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abizi this with others share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading fatma said 7 45 pm on january 27 2016 a review of arabic in 2015 a belated happy new year to everyone hoping that 2016 will be a great year for everyone around the world i would also like to welcome new readers and thank you to a number of readers for all the wonderful comments sent via email i appreciate those they encourage me to keep sharing my ideas here so what was 2015 like for the arabic language especially in arabic speaking countries sesame street in arabic was re launched after a 25 year absence this was met with much excitement and anticipation for those who used to watch it and for parents who wish for their children to be exposed to standard arabic in a fun and modern way standard arabic is used consistently throughout the show which runs for 30 minutes broken into different segments the different characters encourage learning discovery they share their love and enjoyment for reading in each episode a story using a picture book is read to the audience among other things i have also watched one or two episodes for the first time which seem great but i may perhaps be able to give a better overview once i have seen more episodes which i hope to do it s a good way of teaching arabic indirectly and informally which may perhaps assist schools to help children better their arabic the biggest benefit i saw right away was the vocabulary size in each episode and the emphasis of case endings of each of the words it might also be a good resource for arabic language students watch an episode here 2016 was announced to be the year of reading in the uae an interesting initiative that aims to tackle poor reading in the middle east uae and to improve arabic reading comprehension was launched the idea is to encourage children to explore knowledge and the world outside the classroom through reading for fun and out of choice the hope is that the launching of this idea will foster a love of reading in children and encourage them to do so more frequently the second intention is to encourage children to read in arabic this is much harder to achieve given the current levels of arabic proficiency in the uae and in some other arabic speaking countries and further improve their reading proficiency in general reading is a learned skill after all i think this might work if there is support in place for children to do this and i am sure this will also allow arabic publishing houses to publish more books in arabic more demand will force a bigger supply and hopefully this will allow arabic publishing houses to be creative innovative and operate in their own unique way without doubt arabic publishing houses can only develop and become reliable producers of books if readers read it s that simple fears over the future of arabic were raised again this is in the context of the uae or other gulf countries of course these fears are present at different levels in different arabic speaking countries for example an article written in the national back in march titled arabic at risk of becoming foreign language in the uae this worry was prompted by the fact that many teachers over the years have reported that their students are not fluent in arabic and that eventually that may lead to a shift or loss of arabic the article also raises an important issue which i sometimes discuss here and that is the need to make arabic language classes more creative fun up to date and functionally effective in teaching students a language a second article more must be done to preserve arabic nov 2015 calls for not only the teaching of standard arabic but also that of emarati spoken arabic i like the idea that people living in the uae or any other arabic speaking country should be able to learn the local dialect in a formal setting like learning any other language it is effective useful and it allows non arabic speakers to interact with native speakers as well as other non arabic speakers the result well aside from creative language use emarati arabic will be actively spoken in public a note on the use of the word preservation it is more ideological than real i think because we usually speak of preserving a dying language it is hard for me to say arabic is a dying language but the panic and anxiety is real and arabic can only become effective or seem more alive in some countries if people converse and communicate in arabic an arabic they feel expresses them not a form of arabic imposed by laws talking of laws in qatar jan 2015 there is a law in the making that intends to make it an offence to speak arabic incorrectly i quote from the article the draft law would discourage mixing of arabic with any other language and its use in public in educational institutions business establishments and offices service institutions and the media shops and business establishments would need to pay special attention since signboards and letterheads used by them would have to use impeccable arabic the organisation feels that the arabic spoken by many in qatar is not proper so there is a need to take corrective measures and hence the draft law the prestige of the arabic language is to be maintained at any cost so that people feel proud of it and the draft legislation aims at that can you control how people speak my sociolinguist self is telling me no especially not multilingual those who speak more than one language speakers socially it would be almost impossible to police this but maybe in institutions and the media it may be easier as is the case in some other countries the idea that signboards and letterheads should also be correct is a good idea and that can also be monitored but to monitor speakers is not realistic and will only push people with poor arabic proficiency not to improve their reading and writing skills i don t know what data they are using to say that people in qatar have bad arabic it is also unclear how they will ensure the law is implemented and what sanctions will be handed out to those who defy the laws in september the qatar foundation published a list of english arabic biological terms in an effort to realise their intention of making arabic a language of learning their vision is that one day arabic speakers should be able to go to university and not only be taught in arabic in some classes alongside english of course but also write competently in arabic they identified a need for the formulation standardisation and recognition of academic arabic a form of academic writing that should not need to use english words for expert terms but should have good arabic equivalents that go beyond transliterations this coincides with the opening of a university in doha that offers courses in arabic and asks students to supply not only their tefl english scores but also arabic ones in an effort to raise standards of the arabic language it would be very interesting to see the outcome of this initiative and see its effectiveness i think the fact that they are not against english is refreshing most arabic bodies or revival committees always blame english or dream of an english free world but that is unrealistic and it usually results in unattainable initiatives and ideas let s see how this initiative pans out i ll be watching carefully and if i am lucky enough i can interview someone about it those were the stories that caught my attention as i was going through my file of saved articles in 2015 it seems to me that anxiety over the future of arabic in arabic speaking countries will linger for a while until educators teachers parents children and speakers themselves decide what they wish to do with or for their language parents blame teachers for poor proficiency teachers blame parents parents blame children others blame technology and globalisation and it goes on and on but essentially it is only the individual arabic speaker and or together with their family who can make a difference let s hope 2016 will be as exciting i already have 2 posts in draft thanks for reading sources iftah ya simsim sesame street http iftahyasimsim com main_activities html http www thenational ae uae education 20150301 special report arabic at risk of becoming foreign language in uae http www thenational ae uae education more must be done to preserve arabic uae experts say law to prohibit bad arabic in qatar http www thepeninsulaqatar com news qatar 318801 mind your bad arabic reading initiative http gulfnews com news uae government uae declares 2016 as year of reading 1 1631695 http www uaecabinet ae en details news mohammed bin rashid on presidents directives 2016 is uae reading year publication of arabic terms http www thepeninsulaqatar com news qatar 353226 glossary of english arabic biological terms released arabizi this with others share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading fatma said 5 03 pm on september 8 2015 tags arabic language 50 arabic learning arabic teaching arabic teaching materials language maintenance 5 linguistics 23 it is not enough to modernise arabic teaching materials their content matters too the most common complaint about arabic teaching materials is that they are out dated and do not reflect the real world in which the student lives in and the poor quality of materials is often claimed to be the reason why students fail to acquire arabic to the desired levels especially native speaking arabic students i was sceptical about that for a while because as an arabic teacher myself i knew as any teacher would that the teaching materials are just half of the equation to a successful language teaching lesson the other half depends on the teachers qualities of creativity enthusiasm and his her general ability to convince the student to learn a teacher who is passionate about their subject will almost always attract the attention of the student and over time the student will realise the teacher s efforts and learn the subject well i am sure we all had that teacher whose passion for their subject influenced us in one way or another and that it was those lessons that we not only enjoyed but excelled in the teaching of arabic is no different and as a secondary school teacher i never used only one book i mixed maybe 4 or 5 separate curricula and made some materials myself this i found apart from taking up all of my summer and being a welcome distraction from my then ma thesis changed the arabic class from monotone like boring repetitive and often predictable lessons of the previous year into lessons that kept the students excited a new wave of interaction questions and creativity crept into the arabic class and i was motivated even more to teach the subject but what i realised over time and through observing other classes was that the content of the materials mattered for real language learning to take place it wasn t enough to have it on flashcards or on online specially designed online platforms i had made nor was it enough that each week one of my lessons was a free class where students came in and taught one another something great they had learned in arabic from the previous week it was all great not to mention the crazy amount of work and preparation i had to d o but i always felt as if it was not enough i felt that in addition to all of the above the material had to also challenge students to think deeply about the way they used language of course i do not mean 5 or 6 year olds but 8 9 10 and secondary school students especially native speakers of arabic deserve material that challenges their thinking so although it is the teachers passion and creativity that plays a big role in the teaching of arabic i have come to see that the content of the material is also important i probably will always think about this content that not every teacher will have the time or the knowledge to think up independently in addition to their other teaching or non teaching duties therefore the arabic curricula or book or teaching material designers and printers need to produce high level materials in arabic it would be great if they consulted arabic teachers in the process i will give one example for fear of this post becoming too long that of comprehension and in particular the question section traditionally most arabic language books the ones i have seen have a very simple method through which to test a students comprehension of a text so it will be something like i am making these examples up why did the man go to the big house the expected acceptable answer would be the man went to the house to get his coat and this answer would be deemed correct because the student has shown understanding and most probably an ability to conjugate verbs the questions move on to other aspects of the text with the intention of making sure the student has understood the semantic meaning content of the story or lesson which is absolutely fine and great but as a starting point my quarrel is that the questions are always so simplistic and never go beyond that starting point the questions never really fully challenge the student to use all their vocabulary or structures to answer a question can you imagine challenging a student so that they go beyond the simple answers words structures synonyms can you imagine pushing the student to think in arabic at a higher level i know there are improvements being made all the time to arabic materials but more needs to be done for both native and non native learners of arabic well this is something i ve been thinking about a lot recently and thought i d share it with others thanks for reading and as always any ideas are welcome the following links maybe of useful to anyone who has an interest in arabic as a medium of instruction at schools it s taken from the ever exciting blog by lameen souag http lughat blogspot fr 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