Language and Education

Table of Contents

The book is published in Arabic, with abstracts provided in English and French. The site provides abstracts only.

Introduction, by Kassim Shaaban

  • Part I: Arabic Language-in-Education Policies and Developments

  • Chapter I: Historical Overview of the Role of Language in Education in Lebanon, by Kassim Shaaban & Ghazi Ghaith
    Chapter II: Arabic Diglossia: Its Nature and Educational Implications, by Muhammad Raji Al-Zughoul
    Chapter III: Arabicization and Language Policies in Morocco Past and Present, by Salaheddine Hammoud
    Chapter IV: The Impact of Translation on Modern Standard Arabic, by Haitham El-Amine

  • Part II: Arabic and the Foreign Languages in Education in Lebanon

  • Chapter V: Teaching Science in Arabic: Attitudes and Solutions, by Saouma Bou-Jaoude & Fuad Sayah
    Chapter VI: The Role of Language in the Acquisition of Scientific Concepts, by Georges Nahhas
    Chapter VII: The Language of Instruction in Mathematics in the Basic Education Cycle in Lebanon, by Hussein Zeineddine
    Chapter VIII: Language in Technical and Vocational Education, by Kamel Chahine

  • Part III: Attitudes of the Lebanese Towards Language in Relation to Identity and Education

  • Chapter IX: Factors Affecting Students' Perceptions of the Status and Use of Languages in Lebanon, by Mary Ghaleb & John Joseph
    Chapter X: Linguistic Attitudes of the Students of the American University of Beirut, by Ghazi Ghaith & Kassim Shaaban