The Higher Education Council in Jordan decided to approve the establishment of an undergraduate program in applied Arabic language at the Faculty of Arts at Yarmouk University, beginning in the first semester of the academic year 2024-2025. The Dean of the Faculty, Dr. Muhammad Al-Anqra, said that this program is the first of its kind at the level of universities in the Middle East, indicating that it is a unique and pioneering specialization in academic and applied terms and is able to provide the best professional competencies in the field of applied Arabic language. He then pointed out that the establishment of this program at Yarmouk University came with the aim of preparing qualified graduates to the labor market in the fields of teaching Arabic, proofreading, journalistic work, and areas of daily life in which the Arabic language is used.

Al-Anqra also pointed out that the development of the program is an urgent necessity, given the contemporary global trend towards applied sciences, including languages, indicating that the Arabic language is one of the rapidly spreading languages globally and that it is deadly needed to develop the education of Arabic to cope with technical developments and the international diversity in the fields of work, whether in education, media, courts, etc. He stated: The new program of Arabic seeks to disseminate theoretical and applied linguistic knowledge within an educational system characterized by integration, development and openness. It also aims at preparing specialists in applied Arabic language studies, equipped with sufficient communicative skills and qualified enough to apply this knowledge and experience in the fields of research and all fields of work that require the employment of applied Arabic and its techniques. In addition, the program tries to consolidate the values of belonging, develop critical thinking skills, self-learning, teamwork by focusing on the four language skills: Reading, writing, speaking and listening.

With regard to the fields of work available to graduates of this major, Al-Anqra pointed out that they include working as a teacher of the Arabic language, in addition to proofreading, linguistic editing, and presenting radio and television programs.