Language Difficulty: Factors In Language Learning Difficulties

Arabic spread globally as a result of religion, not English. It is clearly stated on pg. 184 of the textbook that “a large percentage of the world’s Muslims have at least some knowledge of Arabic because Islam’s holiest book, the Quran(Koran), was written in that language in the seventh century”. Arabic spread because being that Islam is a universalizing religion, the large amount of people that converted to the religion also had to learned the Arabic language, thus helping it spread. Therefore, Arabic spread globally as a result of religion, not English.

Linguistic discrimination is an important issue; many have been discriminated and excluded from the public sphere due to their disability to practice the standardized language. In the Arab world, when second language speakers try to talk Arabic, they seem to have difficulties with the pronunciations. Consequently, this leads to limitations during the blending in procedures. The explanation

are citizens (Aaiusaorg, 2016). Arab Americans origins can be traced back to several continents. Essentially, they descended from twenty different countries (Sue & Sue, 2015, p. 575). Their main language is Arabic with a variance of regional or colloquial Arabic, which is spoken in different areas. To be more specific, even though the main language is Arabic, with the dialect there is a change of several forms within the language: vocabulary can be completely different from region to region, grammar also, and of course the change of accent dealing with vocalization and pronunciation parameters. A Moroccan could understand a Syrian; on the other hand the reversal of a Syrian trying to listen to a Moroccan’s long story would be impossible. The following are the different dialects: Egyptian, North African, Khalijji or Gulf and Levantine. The Levantine dialect comprises Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Israel. Some dialects are better known and understood for their popular use in films (Egyptian) and songs (Levantine) (Lingualy, 2015). There is a formal standardized Arabic language called Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) used for literary writing of books, newspapers and formal letters. There is an older version of Arabic, Classical Arabic known as Quranic Arabic is still being spoken today; it is also used for literary writing and

In Syria, Arabic is the most widely spoken language. Language is also based on where they live. For example: in the mountains, Jabal al-Druze is spoken; Bedawi Arabic is spoken by the nomads; and in Damascus Palestinian and Iraqi Arabic is spoken. Also, Aramaic was spoken before Arabic, and Arabic is not native to anyone in Syria. -> -> -> America is a very diverse country. There are many types of languages spoken there. There is no official language in America, but some states consider it to be English. But the most common languages are Spanish and English. Compared to America, Syria has an official language, but different types of it. America has a lot of different languages spoken because of its great diversity.

At a young age I was taught Arabic along with english at the same time, which diversified my knowledge of Middle Eastern culture with the way people spoke with each other, the way children were spoken to, and the general tone in conversation. The

I used to think that all people and countries speak Arabic language because I born in Arabic country “Yemen”. I didn’t know anyone that speaks different language or even speak different accents of Arabic. The school that I went to they didn’t teach English language. The education in Yemen is not very good like in the United States or as in the other Arab countries. For that reason, I face a lot of obstacles when I came to the United States with both the Arabic accents and the English language. Believe me a lot of things that happened to me that you will never imagine it, so here where my story begins.

The native language is Egyptian Arabic. It is known as the second language by many Arabs.

When speaking in Arabic, I am not the same person as when I speak English. Which proves that there is a definite connection between identity and language. I don’t have the same relationship between my Arabic friends and my American friends, because of the language difference. It takes my mind few seconds to translate something so I can engage in a conversation. All my thoughts, my dreams and my ideas are in Arabic and implying them to an essay or a project can be hard sometime due to language.

As the empire expanded and more people learned Arabic, it was easier to communicate. Information

While I have enjoyed studying the Arabic language in the past two years, my level of proficiency is not where I would ideally hope for it to be. Participating in this language program will propel my knowledge of Arabic far further and faster than college courses alone—the immersive environment will be incomparable. Furthermore, due

Learning to speak another language other than English is a highly debated subject in regards to education. Language in itself is an essential tool to everyday living,from whimsical conversations to important business meetings. Words have the power to inspire and change the world, but not everybody can understand the same words. There are hundreds of languages spoken around the globe how do we know which to speak? We can’t be certain. Therefore, it is not advantageous for English speakers to learn another language, there are too many languages for one to be exceptionally useful, and other countries are quickly learning English.

Many second language acquisition theories have been developed over the years. These theories examine the avenues in which second language is acquired and the avenues in which they are

The history of the Arabic language goes back thousands of years, thus many branches of the language exist among many people, but its prevalence became apparent following the emergence of Islam. The Quran was originally written in Arabic, thus through Islamic state building and expansion, its use was extended. Islamic empires like the Umayyad Caliphate, the Ottoman Empire, the Safavid Empire and the Mughal Empire were vast

This is to show my parents that I am in touch with me Muslim heritage, and to show that I am proud of my religion. Also by using Arabic terms it shows my parents that I enjoy learning and practising my religion which in turn would make them proud.

As noted before newer devices lacked full Arabic support in the past. Today however Arabic can be used easily in almost any device. With that in mind we still find this new writing system to be used in every day online communication. AWOS today is used mainly between the youth population. The reasons mentioned earlier has almost, gone extinct. Most operating systems, websites and mobile-devices fully support Arabic. The usage now, is not out of necessity, but rather out of personal preference. Through observing online posts and comments we can sense the general attitudes towards this style. We can notice a period of time where this style of writing was a niche, and a form of distinguish between others. Also, we can notice the current attitude of young Arabic speakers. AWOS is consider by many Arabic speakers a bad way of writing , and it will threaten the Arabic language . They view this system as combination of Arabic and English . While it is true such fears may be valid if the two languages are used together as in a hybrid of English and Spanish , Spanglish , AWOS is not the same. The writing system is not affect the language itself or cause it to go extinct. Other languages have gone through the same process of implementing Latin characters in their writing system and have not been affected. The concern is mostly due to Arabic countries that uses more languages in everyday discourse .For example , in Moroco they speak Arabic and