Arabic-L:PEDA:Spoken Arabic in Arabic Script Discussion

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Date: 19 Jun 2006
From:Karin Ryding <rydingk at georgetown.edu>
Subject:Spoken Arabic in Arabic Script Discussion

Dear All:
       Thanks for the discussion of materials for teaching spoken  
Arabic variants with Arabic script.
       I would like to add my two cents on using Arabic script for  
such materials.  It has been my experience that using Arabic script  
ultimately strengthens and reinforces students' grasp of the script  
in general, and that it avoids the conceptual detour of dealing with  
some sort of transcription system.  Using Arabic script is efficient  
and can be modified for local pronunciation features.  I have seen  
publications in Arabic script in Lebanese Arabic and in Moroccan  
Arabic, so there are some regional precedents.          All the best,  
Karin Ryding

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