Fruit and Veg 2

This set of cards is similar to the previous one in terms of content, that is the names of vegetables and fruits in Arabic. However, this set is designed to improve the basic reading skill. The learner, instead of having to choose from three images, the technique is reversed and they have to choose from three words.

This set is better used after the first set has been used and the learner is familiar with the images and sound and to a reasonable extent with the written word. In this set the child will link the written aspect of the language to the sounds more than to the images.

Here is an online quiz using the same cards.

It is recommended that parent/teacher use ‘yes-no’ question technique with set of cards. For example, the teacher can start with the card below, asking ‘maa haðaa?‘ ‘What is this?’ [ما هذا؟] while pointing to the image and continues asking but now pointing to each of the three words [distractors]:

1. ‘a haðaa xiyar?’  Is this a cucumber?
2. ‘a haðaa εnab?’ Is this grapes?
3. ‘a haðaa baðenjan?’ Is this aubergine?

If the learner does not know how to respond to such questions, the parent / teacher can then answer the first few cards to show how to respond using ‘yes’ ‘naεam’ [نعم] and ‘no’ ‘ laa’ [لا]. Facial expressions and intonation are essential in this stage; both facial expressions and intonation enhance the learning process because they function as mnemonics and because they are part of the communicative competence.

Here is a gallery of some sample cards. To download the whole set as a PDF with high resolution scroll down the page.

This collection can be downloaded for a donation (£1.00 to £3.00) . Choose the amount you would like to pay for this collection. Once it is downloaded teachers/parents can print as many copies as they want. 

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