Developing Speaking Skills in Arabic Learners: A Proposal for Integration of Product and Process Approaches
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This work identifies the issues that concern Arabic Language learning as a second language in the Maldives educational institutions.it looks at ways of encouraging and motivating Arabic learners and explore issue relating to Arabic speaking skills, course design and materials/task development among others. The paper proposes an integrative approach to Arabic speaking pedagogy. It provides a sample Arabic speaking lesson that is designed to illustrate some of the main points discussed while the practical ways of using the principles in the designing of teaching materials for speaking are presented. A multiple case study mixed methods research a qualitative and quantitative research design was used to achieve the research aim. Qualitative research was found suitable as its allows for examination of opinions, beliefs as and emotions of people in particular setting. Selected populations involves students, lectures, tutors and other stakeholders, data collection instruments were used questionnaire, interviews and procedure for analysis. The work concludes that product and process oriented approaches are complimentary. Suggestions are made on ways in which the teachers can go about the task of helping and supporting the Arabic learners in various educational institutions in the Maldives to develop the speaking skills through the application of a functional- discourse based approach which is an integration of the two approaches.
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