Arabic language schools are
language school
A language school is a school where one studies a foreign language. Classes at a language school are usually geared towards, for example, communicative competence in a foreign language. Language learning in such schools typically supplements fo ...
s specialized in teaching
Arabic
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as a foreign language. There are different types of Arabic language schools based on their focused branch, target audience, methods of instruction delivery, cultural atmosphere, and elective courses available.
Definition and scope
Unlike general
language school
A language school is a school where one studies a foreign language. Classes at a language school are usually geared towards, for example, communicative competence in a foreign language. Language learning in such schools typically supplements fo ...
s that provide Arabic classes and certificates along with other
live languages' classes as well, Arabic language schools are those that specialize in Arabic language instruction only, or mainly.
Al Diwan Center and the Moroccan Center for Arabic Studies MCAS are examples, whose focus is on Arabic only. Examples of those schools that cannot be referred to as an "Arabic language school" are the
British Council
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, the CFCC, the AMIDEAST, and other cultural exchange bodies in Arab countries.
While not very big in number, those specialized schools with this focus made them very effective in teaching this subject matter that are regarded by many as difficult compared to other live languages of today. Provided that most of them are located where Arabic is the native mother tongue, they make it ideal for those who want to practice what they learn in a daily life experience
.
Categories
Schools that teach Arabic to speakers of other languages are categorized based on the following:
Size and levels provided
Some schools are large enough to provide graduate-like course curriculum and teaching quality, while others are starting out and provide middle-to-high school level of Arabic teaching.
[Muslim Students Go Abroad to Study Arabic. Southern California InFocus, April 2006.]
Profitability
* Business and for-profit Arabic language schools
** Most Arabic language schools fall under this category
* Charitable non-profit Arabic language schools
** Mostly Islamic religious organizations
Specialty
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MSA only.
* Dialect only.
* Mix of
MSA and Dialect.
Many schools provide side courses on related subjects like: Islamic religious courses related to language like
Quran
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ic recitation, and Arabic
calligraphy.
Arabic language schools
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Aldiwan Arabic Language Center
* Episcopal Training Center,
Cairo
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See also
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ʾIʿrab
(, ) is an Arabic term for the system of nominal, adjectival, or verbal suffixes of Classical Arabic to mark grammatical case. These suffixes are written in fully vocalized Arabic texts, notably the '' '' or texts written for children or Arabic ...
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Arabic literature
Arabic literature ( ar, الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is '' Adab'', which is derived from ...
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Arabic alphabet
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Arabic calligraphy
Arabic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting and calligraphy based on the Arabic alphabet. It is known in Arabic as ''khatt'' ( ar, خط), derived from the word 'line', 'design', or 'construction'. Kufic is the oldest form of t ...
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List of Islamic terms in Arabic
The following list consists of notable concepts that are derived from Islamic and associated cultural (Arab, Persian, Turkish) traditions, which are expressed as words in Arabic or Persian language. The main purpose of this list is to disambi ...
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Language education
Language education – the process and practice of teaching a second or foreign language – is primarily a branch of applied linguistics, but can be an interdisciplinary field. There are four main learning categories for language educatio ...
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Second language acquisition
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Applied linguistics
Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field which identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems. Some of the academic fields related to applied linguistics are education, psychology, communication rese ...
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