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Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence in Arabic as a Foreign Language Classrooms

Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence in Arabic as a Foreign Language Classrooms

El Essawi, Raghda

Hardcover

Series: Topics in Arabic Applied Linguistics

Arabic

PREORDER - Expected ship date March 16, 2027

ISBN10: 1032459158
ISBN13: 9781032459158
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 16 2027
Pages: 218
Language: English

Developing Intercultural Communicative Competence in Arabic as a Foreign Language Classrooms explores intercultural communicative competence (ICC) as a core objective of contemporary foreign language education, with a sustained focus on Arabic as a Foreign Language.

Bringing together theoretical, critical, and pedagogical perspectives, the book traces the evolution of communicative competence from its linguistic origins to intercultural and genre-based reconceptualization, engaging with major models, debates, and enduring theory-practice tensions in the field. A distinctive feature of the volume is its emphasis on the pedagogical operationalization of ICC. Drawing on classroom-based research, the chapters demonstrate how ICC principles can be integrated into instructional planning, materials development, classroom interaction, telecollaboration, and textbook design. Particular attention is given to the linguacultural specificities of Arabic, including the relationship between Modern Standard Arabic and dialects. The book introduces a genre-based instructional framework that aligns intercultural development with the systematic teaching of the four language skills, positioning genre as a unifying pedagogical principle. It also addresses the assessment of ICC, proposing genre-sensitive and authentic approaches that foreground intercultural reflection, dialogic engagement, and language use as social action.

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