An international seminar on Arabic language is held on December 7-9 in Tunis at the initiative of the Forum of Carthage civil society organisation, in partenership with Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO) and the University of Tunis, the Centre of Economic and Social Studies and Reasearch (French: CERES) with the support of Tunisia’s Foundation for Development.
Some sixty actors representing international organisations, such as the ALECSO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation and the Arab World Institute (IMA), researchers and teacher-researchers from Tunisian, Algerian, Moroccan, French, Italian and Serbian universities as well as Arab language experts and education supervisors are participating.
Reforms to be introduced are on the agenda of the event. The place of the Arabic language -the 6th among the most spoken in the world- and its status as official language in international authorities, not to mention its role in media and business,
is not compatible with its situation in Arab countries, participants highlighted. It is scarcely used in administrations and in the economic, cultural, educational areas and scientific research.
The seminar puts forward practical and realistic solutions to enhance the status of the Arabic language in Arab countries and proposes new mechanisms to encourage reading in Arabic, adopt the language in the professional field (reports, correspondence, etc) and support Arabic teaching for non-natives.
Participants are also urged to propose new mechanisms likely to help Tunisian researchers publish the findings of their researches
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse