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" Alternative assessment in Arabic as a second language: Reading teachers' knowledge, skills, practices, and attitudes "
Fahad Saleh Alolayan
Thrush, Emily
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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804462
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TL49293
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1885052121; 10587533
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Umar, Umar
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Alternative assessment in Arabic as a second language: Reading teachers' knowledge, skills, practices, and attitudes\ Fahad Saleh AlolayanThrush, Emily
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The University of Memphis
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2016
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Ph.D.
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2016
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131
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-68301-1
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Interest in Arabic language has rapidly increased over the last few decades because of economic and political factors, which has led to the establishment of many Arabic language programs worldwide. However, the curricula of those programs are not sufficiently rigorous to satisfy such a strong demand. When it comes to learning to read in Arabic, the ability to read aloud is still the main skill that is emphasized in the Arab world, which is an outdated view of reading because emphasis of reading instruction has moved toward the use of higher-level thinking skills rather than only focusing on correct pronunciation. Such a perspective has resulted in the need for using alternative methods of assessment and to have students involved more in the assessment process. This approach—alternative assessment—is in line with constructivism, which encourages students to actively participate in various language tasks, take more responsibility for their own learning, focus on big ideas and concepts instead of emphasizing smaller issues such as pronunciation or typing errors, and enhances their perceptions and opinions.
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Educational tests measurements; Linguistics; Foreign Language; Interviews; Polls surveys; Data collection; Arabic as a second language; Arabic language; Reading writing relationship; American Sign Language; Reading instruction; Reading acquisition; Curriculum development; Language attitudes; Language teaching methods; Verbal tasks; Political factors; Second language teachers; Pronunciation
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Language, literature and linguistics;Education;Alternative assessment;Second language reading;Teaching Arabic to speakers of other languages
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Thrush, Emily
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The University of Memphis
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