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Exploring The Importance Of Play, Motivation, Identity, And Dialect In Arabic Language Learning And Teaching, Lindsey S. Mabey

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This portfolio is a compilation of work that the author wrote during her studies in the Master of Second Language Teaching program at Utah State University. During her time in the program, the author also served as an instructor of Arabic at the university and at a local grade school, as well as serving as a teaching assistant. This work is informed by the author’s personal reflections on these experiences in conjunction with her studies.

The portfolio consists of three sections: (1) teaching perspectives, (2) research perspectives, and (3) an annotated bibliography. The teaching perspectives revolve around the author’s beliefs …

The Impact Of Occupational Self-Efficacy On Job Performance, Kaeley A. Tener

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

From business-related literature, the occupational-self efficacy (OSE) theory has been used to explain employee confidence, motivation, success, or lack of success when used in conjunction with measurable training or evaluation. The presence and effects of OSE have been seen in various occupational sectors and industries. For Human Resources practitioners, utilizing the concepts of OSE in the workforce is more than just training or communication. The present study analyzed the presence and effects of OSE on an online student population at a technical college in a Midwestern University. The results from frequency, correlation, and cross-tabulation tests reveal that levels of OSE …

The Influence Of Albert Camus On The Narrative Of Ismail Fahad Ismail (The Quatrain Of The Illuminating Marshes As A Model), Al-Rasheed Bushair

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This paper examines features of the influence of the French writer Albert

Camus on the works of Kuwaiti writer Ismail Fahad Ismail, represented by "the

Quatrain of the illuminating marshes" using the french method in comparison.

This influence is manifested especially in depicting personalities, and in the

intellectual vision, and in certain conditions, theme and styles. And Ismail Fahad

Ismail has interacted in his youth with aesthetic and intellectual ideas of Camus

when he was searching for an identity of ideological belonging and was

suffering from psychological frustration as a result of other people's suspicion on

his patriotic belonging.

The …

Grammatical Terminology: Vocalization And Signification, Mohammad Allabady

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

The grammatical terminology in the field of grammatical studies is the most

significant component of this study. One of its most important features is that

grammarians have expatiated in prescribing the rules of grammatical

terminology. Schools, and approaches to grammar varied in their ways of

tackling it, and which forms an important feature for the development of

grammatical studies. This feature has assumed a prominence in the field of

linguistics studies in general.

This paper sheds light on grammatical terminology from two perspectives:

its abundance on the one hand and its intermingling and variety in its meanings

on the other. …

Assimilation: A Study In Vocalization, Raslan Bani Yasin

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

Assimilation is a process by which sounds are influenced by their

neighbours, or replaced by other sounds in the Language. Sometimes you find

two neighbouring sounds reacting, as it were upon one another and are replaced

by a third sound different from both the original sounds.

In this article I described assimilation between the old Arab grammarian and

the modern. Each has his own theory. Included in this article are kinds of

assimilation, whether direct or indirect, progressive or regressive. The symptom

of Assimilation in old Arabic Dialects are then dealt with.

The Arabic Language In The Computer Age, And In Formatics (An Approach To The General Structure Of Arabic Systems), Salih Abu Sini

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This paper investigates the theoretical foundations in linguistic

developments in Arabic. It introduces a linguistic model which approximates to

general linguistics, but it isolates the Arabic linguistic heritage while putting

forward verious aspects of the development of the science of linguistics. From

the basic rules of Arabic linguistics, it proceeds to show the general linguistic'

concepts common to both Arabic and other languages; with the veiw of

presenting this common ground as a contrribuation to theoretical and applied

linguistics. The paper also seeks to present a model in applied linguistics to be

used for teaching both native and non-native speakers …

Focus On Some Aspects Of Siboeh's Biography And His Kitab, Hanna Haddad

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This study aims at shedding light on some obscure aspects of Siboeh’s life

and his Kitab, after it has become clear that these aspects are in need of

reconsideration and deep meditation. Various related issues, e.g. who a mong his

elders tutored him, what tools he used in his poetic illustrations in his Kitab, in

what ways he used to convey these illustrations, and what position he took

regarding its authors, need to be reconsidered. The study tries also to prove that

the copy of his Kitab we currently use is neither the original copy nor the nextin- …

Types Of Departure From Grammatical Rules Based On The Article( Laysa), Abdel-Mohdi Al-Jarrah

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

This study Aims At Investigating forms of departure from grammatical rules

based on the article (laysa) such as the articles: ma,la,lata,enna , So as to show

the value of the departure to see to what extent it influences the entity of the

grammatical rule which is formulated by the most of grammarians.

The study's methodology was base on discussing each of the items covered

in the study separately because each of the items is governed by rules which

may not be used for the other items on the other hand because departure forms

can be abbreviated to cover on element …

الشعر المقطعي لابن عربي المرسى, عبدالله الزيات

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

الشعر المقطعي هو شعر الموشحات والأزجال الذي ظهر وتطور بالأندلس، وقد عرض الباحثون

القدامى والمحدثون، وخاصة المستشرقين والمستعربين، لأمور عديدة في هذين الفننين، وكان من بين

ذلك موضوع أيهما أسبق؟ ومن كان المخترع الأول لهذا الفن أو ذاك؟ وكان من بين الموضوعات التي

بحثت في هذين الأغراض التي تناولاها، ومن بينها غرض الزهد والتصوف، وقد عرف رأي شاع بين بحاث

الأدب الأندلسي، مفاده أن أهم شاعرين في التصوف بالأندلس وهما ابن عربي وأبو الحسن الششتري قد

طوعا فني الموشحات والأزجال لموضوع التصوف؛ فوضعا جزءاً كبيراً من شعرهما الصوفي في هذين

الإطارين الشعريين، وشاع أن ابن عربي هو أول من استعمل …

The Problems And Methods Of Teaching Foreign Languages, Akbar Kazakbaev

The Light of Islam

This article is devoted to the study of the most urgent problems. The article attempts to consider the main problems of modern teaching of foreign languages. In this paper, we will address only some of the problems of teaching foreign languages, which are Central to the issues related to various aspects of modern teaching.

In modern conditions, knowledge of foreign languages is becoming more important, since we cannot exist in isolation from the rest of the world in the context of globalization. A modern educated person must, on the one hand, feel belonging to a certain community and people, he …

Islamic And Middle East Area Studies Librarianship, Walid Ghali, Waseem Farooq, Paul Auchterlonie, Arnoud Vrolijk

Abdou Filali-Ansary Occasional Paper Series

The three papers collected here are based on a seminar on Islamic Studies Librarianship held on 31 January 2019 at the Aga Khan Library (AKL), in conjunction with the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC). Curators, area studies directors, and collection librarians, who are currently involved in this field, gathered to discuss common challenges and to identify strategic areas for collaboration.

Shahrazad In Appalachia: Surviving Violence Through Stories And The Support Of “Sisters”, Kaitlyn Hill

Undergraduate Honors Theses

When women are lured away from home, they become vulnerable and cannot survive the violence inflicted upon them by their ‘lovers.’ This thesis explores the ties between two distinct cultural regions, Arabic and Appalachian, to examine the violence against women and what allows these women to escape such situations by using Hanan al-Shaykh’s One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling and three traditional Appalachian murdered girl ballads.

Many of the women in these stories die at the hands of their ‘lovers,’ regardless of their culture of origin. Once removed from their fellow women, they lack a support system that would …

The Hope Of Salman Masalha: Re-Territorializing Hebrew, Yael Dekel, Eran Tzelgov

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Israeli poetry can be depicted as a triangle composed of three elements: territory (the State of Israel); language (Hebrew); and identity (Jewish). In his Hebrew collection of poetry Eḥad Mikan (in place, 2004), Salman Masalha—a bilingual author publishing in both Arabic and Hebrew—challenges this interrelation of territory, language and identity. The debate between the literary scholars Hannan Hever and Reuven Snir explore the central expressions of this challenge. For it points, on the one hand, to the subversive potential of such work towards the Israeli canon while, on the other hand, to its connection to Arabic literature. Writing in the …

Islam, Democracy, And The Leadership Role Of Women In Government, Leea Collard

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis examines the relationship between Islam, democratic government, and the governmental leadership of women in the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey (MENAT). In order to understand female leadership in this region, the compatibility between Islam and democracy is analyzed. This occurs through the examination of Sharia Law and democratic principles within Islam. Furthermore, a statistical analysis of the successes of democracies in the region will be presented. Each nation will be categorized by the constitutional provisions entrusted to its female citizens. Thus, this thesis will present the legality of the political participation of women in each of the …

The Case For Early Arabia And Arabic Language: A Reply To The New Arabia Theory By Ahmad Al-Jallad, Saad D. Abulhab

Publications and Research

A reply to an article published on May 23rd, 2018, in The New Yorker magazine by Elias Muhanna, titled A New History of Arabia, Written in Stone, introducing a new theory by Ahmad al-Jallad, a Harvard trained scholar of ancient Near East languages and scripts, asserting that the Arabic language (and presumably the Arabs) was originated in the south Levant desert and migrated southward. This theory would reverse the established conclusions set forth by the esteemed work of numerous Islamic Arab linguists and historians, over more than a thousand years, who believed the Arabs and the Arabic language originated in …

Cross Language Information Transfer Between Modern Standard Arabic And Its Dialects – A Framework For Automatic Speech Recognition System Language Model, Tiba Zaki Abdulhameed

Dissertations

Significant advances have been made with Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) applications. Yet, dialectal conversation ASR is still trailing behind due to limited language resources. As is the case in most cultures, the formal Modern Standard Arabic language is not used in daily life. Instead, varieties of regional dialects are spoken, which creates a dire need to address dialect ASR systems. Processing MSA language naturally poses considerable challenges that are passed on to the processing of its derived dialects. In dialects, many words have gradually morphed from MSA pronunciations and at many times have different usages. Also, …

Analysis Of Arabic Collocation In The Work Of “Kysasi Rabghuzi”, Dilfuza Sagdullaeva

The Light of Islam

This article is the first analysis of the syntactic study of the Arabic compounds used in the book “Qisasi Rabghuzi”, which is the first example of Uzbek classical literature written in Turkish language and based on Islamic sources. The book uses a number of Arabic compounds and consists of words and phrases. The method of making Arabic compounds in the work and the determination of their status in the Turkic language is important in studying the history of Uzbek linguistics and Arabic studies. In the vocabulary of the language, many syntactic vocabulary units are formed, and because this method of …

الثقافة الفنية وأثرها في كفاءة الناقد الأدبي: نماذج نقدية منتقاة, رامي علي أحمد أبو عايشة

Dissertations

تعاينُ هذه الأطروحة مجالات الثقافة الفنية الواسعة التي منحت أصحابها مزيدًا من العمق والتصور، والقدرة على تذوق واكتشاف مواطن القوة والضعف في العمل الفني، أملًً في الكشف عن المكنونات العميقة للنصوص الإبداعية بعيدًا عن المباشرة والسطحية. كما تروم هذه الإطروحة الكشف عن إحاطة الناقد الأدبي بالفنون الجميلة ذات الصلة بالأدب في شكلها ومضمونها، وكيف يمكن لهذه الفنون أن تصبح عدّة معرفية وثقافية بيد الناقد تمكّنه من مساءلة الإبداع مساءلة منهجية جادة ذات أسس ومقاييس؟ وذلك من خلًل التدليل بنماذج نقدية منتقاة توصَّل أصحابها إلى آفاق نقدية جديدة في مجال المثاقفة الفنية مع سائر الفنون، الأمر الذي يدعو إلى البحث عن …

واقع النحو العربي في ضوء محاولات تجديده في العصر الحديث, مأمون سليمان محمد الغنام

Dissertations

الشكوى من صعوبةِ قواعدِ اللغة العربية قديمة وحديثة، ولكنَّها زادت في العصر الحديث، على نحوٍ يجعلُ من مادة النَّحو مادةً عسيرةَ الفهم صعبةَ التحصيل؛ ولهذا سعت كثيرٌ من محاولات تجديد النَّحو إلى تذليلِ صعوباتِه وتجاوزِ عقباته قديماً وحديثاً، ولكنَّ هذه المحاولات كثُرت في العصرِ الحديث كثرةً مبالغا فيها، وتنوعت مناهجها بين داعٍ إلى إعادةِ تقديمِ قواعد النَّحو بأساليبَ حديثة، مع ضرورةِ التخفُّفِ من القواعدِ غيرِ المستخدمِ ة بالحذف والاختصا ر، وبين محاولات دعت إلى تغييرِ منهجِ النحوِ نفسه، واستبدال مناهج لغوية حديثة به، و بين محاولاتٍ دعتْ إلى هدمِ النَّحو العرب ي، واتخاذ اللهجاتِ بديلاً عنه في شتى شوؤن الحياة. …

The Function Of Poetry In The Maqamat Al-Hariri, Hussam Almujalli

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The Maqamat al-Hariri is one of the most notable examples of prose in Arabic literature. Called one of the most eloquent statements of medieval Arabic prose, it also serves as a religious, social, cultural, and political document of the Abbasid Caliphate. As a writer, al-Hariri became a famous figure in Arabic literature after writing his maqamat. This dissertation studies al-Hariri as a poet through his most important prose work, the Maqamat al-Hariri.

Chapter 1 of the dissertation provides an overview of the maqama genre, including its definition, themes, stylistic features, character types, a brief history of maqamat studies, …