Language Barriers Essay

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Language barriers can impede communication. In many communications the message may not be received exactly the way it is intended. By recognizing communication barriers and then making an effort to remove them an improvement in the overall communication can be brought about. Some common barriers to effective communication are unfamiliarity with language, unfamiliarity with communication style, passive and poor listening habits, cross-cultural barriers and so forth.
The effect of language barriers, that is, lack of comprehension and ability to communicate, limits the capacity to learn. Not being able to thoroughly understand significantly decreases the ability to extract lessons and to pay heed to admonition. Language barriers also prevent …show more content…

The Islamic state’s educational system 's pivotal player is the mosque. With the language barrier removed, the next step would require the rearranging of the administrative and organizational infrastructure of this system of education. The central foundation, upon which to build, would be none other than the study of the knowledge Qur 'an and Sunnah in the Arabic language. It seems pointless to formulate an education system based upon interests that run counter to ones intrinsic values and imparted in a language of foreign origin. With a starting point and strong backbone vested in the language of revelation and the knowledge of the Qur 'an and Sunnah, the mosques would then regain their earlier lost positions as custodians of the educational …show more content…

LIVING ISLAM THROUGH QURANIC ARABIC
Reinstating and reviving the practice of Islam in our daily lives through the transformative power of the language of revelation is not only a possibility but a proven reality through our predecessors. This was so because the Qur 'an and its language was a regular, integral part of their lives connecting them to meaning. With a connection to meaning, its realities and implications were made apparent to them and they acted upon it and lived their lives informed by the worldview that it presented. This is the transformative power of the Quran.
Both the denotative and connotative power of the language of revelation, the Qur 'anic Arabic, imparts a depth and breadth in meaning which ultimately defines and shapes a practicing community.
Today, the prevailing absence of the practice and spirit of Islam in our lives is largely due to the fact that there is dissociation with its language. This neglect of the language has resulted in its inaccessibility, inapplicability and loss of its influence in daily life.
And the Messenger (Muhammad SAW) will say: "O my Lord! Verily, my people deserted this Qur 'an (neither listened to it, nor acted on its laws and

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