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

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 that 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. The book edited by Kassem M. Wahba, Zeinab A. Taha and Manuela E. B. Giolfo contains a foreword, a preface written by the editors, and 15 chapters divided into four main parts. Part I provides an overview of the historical development of Arabic grammar instruction and addresses the present issues surrounding the spoken and written grammar of contemporary Arabic. Part II explores Arabic grammar pedagogy through SLA research, teachers' and learners' perceptionss, and material designers. Part III explores various approaches, strategies, and techniques for classroom grammar teaching and takes a closer look at how Arabic grammar of either one-variety approach or an integrated approach of Fuṣḥā Arabic and a regional dialect is practiced in the curriculum. Part IV focuses on grammar error, feedback, and assessment in classroom and current proficiency frames.