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- Every Arab child is taught a second or colloquial language. Arab colloquial dialects are generally only spoken languages. Arabs use the colloquial language in all their daily interactions, but when they encounter a language situation calling for greater formality, Modern Standard Arabic is the medium of choice.
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Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial Arabic, Which is Better for Kids? One of the biggest challenges facing Arab parents living abroad is how to teach Arabic to their children, and whether the focus should be on the standard Arabic or on their local dialect spoken at home.
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Shendy decided that there was only one thing for her to do: go it alone. A self-professed nerd, and thanks to her academic background, she spent 10 months collating research to support her proposal. The result was the academic paper The Limitations of Reading to Young Children in Literary Arabic. “Ample research has shown that the benefits of readi...
In 2012, Palestinian journalist Reem Makhoul relocated to New York with her husband, Stephen Farrell. Originally from Galilee, she, like Shendy, eventually shifted gears and took a career break when she had Sheherazade, her first child. With Farrell being Irish, the onus was on Makhoul to introduce their daughter to the Arabic language and the iden...
The problem with reading material for very young children learning Arabic is universal. But the lack of age-appropriate learning resources is felt more keenly by parents raising their children outside the region. Saussan Khalil, an Arabic language teacher at the University of Cambridge and a mother of two, says: "You don't have it around you. That'...
In 2016, Khalil contacted Makhoul after discovering Ossass Stories and ordering a copy of its first book. Later she spoke to Shendy about how to add her Arabic translations into English storybooks. Khalil recalls: "It sounds really extreme now but I remember the strength of feeling at the time that I just want a book in Arabic! And I guess Riham ha...
Jun 30, 2024 · Put differently, and for a fair evaluation, Arab EFL students should not be required to translate texts from a second language (i.e. English) to another second language (i.e. MSA) or vice versa; and if they do, this assumption should be highlighted.
Sep 25, 2023 · Every Arab child is taught a second or colloquial language. Arab colloquial dialects are generally only spoken languages. Arabs use the colloquial language in all their daily interactions, but when they encounter a language situation calling for greater formality, Modern Standard Arabic is the medium of choice.
Sep 23, 2021 · This assessment of studies of Arabic child language acquisition shows the inescapable influence of diglossia on approaches to such study and its effects on children acquiring Arabic.
The results of the study are preliminary and provide insight into children's attitudes toward MSA, its perceived proximity or distance from Palestinian Colloquial Arabic (PCA), as well as the...
Jun 15, 2014 · Children growing up in an Arabic-speaking community must learn both a colloquial language variety (Spoken Arabic or SA) used in everyday life, and a standard language variety (Modern Standard...
