toward a New Approach to Teaching Arabic Grammar: A Model for Arabic Learners, Mounira Gannouni, Qatar University. Chapter 14: 177 Connectives in the Writing of Native and Non-native Speakers of Arabic: Similarities, Differences and a Teaching Model, Nesrine Basheer. Chapter 15: The Arabic Plunge at Middlebury’s School in Jordan: Helping Students Swim after Diving into Jordanian Language and Culture, Kerstin Wilsch, Elsa Belmont Flores and Emily Goldman. Part V: The Global Contexts of Teaching and Learning Arabic. Chapter 16: Arabic Education In Chinese Universities: A Historical Perspective, LIN Fengmin and LIN Zhe. Chapter 17: The History of Arabic as a Second Language in Azerbaijan: The Textbooks of Professor Ali Asgar Mammadov, A Case of Study, By Aida Gasimova, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan. Chapter 18: Arabic Education in the Southwest Nigeria: The Role of Private Arabic Schools (PASs), A.G.A.S. Oladosu. Chapter 19: How Arabic Fares in UK Schools, Vicky Gough and Tony Calderbank.