Volume 13, Number 2, 2000
Special Issue: The Arab World: Language and Cultural Issues

Mahmoud A. Al-Khatib

The Arab World: Language and Cultural Issues.......121

Abdulmoneim Mahmoud

Modern Standard Arabic vs. Non-Standard Arabic: Where Do Arab Students of EFL Transfer From?.......126

Ali S. Hasan

Learners' Perceptions of Listening Comprehension Problems.......137

Sane M. Yagi

Language Labs and Translation Booths: Simultaneous Interpretation as a Learner Task.......154

Abdullah A. Khuwaileh and Ali Al Shoumali

Writing Errors: A Study of the Writing Ability of Arab Learners of Academic English and Arabic at University.......174

Bader S. Dweik

Linguistic and Cultural Maintenance Among the Chechens of Jordan.......184

Peter G. Emery

Greeting, Congratulating and Commiserating in Omani Arabic.......196

Hassan R.S. Abdel-Jawad

A Linguistic and Sociopragmatic and Cultural Study of Swearing in Arabic.......217

Mohammed Farghal

Book Review.......241