The Middle Eastern Studies department at the University of Texas at Austin teaches many languages ​​spoken in the Middle East such as Turkish, Hebrew, and Urdu, but the Arabic is the largest program. Arabic study programs are government-funded and linked to many schools in the Middle East, such as in Egypt and Jordan. It offers bachelor's, master's, and PhD degrees, as well as professional certifications, but the unique doctoral program offered is to teach Arabic to non-native speakers. In this department, Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal and Abbas Al-Tonsi published the textbook "Al-kitaab", used "nationally and internationally" to teach Arabic. In one of the top five Arabic teaching programs in the nation, as a native Arabic speaker and English learner, I meet Brian and Jim, who are American college students, at the Union Building at least once a week to exchange the language and learn more about languages ​​of others. culture. I have found that the improvement in their Arabic skills is remarkable. As a result, I decided to interview them and asked them about their experience. At the beginning of the interview, Brian explained why he studies Arabic by recounting his experience in the Middle East in the US Army. He discovered that aspects of Arabic were completely different from those of other languages ​​he knew, such as English and German. Language and culture are inseparable, and it is difficult to learn Arabic without understanding the culture; therefore, he decided to study Arabic because “You learn two things at once.” However, Jim, who is energetic and fast-talking, has not been to the Arab world, but attended military college for a year and left it for a personal reason. While at military college, he discovered... halfway through an assignment... a problem in Arabic class, and everyone agreed that "Languages ​​are a necessity of the individual." He said that if you want to know a language, you should need it to communicate. Otherwise you won't use it because you will find alternative ways to correspond with others. He told Jim about the situation of a colleague of his who also studies Arabic. This man did not make as much effort as he should have to have a solid foundation in Arabic. Jim told him, "If you don't work now!,... you can't set the future." Studying a language, whatever it is, requires time and commitment. Jim and Brian are a good example of people who study Arabic as a foreign language, although it is unusual in their society, because they found motivation to pursue a degree in Arabic. We, as students of English and Arabic, agree that motivation is the main key to mastering a language.