Problems of teaching Arabic in Iranian high schools

Abstract

Arabic, is the language of Islam, our Islamic culture and Arabic countries. It’s a live & universal language and it mixed our culture & our literature completely; insofar as we can’t realize Persian literature without learning Arabic; because our Persian language is full of Arabic words an terms. So the 16 clause of our’s Constitution has forced learning Arabic. And this is the best reason to learn Arabic language. Book, teacher and student are the most important effective factors in teaching and learning. And each of them have features and functions. This article will explain the role of each of them in the teaching and learning Arabic. The research concluded that the teacher does not speak Arabic and do not use different teaching methods. The student is not interested in learning Arabic, The family also does not consider it and The book also has flaws. After Arabic language teaching and learning projects in Iran are old and in need of modernization. At the end this article propose some useful methods for teaching & learning Arabic in schools and creating incentives for students and their families and improving the t methods of teaching Arabic.