Trials and tribulations of Sla framework in designing Arabic courses for speakers of other languages Gabsi, Zouhir, Patel, Fay and Hamad, Ahmed 2015, Trials and tribulations of Sla framework in designing Arabic courses for speakers of other languages, Journal of education and e-learning research, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 13-21. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads gabsi-trialsandtribulations-2015.pdf Published version application/pdf 583.36KB 314 Title Trials and tribulations of Sla framework in designing Arabic courses for speakers of other languages Author(s) Gabsi, Zouhir orcid.org/0000-0003-3499-0375 Patel, Fay Hamad, Ahmed Journal name Journal of education and e-learning research Volume number 2 Issue number 1 Start page 13 End page 21 Total pages 9 Publisher Scientific Publishing Group Place of publication Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Publication date 2015 ISSN 2410-9991 Summary There is a consensus among language teachers and researchers that language course design is always a work in progress. This is influenced by variables such as the type of language being taught and whether the teaching of this language has been researched. Arabic is one the languages that have created aperennial debate among its teachers about the anticipated challenges pointing principally to three reasons. The first reason refers to the dichotomy that exists between MSA and Colloquial Arabic, which will have a direct impact on teaching the macro-skill of „speaking‟. The second reason deals with the complexity of MSA in terms of grammar. The final reason discusses the theoretical aspects of language teaching and learning and its implications to the design of the Arabic program. This paper discusses these problems stemming from the recent empirical pilot study of teaching Arabic for a specific purposes (ASP). The study exposes some the problems mentioned above and suggests solutions to improve the teaching of Arabic in the light of theories of SLA and language teaching and learning. Language eng Field of Research 200318 Middle Eastern Languages Socio Economic Objective 930102 Learner and Learning Processes HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2015, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30070674 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Sat, 14 Mar 2015, 16:48:26 EST Sun, 15 Mar 2015, 04:00:27 EST Mon, 16 Mar 2015, 07:41:52 EST Mon, 16 Mar 2015, 12:31:36 EST Mon, 16 Mar 2015, 12:33:12 EST Sat, 20 Jun 2015, 06:09:34 EST Tue, 23 Jun 2015, 12:41:16 EST Tue, 23 Jun 2015, 12:43:46 EST Tue, 07 Jul 2015, 09:38:59 EST Thu, 09 Jul 2015, 12:16:20 EST Fri, 26 Aug 2016, 15:40:18 EST Mon, 05 Sep 2016, 16:13:05 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 08:40:16 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:08:27 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 347 Abstract Views, 317 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 16 Mar 2015, 12:31:36 EST

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