Proficiency Despite Diglossia: A New Approach for Arabic

Describes the research literature on diglossia, presents the practicality of Formal Spoken Arabic (FSA) from the training point of view, and gives a brief overview of features of FSA as taught at the Foreign Service Institute that have popularized it for teaching spoken proficiency skills to student...

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Published in:The Modern language journal (Boulder, Colo.) Colo.), 1991-07, Vol.75 (2), p.212-218
Main Author: RYDING, KARIN C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arabic
Diglossia
Foreign Service Institute DC
Grammatical gender
Language
Language Proficiency
Languages
Linguistics
Nonnative languages
Nouns
Oral Language
Professional Training
Second Language Instruction
Second Language Learning
Sociolinguistics
Standard Spoken Usage
Uncommonly Taught Languages
Verbs
Words
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Summary:Describes the research literature on diglossia, presents the practicality of Formal Spoken Arabic (FSA) from the training point of view, and gives a brief overview of features of FSA as taught at the Foreign Service Institute that have popularized it for teaching spoken proficiency skills to students of Arabic as a foreign language. (30 references) (GLR)
ISSN:0026-7902
1540-4781
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-4781.1991.tb05352.x