Teaching and Learning Arabic Grammar

Kassem M. Wahba is Associate Professor of Arabic at American University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Zeinab Taha is Professor and Director of the MA TAFL program in the Department of Applied Linguistics at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.Manuela E.B. Giolfo is Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the International University of Languages and Media (IULM) in Milan, Italy.

• ForewordMohammed SawaiePrefacePART ICurrent issues and challenges concerning the place of grammar in Arabic language instruction A historical overview of Arabic grammar instructionKassem M. Wahba Grammar of contemporary spoken ArabicManuela E.B. Giolfo Modern written Arabic grammar: corpus-based descriptionGiuliano LancioniPart IILearners’ and teachers’ perspectives Arabic grammar pedagogy and SLA Elizabeth Huntley Teachers’ pedagogical perception and Arabic grammar teaching: A survey-based studyFederico Salvaggio Learners’ perception of Arabic grammar: a quantitative studyRasha K. Soliman Arabic grammar materials: description and analysisAndrea FacchinPart IIIArabic grammar and pedagogical considerations Integrating grammar in the Arabic curriculaAshraf Abdou Different Methods and Approaches for Teaching Arabic GrammarAkiko Sumi and Masato Tominaga From Mechanical to Communicative Grammar Practice: Why and How Raghda El Essawi Arabic Grammar at the Advanced Level: A Paradigm ShiftHanada Taha-Thomure and Majed Harb Teaching Arabic Grammar in the Online EnvironmentKatrien Vanpee Part IVAssessing grammar Classroom grammar errors, corrective feedback and individual differencesGergana Attenassova Assessing grammar: an ACTFL PerspectiveMahdi Alosh Teaching and Assessing Arabic grammar in the classroom: An eclectic approachDalal Abo El Seoud