The “Learn Arabic” program of the Al Jazeera Media Institute launched its new package of courses at the beginning of last December, to teach the Arabic language to non-native speakers.
Employees from the Al Jazeera Media Network and learners from all over the world, from more than 28 countries, have enrolled in these courses. Their education is supervised by professors and linguistic experts, using internationally accredited curricula. The student who passes the exam and final oral interview is awarded a certificate accredited by the Al Jazeera Media Institute.
The institute’s specialized evaluation committee will begin organizing evaluation interviews after completing the registration procedures, based on the standards established in the Common European Framework of Reference, with the aim of classifying students into different linguistic levels ranging from beginner to advanced, to ensure their distribution at the level that is appropriate to their current language skills.
This educational journey is characterized by a systematic progression in learning the Arabic language, starting from the stage of learning the alphabet and the basics of the language, through learning grammar and vocabulary, all the way to linguistic fluency that qualifies the student to participate in discussion of intellectual issues in the Arabic language.
In addition, the program includes a cultural aspect that aims to integrate students into the Arab cultural environment, which enhances their understanding of traditions and customs in Arabic-speaking societies, and contributes to forming a comprehensive understanding of the language and its cultural context.
These courses come in the context of Al Jazeera Media Institute’s keenness to preserve the Arabic language as a vessel of Arab culture and a tool for Arab media, and a desire to integrate Al Jazeera’s non-Arab employees into Arab society, and to strengthen the bonds of communication between them.
In the same context, the social media platforms of the Learn Arabic website celebrated International Arabic Language Day. The “Learn Arabic” team at Al Jazeera Media Institute conducted several interviews with a number of people interested in spreading and teaching the Arabic language, from initiative owners to content makers, linguistic experts, and specialists in the field through its platforms. On social media.
The sessions sparked discussion on linguistic issues of interest to those working in the field of teaching Arabic to non-native speakers in particular, as colleagues Ibrahim Mansour and Ahmed Tahseen discussed with the guests the issues of computerizing Arabic language sciences, ways to disseminate them on social media, the challenges they face, and methods of teaching and teaching their rules based on The most appropriate educational theories and techniques.
The episodes also hosted foreigners who learned the Arabic language and mastered it until they became its teachers, as well as content makers working on preparing content that serves the Arabic language.
It should be noted that “Learn Arabic” is one of the initiatives of the Al Jazeera Media Institute, and it aims to spread and teach the Arabic language through various educational courses, programs, and events. The initiative also provides free materials, lessons, and blogs for specialists in teaching the Arabic language on its website and its pages on social networking sites.