AMMAN – Arabic language instruction has traditionally focused on Modern Standard Arabic, but there is growing demand for proficiency in the Arabic dialects among students and employers, including the ...

Reading, writing and Arabic is on the agenda at a handful of Tucson schools this year. The Tucson Unified School District is rolling out Arabic programs at three campuses: Wright Elementary, Doolen ...

Only one of the district’s 22 elementary schools—Becker—offers Arabic. Pupils receive at least two 40-minute periods of Arabic a week. The school gave up a two-way immersion program, in which students ...

Abu Dhabi The dominance of English language on almost every aspect is non debatable. It has become the international communication language for commerce, banking, internet, travel and politics. The ...

Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the nation’s urgent need for skilled Arabic speakers has sparked colleges and universities nationally and in Connecticut to increase efforts to train ...

The UAE’s Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives has launched Arabic language lessons on the Madrasa e-learning platform, through which 50 million Arab students from kindergarten to grade ...

In exploring changes in the classroom since the 9/11 attacks occurred a decade ago, one notable development is growth in the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language. To be clear, it’s still rare in ...

Regarding "New Arabic school focus of protest" (Page B1, Tuesday), the widely publicized opening of the Houston Independent School District's new Arabic Immersion Magnet School is a welcomed ...

Reading, writing and Arabic is on the agenda at a handful of Tucson schools this year. The establishment of the programs at the midtown schools will mean that students have an opportunity to study one ...