Adults and young people complete an Arabic language quiz in a community learning room.

سُكَّانُ أَبُوظَبِي يَخْتَبِرُونَ مَهَارَاتِهِمْ فِي الْعَرَبِيَّةِ

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أَعْلَنَ مَرْكَزُ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ فِي أَبُوظَبِي، يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، نَتَائِجَ أَوَّلِ اخْتِبَارٍ لِمَهَارَاتِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ فِي الْإِمَارَةِ. شَارَكَ فِيهِ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ آلَافِ شَخْصٍ مِنْ مُخْتَلِفِ الْأَعْمَارِ. وَكَانَتِ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ لُغَتَهُمُ الْأُولَى.

أَجَابَ الْمُشَارِكُونَ عَنْ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ سُؤَالًا، وَاخْتَارُوا الْإِجَابَةَ مِنْ عِدَّةِ خِيَارَاتٍ. قَاسَتِ الْأَسْئِلَةُ النَّحْوَ، وَالصَّرْفَ، وَالْإِمْلَاءَ، وَمَعَانِيَ الْكَلِمَاتِ.

أَظْهَرَ نَحْوُ سَبْعِينَ فِي الْمِئَةِ مِنَ الْمُشَارِكِينَ مُسْتَوًى مُرْضِيًا. وَكَانَ فَهْمُ مَعَانِي الْكَلِمَاتِ أَقْوَى مَهَارَةٍ. لٰكِنَّ الصَّرْفَ كَانَ أَضْعَفَ مَهَارَةٍ. وَسَيَسْتَخْدِمُ الْمَرْكَزُ النَّتَائِجَ لِإِعْدَادِ بَرَامِجَ تُنَاسِبُ حَاجَاتِ النَّاسِ.

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Abu Dhabi Residents Test Their Arabic Skills

On Friday, the Arabic Language Centre in Abu Dhabi announced the results of the emirate’s first assessment of Arabic skills. More than 4,000 people of different ages participated. Arabic was their first language.

The participants answered twelve questions, choosing each answer from several options. The questions measured grammar, word formation, spelling, and word meanings.

Around 70 percent of participants showed a satisfactory level. Understanding word meanings was the strongest skill. However, word formation was the weakest skill. The centre will use the results to develop programs that meet people’s needs.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
اِخْتِبَارٌ noun test; assessment
مَهَارَةٌ noun skill
مُشَارِكٌ noun participant
خِيَارٌ noun option; choice
النَّحْوُ noun grammar; syntax
الصَّرْفُ noun word formation; morphology
الْإِمْلَاءُ noun spelling
مُرْضٍ adjective satisfactory

Sources

  1. Abu Dhabi Media Office: Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre announces findings of the first emirate-wide Arabic language proficiency indicator
  2. The National: Language study offers snapshot of Arabic proficiency among Abu Dhabi residents

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