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Abdullah Al Qamzi

Abdulla.AlQamzi@emaratalyoum.com

April 18 2022

“Literature” is speech that is not understood, and in the intermediate lexicon: “our jargon” or “word of jargon,” i.e. speaking in foreign language that the audience does not understand.

And the foreigner came in the Noble Qur’an, and it is a language other than the Arabs.

The occasion of the hadith is that a segment of Arab citizens and residents speak English with their children at home or all the time, and these are three groups:

The first was raised on English, and sees it as the most appropriate option for children, and that Arabic has no future, and their proof that education in English and employment are required, and no one asks about Arabic.

The second is the opposite of the first. They suffer from a complex of not mastering English, and they want their children to be able to do so, so as not to repeat the mistake of their parents.

The third is her view that English is more important than Arabic, and the latter will be learned by children over time, and they will master it later, as they grow up.

I say with confidence that all three views are wrong.

It is not civilized in anything to be accustomed to a foreign language with our children, on the contrary, this is a weak upbringing, and a lack of identity and culture.

If we look at the two languages, we will find that English is the easiest language.

Arabic is a difficult language, even if it is the most beautiful language in the world, and if we ask the Arabs themselves, they will not deny that.

A child has a clean mind, not like the minds of us adults who are preoccupied with life's worries.

A child is a quick learner, and this is his only job in the first 20 years of his life. If his mind is clean, he is ready to receive the Arabic language, which is the most difficult and he will learn it easily.

The English language is very easy, and it is the one that can be picked up later in life, whether at the age of five or later, provided that it is learned through an excellent curriculum, so that the student will be able to learn it in five years, as is the case with any foreign language, if a person persists in learning a foreign language with the skills Four, he will be able to do it in five years.

But the best, of course, and this is my opinion, is to teach both languages ​​at the age of five, at the same level, and not to give one language over another.

If you start with English, your child will get complicated when he meets his Arab peers, and he will feel marginalized, because he does not understand them, and when he grows up he will avoid attending social events.

Attitude

What we see today as normal is in other cultures a lack of respect.

There is no Englishman who uses French with his language when speaking with his fellow countryman.

There is no French who mixes his language with English when speaking with his compatriot.

For them, this is a lack of taste, so why not some of us prefer lingering over our most beautiful language?!

• A child is a quick learner, and this is his only job in the first 20 years of his life.

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