Analysis of Arabic as a First Language Acquisition Syllabus Reform in one of the UAE Universities

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10.2991/978-94-6463-286-6_16How to use a DOI?

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curriculum; syllabus; Helda Taba model; CIPP model

Abstract

Arabic as a first language: principal and pedagogy is a syllabus reformed in one of the UAE federal colleges as one of the Education program courses. A concentration on such as syllabus is formed as a result of own experience in the curriculum design and development filed. The main aim of the research is to evaluate and analyze Arabic as a first language syllabus reform. The research methodology implemented follows the theoretical method and the horizontal approach to evaluate the syllabus by using the CIPP curriculum evaluation model. This model entails the evaluation of context, input, process and product of the designed course. The syllabus evaluation revealed the achievement of the three stated research objectives and drew some recommendations. The first result of the evaluation is that the syllabus is well designed and is matching its theoretical underpinning and approaches, so it helps to construct knowledge, designed according to student-centeredness tasks, implies Helda Taba’s model of curriculum reform, progresses based on Bloom’s Taxonomy and fits the context of higher education. At the same time and based on the CIPP model, it proves its effectiveness as a course in terms of skills building, application, assessments and evaluation. Some recommendations also resulted from the evaluation and responded to third research objective such as, adding further formative assessment weekly, reshaping the practicum tasks to fit the online practicum situation and involve students in curriculum planning. The study was concluded with some recommendations for future research which may consider using qualitative data to support the evidences of the syllabus appraisal. Another recommendation is to measure the impact of student’s input, survey of course satisfaction and curriculum development meetings on the course change.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fatema Ebrahim Al Awadi
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/11/23
TI  - Analysis of Arabic as a First Language Acquisition Syllabus Reform in one of the UAE Universities
BT  - Proceedings of the HCT International General Education Conference (HCT-IGEC 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 201
EP  - 214
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-286-6_16
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-286-6_16
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