My Journey Learning Arabic!
Let us hear from people outside the UAE, how they have managed to traverse through different courses and life experiences to learn what they have learnt. Our today's blog post is about a young mom in Singapore. As you read
Arabically; The beginning
My fascination with Arabic has been a lifelong process. The more I read the more I want to learn, the more I learn the more I want to understand it. The process of learning, creating, and teaching did not stop
Are you a Gulf Kid?
People outside the UAE often view Arabic as an important language for those within the Emirates. Yet the way expats within the UAE relate Arabic to life experiences varies. In our September Blog series, Arabically brings to you voices from
What increases our “willingness to communicate” in Arabic?
We have all tried to communicate in Arabic, having fed, wed or led some kind of middle eastern intervention in our lives. As for the those of you who were patriotically raised in such an environment and yet could not
The language extinction story, can we save it?
When I started exploring the social behaviors around learning and understanding the Arabic Language, I was in living in the West. My research was focused on non native speakers of the Arabic Language. Questions on their ability, motivation and mental
Are you gritty enough to learn a new language?
Of course it takes a great deal of grit to learn a new language. Acquiring fluency needs grit. So the next question is, what is grit? It is combining passion and perseverance to attain what you wish to attain. Simple I
Linking language, motivation and dynamism
Learning a new language has never been a straight road. Yet second language learning has always been studied from a linear, static perspective. When linguistics intersected with social research, the relation between second language learning and motivation was also taken
Special Feature: In conversation with Umm Musa Barok
Do you have an interesting journey with the Arabic Language. A story to inspire and celebrate the language. We would love to hear from you. Email us at: Umm Haroun [email protected]