5 proposals to support learning “Arabic” and methods of teaching it

Tweeters praised the initiative of the Minister of Education, Hussein Al-Hammadi, to raise educational issues for community discussion. They described the Minister’s introduction of the process of improving the teaching of the Arabic language to discussion as an innovative method for exploring the opinion of society. They identified six reasons for the decline in students’ level in the Arabic language, and proposed five initiatives to support students’ learning and raise their passion. By learning it, while Al-Hammadi confirmed through his Twitter account that the development process in the academic content of the Arabic language is continuing, and efforts are focused on achieving this through the Ministry’s work teams, Pointing out that the progress being made requires the participation of community opinions.

In detail, tweeters attributed the decline in the level of students in the Arabic language to the weakness of education and the prescribed curricula, pointing out that efforts to develop and advance the language are taking place at the theoretical level, and are not being implemented with the same efficiency on the ground.

They called for concerted efforts to improve the conditions of the educational system for the Arabic language, starting with nurseries and kindergartens, all the way to universities and work institutions that have neglected the Arabic language, and the only language of communication in it has become English, in order to implement the state’s directions in improving education and enhancing intellectual and cultural affiliation. And linguistics among the emerging generations.

Participants attributed the reasons for the weakness of the Arabic language in schools and the students’ distance from it, unlike the English language, to the obligation of private school students to speak English in school, which makes them lose their sense of the importance of their mother tongue, determining university admission based on the degree of the English language, the weakness of Arabic language teachers, and the lack of The presence of motivation and passion for what they do, the length of the curriculum, the lack of attention in schools to the extent of the student’s readiness for reading and writing, especially in the first grades, which constitutes a psychological barrier that continues with him later, and the lack of classroom activities. And educational means that help the student better understand and comprehend the course.

Participants proposed five initiatives to improve the teaching of the Arabic language and increase children’s passion for it from a young age. These included taking the field’s opinion on the curricula, paying attention to Islamic education as an introduction to encouraging students in the Arabic language, supporting the production of Arabic visual content that competes with foreign ones, holding an evaluation test for students in public and private schools, and obligating Government institutions must have their internal and external correspondence in Arabic, and residents must learn the official language of the state and not the other way around, and oblige the labor market not to prefer another language over Arabic.

Participants pointed out the necessity of repeating Arabic calligraphy classes, due to their importance in improving calligraphy, spelling, reading, and writing in general, paying attention to school radio, theater, and cultural activities that consolidate the use of the Arabic language among students, organizing essay writing competitions, and encouraging students to visit school libraries.

Participants in the discussion on the Minister of Education’s page emphasized that one of the most important reasons for students’ decline in interest in the Arabic language is the insistence on the importance of the English language, the constant repetition that it is the language of global communication, and the neglect of talking about the Arabic language, which cements in the students’ minds that it is a language that will not benefit them. In the future.

While the Minister of Education confirmed, through his official account on Twitter, that developing Arabic language teaching is a process that passed through stages followed by the Ministry of Education by paying attention to the curriculum and supporting educational methods, in preparation for achieving the state’s vision and leadership directives to consolidate Arabic among generations, as a source of culture and a source of knowledge. And a station through which we resume our journey and our cultural heritage.

3 factors behind the marginalization of “Arabic”

Tweeters attributed the reason for the marginalization of the Arabic language in society to three factors. The first is psychological, as a result of society’s marginalization of its future benefit and the widespread difficulty of learning it, which contributed to students’ reluctance to use it. The second is economic, as a result of the labor market’s preference for other languages ​​and not placing them among the preferential advantages for employment. Unlike the English language, proficiency in writing, reading, and speaking is a prerequisite for any job, whether in the government or private sector, and the third is professional, as the profession of teacher has become merely a routine job, to increase their number, and is no longer It is socially valued, which has led to a decline in teaching methods.

The Minister of Education, Hussein Al-Hammadi, said through his official Twitter account that the ministry is working to empower the Arabic language by launching initiatives that enrich its value.