Investigating the Interests and Skill Development of the Students of Arabic Language and Literature

Today, the importance of learning Arabic language and the need for educating qualified experts in Iran are felt more than the past centuries due to the governing religious, social and political approaches. Whether graduates in these disciplines can meet the market needs and be a qualified workforce to serve the community is a question that this search is trying to answer it. Due to the relationship between academic interest and skills, there is a need to review that in whatt extent this relationship increases or decreases the interest of students while studying. This field of study was conducted on the students of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Allameh Tabatabai universities. The survey data showed that interest was the main factor of students’ choosing Arabic; however, after education, their interest has been reduced considerably. In addition, approximately less than half of the students have gained acceptable qualification, especially in the four skills of language learning: reading, writing, speaking and listening