Al-'Arabiyya: Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic, Volume 53

Al-'arabiyya Volume 53 Features Five Articles And Six Book Reviews. Three Of The Articles Contribute In Many Meaningful Ways To Arabic Sociolinguistics, One To Arabic Second Language Learning And Teaching Pedagogy, And One To Arabic Dialectology. The Book Review Section Contains Six Reviews Of Books Whose Contents And Scope Range From Teaching The Arabic Language, To Literature, To Translations Of Literary Works, To Oral History. These Book Reviews Are Dris Soulaimani's First Welcome Contribution As Book Review Editor. Contents Editor’s Note Acknowledgments Articles Code Choice between Standard Arabic and the Saudi Dialect by Saudi Twitter Users • Saeed Al Alaslaa and Mohammad T. Alhawary Languages in Conflict: Examining the Status of Standard Arabic and French in Morocco • Brahim Chakrani Attitudes toward Arabic and Foreign Elaboration DMs in Three Dialects of Arabic • Abdelaadim Bidaoui The Role of Self-Efficacy, Attitudes, and Orientations in Learning Arabic as a Less-Commonly Taught Language: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach • Tarek Hermessi Functions and Uses of Active and Passive Participial Forms in Al-‘Awābī District Vernacular of Northern Oman • Roberta Morano Book Reviews Contributors Submission Guidelines