Teaching Arabic for Professional Purpose: Develop a Pilot Course for Humanitarian Volunteers in Malaysia

Presently there are very few Malaysian Volunteers. The former Prime Ministerof Malaysia, Dato Sri Najib Abdul Razzaq, had encouraged volunteerism as a multiethnicMalaysian social lifestyle, to make Malaysia a center and volunteer model.Showing statistics released by UNHCR in Malaysia in October 2018, there are about8645 registered refugees in Malaysia coming from Arab countries including Yemen,Syria, Iraq and Palestine. The refugees are increasing every day, and this situation pavesthe way for Malaysians to participate in voluntary work. This study aims to achieve thefollowing objectives; Statement of language requirements in the field of humanitarianwork, to demonstrate skills to focus on humanitarian volunteers and to design the standardstatement of Arabic language for professional purposes in the field of humanitarianwork.