Arabic classes at Anne Arundel Community College are becoming more and more popular.
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| Professor Gordon Witty teaches students Arabic at Temple University According to the Modern Language Association, Arabic enrollment at the university level more than doubled from 2004 to 2008. The number of institutions offering programs grew from 264 to 466 over those four years. Those 466 programs enrolled about 23,874 students according to the MLA survey. That's a 77% increase! |
“America’s involvement in the Arab world is drawing an increased attention to this field of study,” said Khaled Sayed, Arabic professor at AACC.
There are 1,020 colleges today that offer Arabic classes according to the U.S College Search. This is more than ever before.
There are 1,020 colleges today that offer Arabic classes according to the U.S College Search. This is more than ever before.
Some students are taking Arabic to help them with their careers.
“I chose to take Arabic because it will be helpful for me in the future,” said Erica Bingham, an ex-student of Sayed’s. “I’m thinking about becoming an interpreter and Arabic is one of the hottest languages right now.”
But Arabic isn't an easy language to learn. Difficulties include:
- Pronunciation
- Knowing which letters connect to others and which don't.
- Learning the various forms of one letter
Nora,
ReplyDeleteSee my suggestions on the print version for how to improve your story; apply those ideas to the blog version, too. It feels incomplete now, and needs more information.
PHOTO: better to have a photo that you've taken yourself and can identify the person. Write a caption for it.
LINKS: the MLA link should take me to a page that shows me the information about the increase in Arabic classes. This one takes me to the main page, but that makes me hunt around for the information you cite in your story. For the last link, don't include the URL. The linked words should be "World Language Department" instead of the URL.
BULLETS: these words don't really need to be in a bulleted list. Try for something more meaty--perhaps the advantages of studying Arabic? Or maybe the difficulties?
FORMAT: The story looks good on the page, but some of it appears to be double-spaced and some single-spaced.