Evaluation of Arabic Language Teaching Textbooks Used in Russia in the Light of the CEFR Criteria [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the Annual International Forum on Teacher Education (IFTE) (6th, 2020).

Autor/inn/en	Al-Jarf, Reima S.; Mingazova, Nailya G.
Titel	Evaluation of Arabic Language Teaching Textbooks Used in Russia in the Light of the CEFR Criteria [Konferenzbericht] Paper presented at the Annual International Forum on Teacher Education (IFTE) (6th, 2020).
Quelle	(2020), (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Semitic Languages; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Grammar; Course Descriptions; Alphabets; Elementary School Students; Semantics; Guidelines; Foreign Countries; Rating Scales; Translation; Textbook Evaluation; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Visual Aids; Drama; Nonverbal Communication; Communicative Competence (Languages); Language Skills; Evaluation Criteria; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Hebräisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Grammatik; Kursstrukturplan; Buchstabenschrift; Semantik; Richtlinien; Ausland; Rating-Skala; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Anschauungsmaterial; Schauspiel; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Russland
Abstract	This study analyzed the textbooks titled "Arabic for Non-native Speaking Children", Level I by Zakirov, Mingazova, and Mukhametzyanov (2011), and "Arabic for Non-Native Speaking Children", Level II by Mingazova, Zakirov, and Mukhametzyanov (2013) which are used to teach Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) to elementary school children in Tatarstan. The textbooks were then evaluated in the light of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) criteria. Results showed that the textbooks do not meet the CEFR language teaching and learning criteria, as they focus on the reading and writing skills, not oral skills and communication. They focus on the Arabic alphabet letters and basic Arabic grammatical structures and categories. The words taught are selected based on whether they contain the alphabet letter under study, not on the basis of belonging to a certain semantic category. In addition, the textbooks have adopted a grammar-translation approach, not a communicative, functional approach. The study recommends restructuring the textbook aims, skills and subskills taught, language elements selected, syllabus design adopted, and language teaching approach followed so that focus is on learning Arabic for communication. The whole Arabic lesson should be conducted in Arabic (L2). The students should practice oral skills before they move on to reading and writing sentences and paragraphs. The form and meaning of the words and grammatical patterns should be taught together using real objects, drawings, gestures and dramatization. The textbooks should adopt a functional situational syllabus design and follow a communicative language teaching approach. [This paper was published in: "Proceedings IFTE-2020" (pp. 101-129). Kazan Federal University.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01