THE ROLE OF ONLINE PLATFORMS IN TEACHING ARABIC -AL-JAZEERA PLATFORM AS AN EXAMPLE-
Online platforms are defined as (websites that have a technical link on the Web, containing units or lessons for teaching the Arabic language, which consist of a number of educational materials and activities that provide a set of multimedia to achieve specific educational goals). Education is no longer confined to educational institutions and universities. Because of the Internet, the field of education has expanded, especially with the emergence of online learning as one of the means that support the teachin/ learning process, transforming it from the well-known indoctrination phase in traditional education to another, more distinguished and creative phase. It works on developing skills through adopting computers and networks in the transfer of knowledge and skills. The importance of these educational platforms has emerged with the breakout of the Corona pandemic, which have led governments to adopt online learning and educational platforms in the delivery of academic material to students - in line with the decisions of closing schools, universities and public facilities, that swept the world, in order to save people's lives in light of the spread of the virus. Here, the importance of educational platforms emerged, including "Al Jazeera platform for teaching Arabic to native and non-native speakers." This platform relies on Al Jazeera news network, which it is affiliated with, to provide the platform with written, audio and video news, making it with rich and renewable content. This is, in addition to lessons in teaching Arabic. These lessons are on (syntax, morphology, and spelling) divided into three levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and each of them is divided into (lower, intermediate, higher) preceded, in the beginner level, with teaching the pronunciation of Arabic sounds. All of this is accompanied by a number of exercises and comprehension questions, with a list of the most prominent words in the text and their translation, and through the tests on the platform, it is possible to determine the linguistic level of the learner.
Keywords: Teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, E-Learning, Teaching Arabic sounds.