Released on = January 30, 2007, 3:44 am

Press Release Author = dakir/DILAP

Industry = Education

Press Release Summary = Our conception of the Arabic language and culture is
strictly secular and merely didactic.

Press Release Body =
Teaching Arabic in Europe and America

In Europe, and in France in particular, research in the teaching of language has
enabled teachers of Arabic to adapt and benefit from the most advanced teaching
techniques. Although it is not easy to define linguistically what constitutes modern
Arabic today, there are uses of contemporary Arabic one must take into account in an
Arabic course: writing is no longer restricted to books, it has long been fully
integrated into daily life, especially in administrative use, but also by all the
forms of modern media, including newspapers, the Internet, advertisements, street
signs, storefronts and other public sources of information.

Written Arabic is becoming more and more a language of communication and of business
(meetings, debates, and audio-visual presentations thanks satellite networks). Thus,
mastery of spoken Arabic is a major component of proficiency today (even if it
remains incomplete without sufficient knowledge of the register of the dialect.)

To teach Arabic as a living foreign language necessitates giving special attention
to spoken Arabic and its special phonetic characteristics. Trying to learn Arabic
without sustained speaking practice is impossible. Similar attention must be given
to writing to assure mastery of a new alphabet and the development of the skills
necessary for switching between reading and writing. Practicing reading and writing
without constant reversion to short vowels, which are used less and less in
contemporary Arabic, is essential.



The reasons why we feel attracted to a foreign language are always quite personal;
they depend on our own story and on our own background. Learning a language may at
first sight look complex, demanding and time consuming.

That is why Dilap has come up with the idea of having several points of entry to the
language, called gates. Each of these gates will embody one main motivation. The
gates make it possible to learn the language in different ways, none of them
necessarily being a full approach to it but still remaining both fast and concrete
ways to apprehend it. In that way the Great Gate to the Arabic language for a
beginner would be our comprehensive teaching method called "Al-Manhaj" which will
teach the learner the basics in grammar, spelling, phonetics, writing and
vocabulary.
Yet for those attracted to the mysteries of Arabic writing...

Web Site = http://www.dilap.eu

Contact Details = Didactiques Langues Publications BP 25 91801 Brunoy Cedex France