RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language will launch Arabic Language Month in Indonesia on Sunday. The four-week event, which runs until Feb. 2, includes a program of activities in the cities of Jakarta and Malang developed in partnership with educational organizations. They have been designed to enhance the teaching of the Arabic language, improve teachers’ performance, and raise the profile of the language through events at Indonesian universities that have Arabic language departments and programs, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Abdullah Al-Washmi, the secretary-general of the academy, said it is committed to promoting the Arabic language locally and internationally, and that the month-long program aims to showcase the academy’s language-teaching work to non-native speakers, highlight the Kingdom’s contributions to Arabic, and enhance teaching standards to improve learning outcomes. During the month, the academy and Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta will jointly host an Arabic language-related competition with three sections: recitation, storytelling and Arabic calligraphy. Events during three of the weeks will take place in Jakarta, and for one week in Malang. They will include four training courses for teachers, and two discussion panels focusing on active-learning strategies for teaching Arabic as a second language, and enhancing practices.