1st Edition

Arabic L2 Interlanguage Syntactic sequences, agreement and variation

By Ghassan Husseinali Copyright 2016
    142 Pages
    by Routledge

    142 Pages
    by Routledge

    Arabic L2 Interlanguage is a significant and timely addition to the field of Second Language Acquisition, providing valuable insight into the development of ‘interlanguage’, the interim language of early beginners, in learners of Arabic.



    This book:







    • Clearly establishes what interlanguage is and why it should form an important part of foreign language teaching






    • Presents the reader with a sequence in which six English-speaking learners of Arabic acquire the language






    • Makes use of the rich morphological and syntactic property of Arabic to offer a new perspective on the field of Second Language Acquisition.




    Arabic L2 Interlanguage contributes directly towards building a more comprehensive theoretical framework for explaining how L2s are acquired. It will be key text for SLA scholars as well as an important resource for graduate students in Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching.

    Chapter I: Introduction



    Chapter II: Second language acquisition theories and models



    Chapter III: Arabic L2 PT studies



    Chapter IV: Methods



    Chapter V: Description of target Arabic structures



    Chapter VI: Acquisition sequences of Arabic L2



    Chapter VII: Acquisition of agreement features on adjectives



    Chapter VIII: Acquisition of agreement features on verbs



    Chapter IX: Chapter 9: Results and theoretical implications



    Chapter X: Practical implications

    Biography

    Ghassan Husseinali taught at Yale University and at George Mason University in the USA, before joining HCT in the UAE.