Date of Award
5-2016
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Second Language Teaching (MSLT)
Department
World Languages and Cultures
Committee Chair(s)
Karin deJonge-Kannan
Committee
Karin deJonge-Kannan
Committee
Maria Luisa Spicer-Escalante
Committee
Abdulkafi Albirini
Abstract
This portfolio is the culmination of various writings reflecting the author’s beliefs and ideas on effective second language teaching. The first section includes the author’s teaching philosophy, which emphasizes communicative learning, remaining in the target language, intercultural and pragmatic competence, and using the standards for foreign language learning. The second section includes three artifacts: the first demonstrates the application of concept-based instruction according to sociocultural theory to introduce cultural concepts to Arabic language learners. The second artifact addresses the role of teacher discourse in Dual Language Immersion programs. The third artifact is a literature review and lesson plan regarding refusals in Arab culture. Finally, the portfolio ends with three annotated bibliographies supporting the author’s perspective and teaching philosophy, including the role of translation in Arabic language learning, communicative teaching in different contexts, and reading anxiety in foreign language learning.
Recommended Citation
Kataw, Yasmine, "Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language: The Role of Communicative Competence, Pragmatics, and Literacy" (2016). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 802.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/802
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