Teaching the Arabic language in Algeria: dilemmas and solutions

Abstract

Discoursing on the problems of language acquisition is useless unless we establish first what the nature of leaning is. Besides, one basic way of determining that nature is linguistic description; and this concern should be at the level of what teaching requires, within a science that chooses well among the different fields of linguistics, especially how these fields are made available for both teachers and interested learners. It should also care about the way practionners deal with the teaching process. This study will attempt to tackle the most important difficulties in the process of acquiring Arabic and its arts through some models of teaching within the Algerian teaching institution. The essay will also try to identify the main reasons that led to lower standards in the acquisition of Arabic; and suggest alternatives for the methods responsible for that deterioration.