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Aldiwan Center has published many textbooks for teachers of Arabic as a foreign language |
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It also kept interest in incorporating technology in its learning materials, as voice overs of its textbooks and multimedia presentations. Outside the classroom materials they developed electronic dictionaries and how-to guides. |
It also kept interest in incorporating technology in its learning materials, as voice overs of its textbooks and multimedia presentations. Outside the classroom materials they developed electronic dictionaries and how-to guides. |
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Revision as of 12:09, 5 September 2007
Aldiwan Arabic Language Center, briefly Aldiwan Center, is an Arabic language school based in Cairo, Egypt and established in 1997. It focuses on providing Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)certificates and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (ECA) courses.
Accreditation and credit courses
The center is nationally accredited as an Arabic language instruction school in Egypt. While independent sources indicate that courses offered at Al Diwan Center are recognized and credited by some highly-ranked US and Canadian universities[1], from which scholarship holders receive university-level credits, Al Diwan Center has no published information yet on this issue.
Methods of instruction
Aldiwan Center claims implementation of the Audio-Lingual Method in teaching Arabic as a foreign language with a communicative approach in teaching Arabic as a foreign language, which is based on the behaviorist theory of learning [2].
Courses of Arabic and Quran
Aldiwan Center is an Arabic language school, whose main focus is language instruction, while providing Tajwid, and Arabic calligraphy courses is extra effort on the behalf of Aldiwan to enhance the students' skills, but not the main stream.
Publications and software
Aldiwan Center has published many textbooks for teachers of Arabic as a foreign language [3],[4], compared to those of the American University in Cairo and other reputable academic institutions, which resulted in a positive opinion of some students. It also kept interest in incorporating technology in its learning materials, as voice overs of its textbooks and multimedia presentations. Outside the classroom materials they developed electronic dictionaries and how-to guides.
Relationship with other educational institutions
Aldiwan Center has been in a high profile with many of the US students and professors of high ranking universities who elect to use its services. Aldiwan has been publishing for years its acceptance of US and Canadian universities’ scholarships with positive testimonials from their students [5], [6].
Evaluation
While Aldiwan Center refers its reputation to its core team of higly-qualified teachers who have graduate diplomas in teaching Arabic as a foreign language and their methods of instruction, some old students assure Aldiwan of the practicality and one-on-one tutoring it facilitates[7], [8], [9],[10].
Notable students
- Suhaib Webb, American Muslim preacher and [[Da'i]
- Sami Yusuf, British singer-songwriter Muslim
- Jeewan Chanicka, Canadian Muslim teacher and activist[9]
- Kakahama Mohamed Al Askary, Assistant Professor[10], Department of Philosophy & Religion, James Madison University, USA
References
- ^ Credit given to study Arabic-300, the undergraduate-level course at James Madison University[1]
- ^ Aldiwan Center Methods of instruction. [2]
- ^ Archived page of Aldiwan Center website features four books[3]
- ^ Multimedia programs and documents available on the current Aldiwan Center website for mailinglist subscribers[4]
- ^ News article on students of James Madison University in Virginia, USA studying on a scholarship at Aldiwan Center[5]
- ^ Aldiwan Center Scholarships and Grants Policy[6]
- ^ http://www.geocities.com/learnarabicincairo/
- ^ http://masyouthsap.wordpress.com/tag/studying-arabic/
- ^ Letter from Egypt , Genene Salman, Southern California InFocus Issue:April 2006[7]
- ^ Canadian Muslim student blog [8]
See also
- Arabic language
- Studying Arabic language
- Arabic language school
- Audio-Lingual Method
- Egyptian Arabic
External links
- Scholarship of James Madison University offered at Al Diwan Center.[11]