Essays on Arabic Language

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* Language; I was born in the Middle East and I speak Arabic fluently.   Arabic language has impacted my life and worldview and I don't need to struggle to converse in different languages including the English language. I am speaking one of the hardest and richest languages meaning that I might speak more than one language and it will not be as hard as the Arabic language.  * Islam; my parents are Muslims. They taught me Islam which gives me the rules according to which I live. However, Islam has impacted my life because I strongly believe there is another ...

The preliminary title of the proposed research project is “A contrastive study of transitivity and intransitivity in formal and colloquial Arabic and English”. The final title of the research project is not carved in stone and will likely be subject to change, if some nuanced corrections are suggested.

Background

In the languages that are widely spoken in the world today, all verbs can be categorized as transitive, intransitive or ambitransitive. Historically, linguists have understood transitivity as a “transfer of energy from one entity to another” (Hoche, 2009, p. 148). It appears from this definition that transitive verbs presume the transfer ...

Introduction

Definition of Culture: What is culture? Why is culture important? How does literature define culture? Symbols and Language What are symbols and language? What is the importance of symbols and language in culture? Norms and Values What are customs and values? How do people define norms and values? Which values are important in the modern world? Which values are important in the West? Which values are important in Doha, Qatar? Conclusion What is culture? What are the most important aspects of culture? Summary Culture Introduction Culture involves the shared set of values, beliefs, customs, traditions, morals, knowledge, art, language, ...

The oil boom in Kuwait in the 1950s marked the biggest economic and social changes in the country. The opulence that the oil brought changed the way people lived their lives, from an economy which relied mainly on pearling, to a more comfortable and sedentary urban lifestyle. This trend was also translated to the system of education in the country. Before the oil boom, there were only few schools established in Kuwait. Al Mubarakiyya was the first modern educational institution in the country. Established in 1912, it was supported by the merchants primarily to have people working for them, ...

Ever since the coordinated attacks of the September 11, 2001, America has been put through an enormous number of changes. The man who is primarily believed to have caused the September 11, 2001 attack is believed to be Osama Bin Laden. He is considered by the American government to be the mastermind of the attacks that brought down the Twin Towers in the city of New York. Some of the changes that can be identified are related to the security. Furthermore, intelligence reports that have been carried out by the American security forces indicate that Osama Bin Laden is ...

In a quantitative research design for my problem statement, Arabic language instruction intervention will be implemented in an experimental group taking a 24 week course at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the Presidio of Monterey, California. A control group with no intervention methods will also be studied at the same time. Information would be recorded via test scores at the end of the course; all participants would take the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI), and the mean scores for both groups would be compared to determine whether the hypothesis (that the instructional methodologies in question can provide better oral ...

Research Survey Plan

The survey design for this research proposal is intended to examine the effects of various methodologies and strategies to improve second language acquisition in the Defense Language Institute's (DLI) program for Arabic language instruction. A mixed method of inquiry was chosen for this design in order to compare both the actual test scores of students undertaking the program and the qualitative experiences the students went through as a result of the various interventions.

Twenty military students will be selected at random among those signed up to take the DLI course for 41 weeks. The only stratification that will occur ...

INTRODUCTION

For my forthcoming study, my research problem is thus: many educators, linguists and scholars in the field of Standard Arabic language instruction need to conduct research that identifies specific difficulties Americans encounter in learning Arabic by classroom instruction. In order to properly investigate this problem, however, I need to decide on a philosophical worldview with which to study it. The importance of the philosophical worldview revolves around the way in which I would look at the problem and the research involved in it. In this paper, we will examine four major philosophical worldviews that could potentially inform my research.

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