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The Extraordinary International Arabic Language Conference in Sharjah concluded its activities entitled: “Distance Education in Teaching the Arabic Language: Reality, Requirements, and Prospects,” under the slogan: “In Arabic We Innovate,” in the presence and participation of specialized experts and researchers in the field of teaching and learning the Arabic language at the regional and international levels.
The conference lasted for five days, from October 25 to 29, 2020, and was organized by the Educational Center for the Arabic Language for the Gulf States in cooperation with the Ministry of Education. The closing session was attended by a large crowd remotely, from all participants, organizing committees, specialists, and lovers of the Arabic language.
The conference sections included poetry poems in love with the Arabic language, most notably: I am the classical language, and the poem: I am the verse of the Qur’an, by the poet participating in the conference, Dr. Badr bin Salem bin Jamil Al-Sanani, from the Sultanate of Oman, and a visual presentation prepared by the Educational Center for the Arabic Language for the Gulf States in Sharjah.
The conference president, Dr. Issa Saleh Al Hammadi, announced the conference’s recommendations, which came within the framework of the conference’s research, studies, and recommendations of the participants, by listing their opinions regarding those recommendations. At the end of the closing session, the participants and the organizing committees were honored.
At the conclusion of its work, the conference recommended working to develop a frame of reference for employing technology in teaching the Arabic language to speakers of it, and to speakers of other languages, and preparing educational programs and materials (audio, visual, and audio-visual) that contribute to developing the Arabic language skills and its elements among learners, and that are usable in face-to-face education and distance education.
The recommendations also included attention to building technical media and educational platforms suitable for Arabic language learners of special needs, and the need for Arabic language curricula in the general education stages to be compatible with the requirements for employing technology in education, especially what is related to teaching listening, sounds, and digital stories, in addition to preparing educational language games and games that are attractive to learners and contribute to enhancing the learning of language skills and its elements, in addition to preparing interactive electronic dictionaries of Arabic language vocabulary and structures, for Arabic language learners and speakers of other languages.
At the conclusion of the recommendations, the conference participants expressed their desire to hold conferences and seminars that serve the Arabic language and its teaching on a regular basis. To keep pace with developments taking place in the field, and so that our beautiful language gets the place it deserves among languages: developing its education, supporting its status, and enhancing its spread.
