Learning of Arabic Language for Native Non-Specialists: A Model of Research-Based Computerized Curriculum

Copyright 1998, Al-Takddom El-Elmi, A Publication of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science. This is a pre-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in the edited journal Al-Takddom El-Elmi, A Publication of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available through the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science: http://www.kfas.com. See also: http://www.eself-learning-arabic.cornell.edu/publications.htm#3We discuss a research-based, computerized curriculum in Arabic. Learning of Arabic language for native non-specialists (ANNS) at the college level is presented as one module of this curriculum. Computer simulation of communicative and structural Arabic are intended to facilitate metacognitive learning or higher order thinking of Arabic language learning strategies