Monthly Archives: September, 2020
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Arabic: A Global Language for Today’s Interconnected World
by Fauzia Saeed In today’s educational landscape, inclusive language education has become an imperative. Educational institutions must shift away from…
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A Journey of Empowerment: Reflections on the QFI-Organized Symposium on Arabic Language Learning in Europe
Recently, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the symposium on the teaching and learning of Arabic, organized by QFI…
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A Bilingual Revolution for Arabic.
As a language educator and enthusiast, I recently had the privilege of participating in QFI’s symposium focused on Arabic language…
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Arabic Speaking Competition Winners
QFI and the British Council are thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s Arabic Speaking Competition, which saw over…
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Teaching Arab Culture in the Classroom
How do you teach about Arab Culture in the classroom? What are ways to highlight its complexities and nuances? Three…
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“Shut the fridge, Ahmad!” Teaching Culture in Arabic Language Classrooms in the UK
by Tony Calderbank I remember the very first real spoken Arabic sentence I ever understood. Iqfil it-talaaga y Ahmad. I…
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Language Learning: A Life Skill
By Fhiona Mackay, Director of Scotland’s National Centre for Languages Recently, I have been contemplating my own language journey. I…
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Arabic as a Skill
2023 is the European Year of Skills. The European Union (EU) recognizes that ‘having a workforce with the skills that…
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Differentiation within Learner Groups of Arabic as a Heritage Language at Schools in Saxony
By Maria Alsalaitah, Laura Schalück, Bahi Ismail This study was published in November 2022 in the Journal of Intercultural Foreign…