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The videos cover several categories ranging from basic vocabulary to high grammar of the Arabic and Arabic poetry.
The videos also include popular Arabic songs translated into English.
There is a section for kids. The videos in this section are designed to help young learners hear basic Arabic using simple and colourful graphics.
This video below introduces 14 items of vocabulary. These 14 items include the two connective letters [ق – ف] in various positions within the word. After you have watched the video and learned the words, you can scroll down this page to do the interactive quizzes and check your progress.
Arabic Vocabulary ONLY:
This resource may look simple to most learners. Actually, I designed it to be so. Although it is simple, it is very helpful for all levels of non-native speakers of Arabic once it is used properly. Such activities gain their power from their simplicity. If you watch the video you notice:
– Since I am keen on avoiding mother language interference in these videos, I resort to using only Arabic on the screen.
– To keep the learner’s focus on the identified (image) and the identifier (sound/written form, I use simple images.
– I read slowly with clear native speaker voice to make sure that the learners hear all sounds of Arabic letters articulated properly and naturally especially the challenging ones such as ص ،ض، ظ، ح، ع، غ، ق
– The words selected are common vocabulary items.
– I use Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) as it is closer to the dialects of most Arab countries.
Remember to repeat the word after you hear it. Pause or rewind the video before you proceed if you are not sure that you can say the word properly.
Focus on the image to know the meaning and the written form of the word to gain fluency in reading. DON’Ttranslate in your head. Say the word aloud several times in Arabic to avoid mental translation. Close your eyes if you want and envisage the written form or the image when you are saying the word.
Vocabulary Set 9 Words
This quiz covers Arabic vocabulary items with the two connective letters : ( ف - ق ) occurring in different positions within the
word.
today [اليوم] ( remember to refer to [الـ] as the definite article which makes the word ‘day‘ means ‘today‘.
tomorrow [غداً ]
the day after tomorrow [بعدَغدٍ ]
yesterday [أمسِ، البارحة ]
the day before yesterday [أولأمسِ ، أولالبارحة ]
last night [الليلةالماضية ، ليلةأمس ، ليلةالبارحة ]
tomorrow night [ليلةغد ]
The best way to introduce days of the week is to use a calendar. Start with the word ‘today’ and repeat the simple sentence ‘ today is …‘ [اليوم ….] pointing to the day on the calendar sheet you are using. Ask the students to answer the simple question ‘ What day is today?‘ [ ما هو اليوم؟]. When you become sure that the students have understood what you are saying, extend by replacing ‘today’ with ‘yesterday’ or ‘tomorrow’. Go on till you do two past days and two next days. By this stage your students will have learned five days.
If your students have already studied the numbers, it is very helpful to refer to the names of the days and their relation to numbers.
Sunday [الأحد] = one [واحد ]
Monday [الإثنين]= two [اثنين ]
Tuesday [الثلاثاء]= three [ثلاث ]
Wednesday [الأربعاء ]= four [أربعة ]
Thursday [الخميس ]= five [خمسة ]
It is important to remind the students that days in Arabic can be prefixed with the definite article [الـ], Unlike days in English.
Also, in Arabic, it is optional to use the word ‘day’ [يوم] with the name of the day, unlike the names of the days in English because the word ‘day’ is already suffixed to the name of the day.
ch). It is very good for all types of classroom activities, including pair and group work. The collection includes various versions of the same puzzle which helps teachers print and use different versions of the same topic for each group in the classroom.
This video below introduces 14 items of vocabulary. These 14 items include the two connective letters [ق – ف] in various positions within the word. After you have watched the video and learned the words, you can scroll down this page to do the 
