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The Vocabulary Acquisition Of Arabic Language

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Introduction
Studying languages offers accesses to culture, history, art, literature and identity. Arabic is a widely spoken language. It is the official language of 22 countries, and it is one of the official languages of the United Nations. Arabic is ranked amongst the top languages mostly spoken in the world.
In many respects, Arabic differs from both Western and Asian languages. Therefrom, the literature related to second language curriculum is partially applicable to Arabic. Unlike other foreign languages, Arabic was somehow late in identifying its canon as a foreign langue literature. This leads Arabic language learning to face new and urgent challenges.
Indeed, the growth in the number of Arabic language learners and the demand for …show more content…

It also emphasizes the gain in language level during the learning process. This expected gain in learners’ language skills and vocabulary could be achieved through various vocabulary learning strategies (direct and indirect strategies) and through the integration between the vocabulary-acquisition activities and the other activities in the various skills of reading, writing and speaking. This integrated approach is supposed to be an effective way in acquiring proficiency of Arabic language. So, by the end of the course, student will acquire all Arabic letters including its different forms which are related to its position within the words. They will also acquire an acceptable number of vocabularies with the ability to use them in sentences. They will be able to communicate and to answer questions related to the acquired vocabularies and the content. Learners of Arabic in the VUB Arabic class face important challenges during language ²learning process. The nature of Arabic script which is different from Latin script as reading is one of the common method of acquiring language. The differences in Arabic sentence’s structure and many other syntactic and semantic specialties related to Arabic language. There are also some challenges related to vocabulary- acquisition process. The number of words require at each class at the various levels. The limited time devoted which does not account to attain considerable level of proficiency. The lack of well-designed tests and quizzes that help student review and activate acquired

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