Teaching Arabic Language in Mishkah University Program
First: Introduction
It aims to teach the Arabic language to the non-native speakers all over the world. It has been adapting to the method of distance learning since 2007. To serve this purpose, the series “Gisruka ilal Arabiyyah” was composed. Another department was established to train how to teach the Arabic language to the non-native speakers.
Second: Department Policy (Curricula and Educational Goals)
In the field of composing books:
- Mishkat curricula are composed under the supervision of the university’s authorship committee, especially the series of teaching Arabic to non-native speakers. It was composed by experts in this field to help those wishing to complete their studies in Arabic in linguistic, Islamic, economic and media sciences (learning Arabic for specific purposes) and learn Arabic as a tool of communication at the same time
- The series “Gisruka ilal Arabiyyah” is divided into three main levels in addition to the preliminary book provided to those having no back ground in Arabic, so that it is suitable for both European and American language education systems
- It serves the four educational skills: listening, pronunciation, and reading, in addition to writing in terms of dictation, expression, and creativity.
- It also contains linguistic games to develop the fifth skill, which is to think in Arabic to achieve communicative interaction inside classrooms or through distance learning.
- In addition, it provides some supplementary booklets for phonetics, grammar, a teacher’s guide, translations of question headings, and glossaries at lessons’ ends with barcodes in the student’s book.
- Activity books were composed along with student book.
- An online placement test is provided and followed by an oral one to determine the student’s level.
In the field of teaching:
The series is taught by a highly experienced male and female teachers. Though, students have the option of learning from other books.
In the field of training teachers:
The department offers training for instructors teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, especially in the West and issues a professional certificate. A link is provided to clarify the program’s details.
Arabic Language Prep Certificate and others
This online program aims to teach fluent communication in the Arabic language to non-Arabic speaking students. It will empower those who wish to continue studying the Islamic, economic, media, and language sciences in the Arabic language to fulfill their goals. The Introduction to Arabic Class is geared for non-native speakers who have little or no previous knowledge of the Arabic language.
This program is not part of BA degree program but a perfect opportunity to begin what will hopefully be a rich and lifelong relationship with the language of the Quran.
The series “Gisruka ilal Arabiyyah” serves preliminary, beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.
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The Prophet 
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Dr. Salah Al-Sawy
Mishkah University President
Chairman of the Board of Founders
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In Arabic, Mishkah (مشكاة) is a niche in the wall
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Recognizing the need for credible Islamic universities in the West, Dr. Salah Assawy and other founding members initiated an effort to establish an academic institution that would enable students of knowledge to study Islam in a convenient, flexible, and affordable manner. Formerly known as Sharia Academy of America, the university was founded in 2004 in order to become a vanguard institute of higher learning, pioneering in its kind and scope.
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At Mishkah, we are committed to the dissemination of Islamic knowledge from the most authentic sources – the Quran and the Sunnah. As an online Islamic University, we use teaching methods that rely on contemporary technology yet remain rooted in the Islamic scholarly tradition.
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