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1. Introduction This entry focuses on the didactics of teaching Arabic in a Western context, particularly at the university level, since this is where Arabic is most often taught in the West. In recent years, the teaching of Arabic has also spread to secondary schools and private language institutions, but they are still few in number and do not differentiate substantially, at least at this stage, from the teaching approach at universities. The teaching of foreign languages is always set in a historic and social context, and this is the case for the teaching of Arab…