Innovation in Language Learning

Reading is an activity which, as a result of eye-brain coordination, occurs via giving meanings to written symbols seen by eyes. Reading having different aims such as reaching and understanding available knowledge in written sources, improving vocabulary, reinforcement of expressing performance and reaching self-pleasure is important for both first language and second language teaching. Reading skill teaching accepted one of four main skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening - and interrelated with them is an activity which has been proceeded for centuries. Reading specifically selected texts has privileged to comprehend the nubs of foreign language. In our country, Arabic is taught at many private schools, departments of Arabic Literature, faculties of theology and imam-hatip schools. Ability of reading Arabic texts, of course, has an importance for teaching Arabic because an Arabic learner may easily find opportunities to improve reading rather than speaking and writing. Some reasons such as different alphabet, the problem of how words are articulated on its own due to being composed of consonants, how the last character is pronounced in different situations and having sounds which are not exist in other languages cause some problems in teaching Arabic reading. In this study, problems in teaching Arabic reading as a foreign language, solutions of these problems and how reading comprehension process can be conducted truly are argued.

KeyWords: Reading, Arabic, teaching reading.