A new education report has exemplified a lack of progress in the teaching of Arabic in private schools in Dubai.
Young Arabs feel speaking English lends them an air of sophistication, and this in turn means they are neglecting their mother tongue. They feel English will consolidate their global identity and make them more amenable to consuming Western culture, which beams into the living-rooms on a daily basis by the influx of television, social media, the Internet and other means of disseminating information.
Reports say that students as young as 10 or 11 prefer reading texts in English, rather than Arabic. The rate of learning is slow and only native Arabic speakers in schools converse in Arabic. Rest of the students, be they in India, America or the U.K. school system are not strongly disposed towards the language. They find it oudated, outmoded and a waste of time.
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