Difficulties in learning and teaching Arabic to non-native speakers in the Kurdistan Region Types and solutions

Abstract

This research is a study of the difficulties of learning the Arabic language that faces Arabic language learners in the Kurdistan Region, by revealing its types and forms, which can be classified into two categories:

The first type has difficulties related to the educational system, the source of which is the Arabic language itself, the Arabic teacher or the learner studying the Arabic language or the educational curriculum, i.e. educational materials, or the educational process, i.e. the method used in teaching.

The second type: general difficulties related to the political aspect, the source of which is the policy of the Kurdistan Regional Government in marginalizing the Arabic language and replacing the forefront of the English language, or difficulties originating from the quality of society’s culture, or difficulties caused by speakers of it on Awaj, or difficulties that are caused by the influence of the media on the marginalization of interest in the Arabic language.

The research showed a set of proposed solutions to overcome these difficulties, facilitate them, remove or reduce them, and contribute to facilitating the teaching of the Arabic language to non-native speakers of the Kurds, and these solutions are classified into two categories:

Class 1: solutions for the educational system that include the teacher, the learner, the educational curriculum, and the method of teaching

Class Two: General solutions related to government, media, mosques and society

Urging us to take an interest in the Arabic language, we explained at the outset the importance of the Arabic language, that it is the language of the Holy Qur’an and the noble prophetic hadith, and that it is an official international language, and that it is the language of the majority of Islamic heritage, the language of poetry and rhetoric in the ages of eloquence, and it is the only language that still retains its linguistic and grammatical history since He created the earth and man, and we also showed the motives for learning it: it is an introduction to understanding the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Prophet, an introduction to understanding Islamic heritage books, and a means of uniting Muslims, in addition to economic goals.