Teaching Language for Special Purposes

Abstract

Teaching language for special purposes is one of the broadest fields of educational linguistics. Its beginnings were in teaching English. Teaching language for special purposes depends mainly on preparing courses that meet the learners' needs, aspirations and requirements according to the purposes for which they came to teach a language. Academic, medical, tourism, media, religious, kindergartens, or literacy centers must meet the necessary needs of the learners. Moreover, teaching Arabic for special purposes must be done through texts from the Holy Qur’an.. The honorable Sunnah of the Prophet, and the eyes of Arabic poetry, so that the learner can know something about Arab culture, and thus facilitate the process of communication with Arabic speakers.