Problems Facing Teaching of Arabic in Turkey

Abstract

This article deals with problems encountered in teaching of Arabiclanguage in Turkey. The problems are discussed in different cate- gories after detailing on the importance of Arabic, the goals inteaching of Arabic, and the institutions where Arabic is taught.The problems are sometimes caused by the perspective Arabic isviewed from and sometimes by the inadequacy and unsuitabilityof method(s) employed by instructors. Structural differences between Arabic and Turkish languages, lack of tools-equipment,misquotation of Arabic words borrowed into Turkish, lack of profi- ciency of grammar in the first language, planning problems withcurriculum, and unsuitability of learning environment are theproblems discussed in this article.