Topic > Importance of learning Arabic as a foreign language

Antonio is a student learning Arabic as a second language. He started learning Arabic three years ago. His future plan is to become a teacher of English studies for foreign languages. Antonio, who is from the United States, takes Arabic classes as electives. In other words, the specialization does not require him to take such courses. When he became interested in learning Arabic, he traveled to Egypt for two weeks to learn more about the Arabic language and Egyptian culture. In his thoughts he said that Arabic is a very beautiful language and that is why he chose it as his second language. He said: “Before I started learning Arabic, I received a lot of criticism about choosing Arabic as a second language. Many people simply by listening to someone say that Arabic is a very hard language and spread this rumor among themselves without knowing anything. I promise myself that if I start to do something, I will have to complete it precisely and not let anyone influence me. They make up almost a third of the world's culture, a pretty big culture." Antonio spends a lot of time trying to reach the difficulties he faces when learning Arabic. He said that in his experience, to learn someone's language you have to live with them. He said: "even though our teacher is from Lebanon, which is an Arab country, but he more often speaks in class in English." So I asked him if he knows the Arab club community. He said that's what I wanted to talk to you about. This community was very helpful to us because we started getting to know many native speakers of this community. I've started going there every time since I've known about it. The Arabic Clubs community is published to share the culture and language of the Middle East. This is run by the president... middle of paper... K.Samimy says that, for some second language students studying Arabic, studying Arabic as a second language is much easier than studying another language. language such as French: In addition to Arabic, Mark reported having reading proficiency in French. When I asked him to compare his experience learning French to Arabic, he explained that French, to me, was confusing because it was so similar to English. With 'false friends' and numerous like-minded people, it was as if I spoke the same language, but in a different way. I never felt like I had a French personality, or like a different character was generated in my psyche. On the other hand, Mark continues, Arabic is enchanting. It's an intriguing mathematical language, very different from English. . . . When I speak Arabic, I feel different. I appreciate the challenge the language offers me. This is part of my personality.(p233)