EssaysThe Development of the Dual Paradigm in Arabic Muhammad al-Sharkawi Arabic Second Language Acquistion Research and Second Language Teaching: What the Teacher, Textbook Writer, and Tester Need to Know Mohammad T. Alhawary Language Learning Strategies in Arabic as a Foreign Language TextbookRaghda El Essawi From Theory to Practice: Developing a "Visualization Strategy" for Reducing AFL Students' Reading Anxiety Dalal Abo El Seoud and Mona Kamel Hassan The Effect of Sounds in Geminate Verbs on Conjugation Patterns: A Study of Labials Wafaa Kamel Fayed Arabic Language Learning Textbooks: An Evaluation of Current Approaches Kassem M. Wahba and Aja Q. Chaker Book Reviews Sahlawayhi 1: Graded Stories for Beginners, Ahmad KhorshidKey Features and Parameters in Arabic Grammar, Abdelkader Fassi Fehri Contributors