How cultural diversity motivates american students to learn Arabic language

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A case study of why American students learn Arabic language.

The topic is stimulated by the cultural diversity that is gaining extended importance in the American educational institutions.

The aim of this study is to explore if the cultural diversity has an effect to encourage American students to learn Arabic language as well as to know what the main motivation of American students to learn Arabic is.

The purpose of the study is to make the American students realize the importance of enhancing the cultural diversity initiatives taken by the society to learn Arabic.

The research question of this research is "How does cultural diversity persuades American students acquire Arabic language?" Contextually, this research paper is significant as it explores the motivations that are faced by the American students to learn Arabic.

The major problem that is faced by the American students in learning the Arabic language is which dialect they need to base on in order to use Arabic in both spoken and written forms as well.

Arabic is diglossia language which is there is a huge difference between formal and informal Arabic language.

The entire research based on this research question and qualitative research method is conducted to explore if cultural diversity has a vital role in the students' motivation to learn Arabic.

Structured interviews and observation conducted among three American students for testing the research question and the data collected analyzed by using Nvivo software.