Arabic Language Teaching and the Real Linguistic Situation: What does Linguistic Empirical Research Teach us about Arabic Language Levels? KU Leuven
The field of teaching Arabic as a foreign language has witnessed a lengthy debate on which variety level of Arabic to teach. Linguists’ attempts to identify distinct registers within the Arabic language have created a challenge for authors of Arabic language textbooks. It is clear that the Arabic language consists of (several) layers. The theoretical divisions (from diglossia to multiglossia) scholars came up with have had their impact on ...