Towards Cultural Proficiency in Arabic 1

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ID8938340
AuthorsMahmoud Al‐Batal (Emory University, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume21
Issue5
Pages443-453
Publication date1988-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueForeign Language Annals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1944-9720.1988.tb01093.x
OpenAlexW2097766555
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

The teaching of culture in the Arabic language curriculum has been sporadic, peripheral and overshadowed by a strong emphasis on developing grammatical competence in students. The literature of foreign language education, however, reveals a continuously growing interest in making culture an active component of the foreign language curriculum and provides ample techniques to help achieve this goal. The present paper addresses itself to the question of teaching culture in Arabic. Its purpose is to 1) examine the current status of teaching culture in the Arabic language curriculum, 2) discuss a number of objectives for the teaching of culture in Arabic, 3) examine means by which these cultural objectives can be fulfilled, and 4) discuss some of the particular difficulties involved in teaching culture in A rabic. This paper also includes a number of examples of the techniques that can be used to introduce culture teaching into the Arabic language classroom

Arabic · Component (thermodynamics · Cultural competence · Curriculum · Foreign language · Language education · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Semitic languages · Sociology · Target culture · Teaching method · Arabic Language Education Studies · Computer Science · Education and Islamic Studies · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology

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