The teaching and learning of arabic in the United States: Realities, needs, and future directions

Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 389-399

  Al Batal, Mahmoud ^a,b   Belnap, R Kirk ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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