The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, and the Director of Arabic Language Programs at the American Council for International Programs (CIEE), Dr. Najeh Abu Orabi, discussed ways of joint cooperation between Yarmouk, represented by its Language Center, and the Council in the field of teaching Arabic language to non-native speakers. Massad pointed out that Yarmouk seeks to keep pace with developments and changes in various academic and educational fields to fulfill its mission of preparing elite students capable of making their distinctive mark in the various positions they hold at the local, regional, and international levels. He then stressed the University’s keenness to extend bridges of scientific cooperation between its Language Center and CIEE concerning the Arabic language program for non-native speakers and enabling the Center to obtain the American standards for teaching foreign languages (ACTFL).

In her turn, the Director of Yarmouk’s Language Center, Dr. Rana Qandil, indicated that the Center seeks to deploy any available means and methods to achieve international standards for teaching foreign languages, as evident in the Center’s cooperation with CIEE to offer a 10-hour training workshop for its Arabic language professors, under the supervision of Dr. Najeh Abu Orabi, on how to apply international standards in teaching foreign languages to non-native speakers. For his part, Abu Orabi praised the distinguished reputation of Yarmouk graduates who have proven their worth and competence at the international level. He also stressed CIEE's readiness to cooperate with Yarmouk’s Language Center to attract more students from the United States of America to join the Center’s Arabic language program for speakers of other languages.