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Corpus‐based teaching in the Arabic classroom: theoretical and practical perspectives
Author(s) -
Zaki Mai
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of applied linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1473-4192
pISSN - 0802-6106
DOI - 10.1111/ijal.12159
Subject(s) - syllabus , arabic , computer science , vocabulary , natural language processing , corpus linguistics , linguistics , artificial intelligence , mathematics education , psychology , philosophy
The aim of this paper is to present a case for using corpora in TAFL (Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language) classes in light of advances in corpus‐based teaching approach. It presents an overview of corpus‐based teaching generally, and Arabic corpus resources specifically. Given the lack of corpus‐based teaching materials for Arabic, this paper presents a model of integrating corpus‐based teaching within a textbook‐based syllabus for both elementary and intermediate levels. It includes ideas for material design for vocabulary building activities and enhancement of grammatical rules for Arabic learners.