Drawing on the collective expertise of language scholars and educators in a variety of subdisciplines, the Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century, Volume II, 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

12 themes:






Trends and Recent Issues in Teaching and Learning Arabic



Social, Political and Educational Contexts of Arabic Language Teaching and Learning



Identifying Core Issues in Practice



Language Variation, Communicative Competence and Using Frames in Arabic Language Teaching and Learning



Arabic Programs: Goals, Design and Curriculum



Teaching and Learning Approaches: Content-Based Instruction and Curriculum



Arabic Teaching and Learning: Classroom Language Materials and Language Corpora



Assessment, Testing and Evaluation



Methodology of Teaching Arabic: Skills and Components



Teacher Education and Professional Development



Technology-Mediated Teaching and Learning



Future Directions

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.