Arabic Language Courses in UAE

Mother Tongue Center, Abu Dhabi:
Mother Tongue Center based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates offers specialized courses for instructors to develop their skills in teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers and communicate with the people of other cultures. It also provides practical solutions for what they need for cross-cultural communication and professional performance to make a success of the education process.

The Center organizes training courses for developing the character of the Arabic teacher. The Instructor Training Section aims at:

1. Preparing courses in teaching Arabic as a second language.
2. Preparing training systems and innovative approaches based on the Center′s curricula.
3. Preparing pedagogical guides based on the training course systems.
4. Developing the occupational specifications fitting teachers of all specializations in the Arabic language.
5. Developing the occupational specifications fitting the trainers of the training courses for teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers.

The teaching system in the Center is based on the use of cutting-edge technology through which the student′s linguistic needs in the Arabic language are further explored, hence such needs are covered by the teacher through a system specialized in addressing the weaknesses in each skill or linguistic component with the corresponding language tool with the help of audio and visual applications.

Linguistic practices are given in accordance with the needs of the student until he masters the language. They cover all the practical skills he was taught in the class.

The system of teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers is different from any other education system, because it is related to the second-language teaching systems not to teaching Arabic to native speakers. In other words, teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers involves skills and leads to acquisition of a new means of communication called the second language, while teaching Arabic to native speakers is an art that leads to acquisition of knowledge, information, culture and ideology. Therefore the systems used in teaching Arabic to native speakers should not be used in teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers.

The electronic system in the Mother Tongue Center gives the center uniqueness in terms of the diversity of Arabic-teaching programs. Such a system helps the center develop curricula in accordance with the interests and specialties of the student. It also saves time and effort needed for learning Arabic in certain aspects of interests, such as employment, business, diplomatic services, the service sector, the administrative sector, the artistic sector, scientific research etc. This system also offers many models of exercises that can help the student master one skill in a very short time.

General Arabic Courses; Group Arabic Courses; One-to-One Arabic Tuition; Arabic for Diplomats.

The Center relies on highly experienced teachers that are native speakers of Arabic and have academic qualifications, distinguished personal skills and considerable expertise. This gives the learner a feeling of the importance of the academic specialization and a confidence in the level of professionalism in education.