ONLINE GLOBAL CLASSROOM (OGC) EGYPT-MALAYSIA “LEARN THE ARABIC LANGUAGE; IT WILL SHARPEN YOUR WISDOM”

Centre for Modern Languages had successfully conducted a Global Classroom (GC) for Arabic for Beginners (UHF1141) course. This GC was held on 30 of April 2021 via an online platform (Google Meet).

The participants of this event were the UMP students enrolled in the Arabic for Beginners course in Semester II 2021. The international guest lecturer, Mr. Hesham Mostafa Said Fahmy, Supervisor Teacher of Computer Science El Geel El-Moslem School Tanta, Egypt had given his lecture on the topic of ‘Introducing oneself’.

The instructor of this course who organised this event was Mrs. Rosjuliana Hidayu Binti Rosli. 60 students have participated in this event. Irfan, one of the participants said “it is a good exposure for the students to learn about the Arabic language with the native speaker”.  Meanwhile, Wan Amirah said, “thank you very much for this golden opportunity, we are able to introduce ourselves to the respective native speaker and it was very exciting”.

Arabic is the fifth most spoken language and with an estimated 425 million native and non-native speakers throughout the world. It is hoped that this event can be conducted again in the future and we can learn more about the Arabic Language across borders and culture.

Prepared by: Rosjuliana Hidayu Binti Rosli, Siti Ainun Jariyah Binti Hassan, Jamilah Bebe Binti Mohamad