SCHOOL DICTIONARY FOR TEACHING ARABIC TO NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS AT BASIC LEVELS IN MALI
School dictionary is one of the tools for language teaching to foreigners. It provides the foreign learner with linguistic vocabulary along with its etymological, social and figurative meanings. It develops his communication skills, especially if the dictionary is designed for foreigners, written according to the standards and principles of language teaching to non-native speakers; it contains words that correspond to the age and age group, and to the objectives of Arabic language teaching. These words feature social and cultural meanings, general information, local and Arabic civilizational expressions. The dictionary has structures, expressions and words that meet the linguistic, cultural and scientific needs of learners suitable for their age, cultural and scientific level.
Keywords: Dictionary, School, Foreign Learner, Language Acquisition.