Teaching vocal skills to non-arabic speaking preschool children and principles of developing appropriate language educational programs for them

• Main Authors: Nashaat Abdelaziz, Abdelqader Baioumy, Abeer Ahmed, Abdeltawab
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6797/1/FH02-FKI-20-36828.pdf; http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6797/

The field of teaching Arabic to speakers of other languages suffers from insufficient educational curricula and research that address the problems and difficulties facing those learners. Therefore, the study aimed to identify the characteristics and problems of the pre-school stage in teaching Arabic as a foreign language, as well as the most important vocal skills and the principles of developing language educational programs for preschool learners. The study used the descriptive analytical approach in the collection and discussion of data, through reviewing some previous studies. Some of the findings the study reached, included: The pre-school stage is one of the most essential stages in acquiring a foreign language, therefore, teaching vocal skills to children at this stage is a vital step due to the distinctive characteristics such learners possess. The study provided a list of vocal skills appropriate for children at this stage, and a set of principles and criteria that have to be met to ensure the success of the language educational programs developed. The study recommended the development of programs and textbooks for teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speaking children based on their needs and in light of international standards.