Session 2_4. Batoul Dassan and Iman AlRamadan, Qasid Arabic Institute, Jordan

3rd Biennial Arabic Language Teaching & Learning in the UK Higher Education Conference: Arabic in a Globalized World
April 8-9, 2021

Day 1
Session 2 - Pedagogical and Feedback Approaches in TAFL
Chair: Hanem El-Farahaty (University of Leeds, UK)

Batoul Dasan & Iman Alramadan, Qasid Arabic Institute, Jordan.

Title: Global Education in Less Commonly Taught Languages

Global Classroom Initiative case study: Indiana University & Qasid Institute
The current study aimed to investigate The impact of Global classroom learning model in a sample of 10 Arabic students as a second language, distributed into two groups: control and experimental, and the equality of the 2 groups was checked before applying the model using the pre-test of the language prepared by ACTFL, and arbitrator by specialists, after checking its psychometric properties using a number of procedures, and after implementing the global classroom model, the post-test was applied to students from both control and experimental groups, and the results revealed a statistically significant impact of the global classroom model The study recommended employing the global classroom model for Arabic speakers of other languages in all the different programs and stages, and conducting more studies that involve this model on the various educational materials for these students, and on other language levels .

Key words: global classroom class, Arabic language for non-speakers.

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