Document Type : Scientific- Research Article

Authors

• Djemai Mahmood Boulaares ¹
• Mohammad Khaqani Isfahani ²
• Amal Fafar ³

¹ King Saud University, Saudi Arabic kingdom.

² Professor, Isfahan University, Iran.

³ Assistant Professor, Tebsa University, Algeria.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to review the principles of teaching Arabic according to contemporary approaches of teaching second and foreign languages in the West. It explores the possibility of benefitting from these approaches to enrich Arabic teaching practice. The paper follows the evolution of language teaching approaches from basing instruction on syntactic knowledge up to acquiring the ability to use the language collaboratively, interactively, and communicatively. It closely examines the communicative approach, particularly one of its components, the interaction perspective. This perspective focuses on using authentic language, not only within the confines of the classroom, but also in social settings.

Keywords

• Teaching Arabic Language
• Teaching Syntax
• structuralism
• Generative-transformational grammar
• Social-constructivism

Main Subjects

• Modern techniques
• Exchange & grammar