Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century Volume II

<p>Drawing on the collective expertise of language scholars and educators in a variety of subdisciplines the <i>Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century Volume II</i> 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 </p><p>12 themes: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Trends and Recent Issues in Teaching and Learning Arabic</li> <p> </p> <li>Social Political and Educational Contexts of Arabic Language Teaching and Learning</li> <p> </p> <li>Identifying Core Issues in Practice</li> <p> </p> <li>Language Variation Communicative Competence and Using Frames in Arabic Language Teaching and Learning</li> <p> </p> <li>Arabic Programs: Goals Design and Curriculum</li> <p> </p> <li>Teaching and Learning Approaches: Content-Based Instruction and Curriculum</li> <p> </p> <li>Arabic Teaching and Learning: Classroom Language Materials and Language Corpora</li> <p> </p> <li>Assessment Testing and Evaluation </li> <p> </p> <li>Methodology of Teaching Arabic: Skills and Components</li> <p> </p> <li>Teacher Education and Professional Development</li> <p> </p> <li>Technology-Mediated Teaching and Learning</li> <p> </p> <li>Future Directions</li> </ul><p>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.</p>