The most widely studied foreign language in American colleges and universities is Spanish. Yet, the Modern Language Association reports that the number of students studying Arabic has gone up 92.3% — to 10,584 — between 1998 and 2002. The number of colleges teaching Arabic has also increased by 48%. Since there are many dialects of Arabic it’s difficult for teachers to select the appropriate one to teach. Students need to concentrate on the area they need. Right now the Arabic dialect of Iraq (LA Times, Free Subscription) is popular but other versions are just as important.
Arabic is considered a crucial language for national security reasons . But of course, learning the language is valuable for other reasons.
Through cooperation between the University of California and Brigham Young University online classes in Arabic will be offered this fall. other schools already teach languages online. First semester Italian is available online at San Francisco City College. Allan Hancock College teaches first, second, and third semester Italian online. More information on language courses online is available at California Virtual University.
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