Integrating the Colloquial with Fuṣḥā in the Arabic-as-a-Foreign-Language Classroom

In this chapter, I present a description of a program for teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language that I have developed over the past 14 years at Cornell University. The program integrates a spoken Arabic dialect with the variety of Arabic generally known as Modern Standard Arabic, or Fuṣḥā, in a single course of instruction in a way that reflects the use of the language by native speakers. The choice of this Integrated Approach was prompted by student needs as well as linguistic and pedagogical considerations.