Скачать или смотреть Is Arabic Endangered Abu Saleh Anis Luqman Interviewed by Khalijia Mubashira TV

Telecasted on 21-Feb-2013 on Khalijia Mubashira Channel in Sayyidaty programme.

Subject: The problem of Arabic's endangerment

Summary :

Time: Start to Break number 1

Question: Is Arabic language endagered?

"Yes it is, but not by foreign languages like English but by its native speakers. The reason is that there are multiple dialects of Arabic that are spoken across different geographies. Further, there are a group of local dialects that children hear at home 90% of the times. As a result, 'Arabic' in its true sense is accessible to them only at schools and for a short period of time."

"It maybe argued that English too has many dialects. But advantage English is it's official/formal standardization, unlike Arabic even in schools. For example, the Arabic taught at Al-Yasmina is distinctly different from Arabic taught at some other schools that you have been to.

Time: After Break number 1 to the end
Subject: Solution

Started off with a point about a Jordanian doctor.

"There is a fatwa that teaching of Arabic must be compulsory because it is compulsory to understand the Quran and Ahadith. And anything that is a pre-requisite to something that is compulsory must be compulsory.

Some references to Spain, France, Almania. Did not catch that entirely.

"There is a need of an International Committee/Organization to promote/standardize Arabic the way it has been done for European languages. Simultaneously, within the Arab world, in schools, conversation in Arabic must be promoted. e.g. At Ad-Dar, weekly one hour long sessions are held in which all conversation is to be carried out only in Arabic. Focusing on Arabic, however, does not mean neglecting other languages; rather it implies developing a holistic multi-lingual educational foundation from primary through secondary and higher secondary classes that would behoove students of Arab origin to be at par with students from the rest of the world where such a foundation is already being leveraged upon."