Perceptions of Developing Cultural Awareness of First-level High School Arabic Language Learners - Softcover

Hammami, Nabila

 
9780761862475: Perceptions of Developing Cultural Awareness of First-level High School Arabic Language Learners
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0761862471 ISBN 13: 9780761862475
Publisher: University Press of America, 2013

Synopsis

This book analyzes how Arabic teachers develop the cultural awareness of their high school students. Featuring face-to-face conversations with educators about integrating Arabic culture into the language classroom, this study highlights the complexities that characterize Arabic cultural awareness in a post 9/11 world.

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About the Author

Nabila Barada-Hammami is a high school Arabic teacher, a world language chair in Dearborn Public Schools, and an Arabic language instructor at Henry Ford Community College. She has served as a world language curriculum review committee member in Dearborn Public Schools since 1997. In 2012, she received the Dora Johnson Award in recognition of excellence in teaching Arabic as a world language. Ashraf Esmail is an Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at Dillard University. His research interests include urban, multicultural, and peace education, family, cultural diversity, political sociology, criminology, social problems, and deviance. He is the senior editor of the Journal of Education and Social Justice.

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Publisher
University Press of America
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0761862471
ISBN 13 
9780761862475
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
108