Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language TAFL
Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL)
DURATION: This is an intensive course that lasts for (8) weeks, (6) hrs/week.
2017 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Course Description:
The TAFL course is an intensive, interactive course devoted to the methodology of teaching Arabic to non-native speakers. It addresses both the practical aspects of teaching Arabic as a foreign language and the underlying linguistic and cognitive processes.
The course will start with a theoretical background on methods of teaching foreign languages, before moving to the practical aspects of teaching the four language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking). In addition, it will focus on a number of important questions confronting the teacher of Arabic as a foreign language, such as teaching grammar, designing a syllabus, and writing lesson plans.
Entry Requirements:
Open to participants who:
- Hold a BA specializing in Arabic language, Islamic studies, Middle East area studies, or a modern language.
- Have previous teaching experience.
- Are interested in developing and enhancing their teaching skills in the framework of the latest trends in foreign language teaching.
- Are not specialized in Arabic language but can pass an entrance exam with at least 75% to be qualified for admission into the course.
- Have experience in using the Internet and the ability to learn how to use our LMS – Moodle.
Mode of Attendance:
Credit hours
Objectives:
The objectives of this course are:
- To familiarise participants with the theoretical principles underlying various commonly used communicative approaches and methods for teaching foreign languages in general and Arabic in particular.
- To provide participants with knowledge of key concepts and recent discussions regarding the process of teaching Arabic to non-native speakers.
- To help participants to note the challenges teachers of Arabic face today.
- To discuss strategies for feedback and evaluation of the learners’ performance in various skills in an Arabic as a foreign language class.
- To equip participants to be able to deal professionally with the teaching of Arabic in different contexts.
- To develop participants’ competencies in the design and effective use of instructional materials and learning activities for Arabic as a foreign language.
- To provide the participants with the opportunity to analyse and reflect on what they have learnt in the areas of planning, management and materials’ preparation.
Method:
- This is an interactive intensive course mainly taught in Arabic and based on task-based approach.
- The participants will discuss topics introduced by the instructor, based on readings and their own teaching experiences.
- The course will also contain a practical part, in which every participant will be required to teach a class in each of the four language skills.
- In addition, this course will train the participants as well on how to design a syllabus and lesson plan for a course of his/her choice.
- This course will encourage the participants to demonstrate their approaches in how they can have a better understanding of the different variety of needs of the Arabic language learners.
- Class size is limited to allow intensive interactive practice with individual feedback and advice on progress.
Overview of the course contents:
Topics:
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- How to use task-based method to teach Arabic language for communication.
- Classroom Management.
- Different techniques to present and practice a foreign language.
- Developing the four language skills.
- Different approaches to teach Arabic grammar.
- Awareness of the Arabic phonology, vocabulary, grammar and morphology.
- Awareness of students’ learning styles and motivations.
- Awareness of students learning problems and how to handle them effectively.
- Lesson planning and timetabling.
- Awareness of available course books and how to evaluate them.
- Using IT technology to supplement teaching and learning processes.
Course Outline:
Participants will learn:
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The most effective classroom management skills and techniques that facilitate learning and interaction in class.
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The main stages of presentation in a language lesson.
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How to use situations effectively to present the target language.
- More interesting techniques to help students practice accuracy and pronunciation using dialogues without feeling bored.
- When & how to correct students’ oral and written mistakes.
- How to select, present and practice vocabulary and how to integrate the vocabulary work into other skills’ lessons.
- How to lead the students towards discovering the rules that underline certain language structure without sounding too academic or overwhelming the students with terminology and definitions.
- The main stages of reading lessons and how to help students apply native-like reading strategies.
- How to demonstrate guided and free writing in class.
Course Outcome:
If the participant passes the final exam of this course with 75% at least, s/he will obtain a certificate of attendance of this specialized course recognized by the Main UK Institute of Languages in Leeds.
- A reader of recommended literature, on both foreign language teaching in general and teaching Arabic in particular, will be provided to participants via an online repository. This literature serves as a theoretical background to the course.
- Every participant is also invited to bring his/her own teaching materials for discussion purposes.
- Additional Materials presented from IOL.
- Over this entire course, students are required to retrieve assignment updates designed to evaluate their abilities to accomplish the intended learning outcomes.
Participation:
Attendance and active participation are essential to achieve the stated goals.
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