Search Results - "Mahmoud Azaz"

Structural surface overlap and derivational complexity in crosslinguistic transfer: Acquisition of English genitive alternation by Egyptian Arabic-speaking learners by Azaz, Mahmoud

“…This article adopts the surface overlap and derivational complexity hypotheses to study crosslinguistic transfer in the adult second language (L2) acquisition…”
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Should Standard Arabic have “the lion’s share?”: Teacher ideologies in L2 Arabic through the lens of pedagogical translanguaging by Azaz, Mahmoud, Abourehab, Yousra

“…With the multilingual turn in applied linguistics, translanguaging has been envisioned as a pedagogical approach in multiple contexts (Creese & Blackledge,…”
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Translanguaging Practices in Content-based Instruction in L2 Arabic by Oraby, Ebtissam, Azaz, Mahmoud

“…Abstract Using the tenets of translanguaging and with a focus on Arabic as a diglossic language, we examine the fluid and dynamic practices that transcend the…”
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Pedagogical translanguaging in community/heritage Arabic language learning by Abourehab, Yousra, Azaz, Mahmoud

“…This article examines the potential of pedagogical translanguaging in a community/heritage language context. With focus on Arabic as a multidialectal and…”
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L1 Transfer Effects in the Production of Generic Plurals in L2 Arabic by AZAZ, MAHMOUD

“…This study examines first language (L1) English transfer in the acquisition of plural noun semantics in second language (L2) Arabic. Drawing on previous…”
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The link between morphosyntactic accuracy and textbook presentation: The morphosyntax of subject‐verb agreement in Arabic by Azaz, Mahmoud

“…The acquisition of morphosyntax presents challenges for learners of all second/foreign languages. This cross‐sectional study investigated English‐speaking…”
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Metalinguistic Knowledge of Salient vs. Unsalient Features: Evidence From the Arabic Construct State by Azaz, Mahmoud

“…This study examined to what extent English‐speaking learners of Arabic demonstrated varied metalinguistic knowledge of a salient feature (head‐direction) vs…”
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Self-guide distinctions and episodic memory in L2 motivation: The case of Arabic in the United States by Blair, Ryan, Azaz, Mahmoud

“…The L2 Motivational Self System (Dörnyei, 2009) has offered a model of second language (L2) motivation that considers the role of possible self-guides. This…”
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Metalinguistic Knowledge of Salient vs. Unsalient Features: Evidence from the Arabic Construct State by Azaz, Mahmoud

“…This study examined to what extent English-speaking learners of Arabic demonstrated varied metalinguistic knowledge of a salient feature (head-direction) vs…”
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The role of perceptual salience in the L2 acquisition sequence of the Arabic construct state by Azaz, Mahmoud, Frank, Joshua

“…Perceptual salience has been proposed as an essential factor in the order in which various linguistic phenomena are acquired. This study examines its influence…”
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Crosslinguistic Effects in L2 Acquisition: THE CASE OF ARABIC DETERMINER PHRASE by Azaz, Mahmoud

“…The current article investigates crosslinguistic effects in the acquisition of three types of determiner phrases in Arabic by English speakers. These types…”
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Lexical Variation in Regional Modern Standard Arabic by Azaz, Mahmoud, Alfaifi, Essa

“…Adapting the notions of regional Modern Standard Arabic (Ibrahim 2009; Ryding 2010) and gradience in acceptability judgments (Papadopoulou, Leivada, and Pavlou…”
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Acquisition of form-meaning mapping in l2 Arabic and English noun phrases: A bidirectional framework by Azaz, Mahmoud

“…Despite the plethora of SLA research conducted on the acquisition of the definite marker in noun phrase configurations in L2 Arabic and English, there is as…”
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Integrating the Genre-Based Approach into Teaching Writing in Arabic As a Foreign Language by Mahmoud Azaz

“…Research on teaching writing in Arabic as a less commonly taught language is still in its infancy. Motivated by the dearth of research on the integration of…”
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