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5 - Arabic Study Abroad

Critical Contextualization and Research-Based Interventions

from Part I - Arabic Applied Linguistics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2021

By
Emma Trentman
Edited by
Karin Ryding  and
David Wilmsen
Karin Ryding
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
David Wilmsen
Affiliation:
American University of Beirut
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This chapter provides a critical examination of Arabic study-abroad numbers and outcomes, of recurrent problems, and of research-based interventions. Trentman’s study highlights both qualitative and quantitative assessments of students’ skills before and after the study-abroad experience, especially in oral proficiency. Arabic sociolinguistic variation has long played a destabilizing role in proficiency gain, measurement, and accuracy, and the challenge of developing networks of informal, relaxed relationships with native speakers is raised and addressed. Also addressed are the less-noted ‘ideologies’ of study abroad that focus either on a ‘touristy’ intercultural experience or on an instrumental ‘orientalist perspective’ that discourages student engagement with local communities. Research interventions such as reflective practice and ethnography projects are discussed and evaluated as ways to raise the awareness and progress of study-abroad students.

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study abroadACTFLpragmatic competencevariationtestingresearch-based interventions
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The Cambridge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics , pp. 106 - 126
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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