Breaking the Mold: Arabic Language Arts Teaching & Learning: Introduction to Special Issue

Authors

  • Hanada Taha Zai Arabic Research Center, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abstract

This special issue was designed to focus on Arabic language arts teaching and learning, a field that has not received enough interest from researchers and specialists. Prospective authors were invited to submit articles that:

  • Showcase cutting-edge research on Arabic language arts teaching and learning from around the globe as well as teacher educators’ and student teachers’ experiences and outcomes in educational contexts.
  • Illustrate probable solutions to the issue of learning poverty within an Arabic
    Language Arts context.
  • Explore a wide range of topics linked to the theme of this Special issue including design Arabic language arts curricula, cutting edge and evidence-based teaching methodologies and approaches, science of reading implications for Arabic language arts teaching and learning, teachers and student perspectives and experiences, large scale Arabic language arts reforms, national literacy strategies, issues of quality, equity, accountability and assessment, fluency, reading interventions, etc.
  • Disseminate information about Arabic language arts best practices in the MENA region and beyond.
  • Identify important implications for future research in the field linked to Arabic language arts teaching & learning.

This special issue welcomed contributions which addressed qualitative, quantitative, or mixed method; empirical or theoretical paper; critical review paper; and book reviews related to Arabic language arts teaching and learning.

Author Biography

Hanada Taha, Zai Arabic Research Center, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hanada Taha Thomure, is a Professor of Arabic Language Teaching and Learning at Zayed University. Her main research interest revolves around the modernization of the teaching of Arabic language and literacy, standards and literature-based instruction, development of policies and national literacy strategies for Arabic as a first language. 

References

Gregory, L., Taha Thomure, H., Kazem, A., Boni, A., Elsayed, M. A. A. & Taibah, N. (2021). Advancing Arabic Language Teaching and Learning: A Path to Reducing Learning Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa. World Bank.

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35917. [Link to updated path infographic: https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/mena/publication/advancing-arabic-language-teaching-and-learning-path-to-reducing-learning-poverty-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa]

Additional Files

Published

12/06/2023

How to Cite

Taha, H. (2023). Breaking the Mold: Arabic Language Arts Teaching & Learning: Introduction to Special Issue. Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 8(1), i-v. Retrieved from https://arjals.com/ajal/article/view/373

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023): Breaking the Mold: Arabic Language Arts Teaching & Learning

Section

Introduction (Guest editor)

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