The language factor in scientific research</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="The language factor in scientific research"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="The,language,factor,in,scientific,research"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">22-11-2004</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>The language factor in scientific research</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_vhAVniy5W6gJINgZMPtD_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Islam Online, UK: In a realistic and provocative article on Saturday, Islam Online questions why Arab-speaking countries are so far behind in their research effort, when some of the countries in question are among the richest in the world. According to the author, Dr. Ehab Abdelrahim M. Ali: <br> <br>"The real cause of retardation of scientific research in our region […] is the language factor. All developed countries in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, and the majority of developing countries in Latin America and Asia teach medicine in their native languages. <br> <br>[…] medicine is taught in Arabic only in Syria, while certain medical subjects are studied in Arabic in certain colleges in the Sudan, in Libya and Yemen. Other Arab countries teach medicine in English or in French. <br> <br>The use of national languages […] is the cornerstone of any real development in the quality of education… <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.islam-online.net/English/Science/2004/11/article06.shtml" target="blank">www.islam-online.net/English/Science/2004/11/article06.shtml</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show