Faculty
al-Batal, Mahmoud
Associate Professor
Director, Arabic Flagship Program
Office Hours: (Fall 2008) Monday 1:00 - 2:00 and Thursday 2:30 - 4:00
Phone: 471-3463
albatal@mail.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1985
Research interests:
Teaching Arabic as a foreign language
Courses taught:
Arabic (Elementary through Advanced Levels); Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (graduate seminar)
Recent Publications:
"Facing the Crisis: Teaching and Learning Arabic in the US in the Post September 11th Era," forthcoming in ADFL Bulletin, Winter 2007.
"Playing with Words: Teaching Vocabulary in the Arabic Language Curriculum," in A Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century, edited by Kassem Wahba, Zeinab Taha, and Elizabeth England, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, INC., Publishers, 2006.
"The Future of the Teaching and Learning of Arabic: A View from the U.S," with Kirk Belnap,. in A Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century, edited by Kassem Wahba, Zeinab Taha, and Elizabeth England, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, INC., Publishers, 2006.
Al-Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Volume II (with DVDs)with Kristen Brustad and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005.
Al-Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Volume I (with DVDs) with Kristen Brustad and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004.
Research interests:
Teaching Arabic as a foreign language
Courses taught:
Arabic (Elementary through Advanced Levels); Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (graduate seminar)
Recent Publications:
"Facing the Crisis: Teaching and Learning Arabic in the US in the Post September 11th Era," forthcoming in ADFL Bulletin, Winter 2007.
"Playing with Words: Teaching Vocabulary in the Arabic Language Curriculum," in A Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century, edited by Kassem Wahba, Zeinab Taha, and Elizabeth England, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, INC., Publishers, 2006.
"The Future of the Teaching and Learning of Arabic: A View from the U.S," with Kirk Belnap,. in A Handbook for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals in the 21st Century, edited by Kassem Wahba, Zeinab Taha, and Elizabeth England, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, INC., Publishers, 2006.
Al-Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Volume II (with DVDs)with Kristen Brustad and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005.
Al-Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Volume I (with DVDs) with Kristen Brustad and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004.