@article{2019,title={ACCESSING THE DIFFICULTY IN SPEAKING ARABIC LANGUAGE AMONG THEOLOGY STUDENTS IN TURKEY: THE CASE OF SAKARYA UNIVERSITY},abstractNode={Students spread over Turkey’s 206 official universities studying in various theology faculties have to undergo a year of Arabic language study before they are able to commence their main bachelor program. This initiative is necessitated by the deliberate effort of the education ministry to ensure that students are equipped with the necessary Arabic language skill to take them through the four years bachelor program. Students who fail to pass the year course are forced to repeat it until they get the required pass mark. However those who have previously studied Arabic are made to take the exams in order to be exempted from the full year program. Despite the full year program, students still find it difficult to speak fluent Arabic and in some cases do not understand the language when it is spoken. This paper makes an attempt to investigate the reason for the students’ inability to speak the language. Through conducting of interview, this paper brings together views of students and teachers with regards to Arabic language studies in the faculty of theology. The data gathered suggest that teachers using Turkish language as a medium of teaching of Arabic language has contributed largely to the students’ failure to master it. Some teachers have been recognized as unable to communicate fluently in the language despite the fact that they have high proficiency in it. The lack of continuity in using Arabic as a medium of teaching some subjects after the preparatory course makes students forget what they have acquired in the preparatory stage. Arabic language is greatly neglected throughout the four years course rendering its usage among students lower. However the reintroduction of native Arabic speakers as teachers of Arabic language has reduced the plight of the students. Despite this remarkable inroads made, there is the need for the education ministry to reintroduce measures which may include exchange programs between neighboring Arabic states to ensure students learn the language to the brim.},author={Abdul Kadır HUSSEIN},year={2019},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}