... a lot in common between English and German, as well as the Semitic languages Arabic and Hebrew. For instance, the English "My name is..." harmonizes with the German "Mein name ist..." and the Arabic "????" correspond to the Hebrew "khamaish". There are more differences between English and Arabic than of similarities; while Arabic uses definite article with abstract nouns as in " ??????", English abstract nouns do not include neither definite nor indefinite articles as in "We must strive to achieve peace" Contrastive linguistics assists teachers in developing course materials for language teaching and helps translators strengthen and widen their knowledge about both source language and the target language. It also helps learners of foreign language remedy and avoid the common errors arising from the influence of the mother tongue. The more Arabic speakers studying English become aware of the differences and similarities of the two languages, ...

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