Learning the body parts is one of the most important and fun things young learners can do during their basic learning of a language. Their body parts are the closest objects they can be sure of as they are theirs and they use them with no interference of adults. Therefore, they are always excited to learn about them and speak about them. Also, it is noticeable that they learn the names of these parts quickly and more easily than other relatively easy and basic topics as ‘family members’ and ‘colours’.
Here is an illustration from Lisan Arabi of the body parts that you can print in all sizes. It is designed to suit schools and homes. Teachers can print this illustration in large sizes ( poster or A3 ) and put it in the classroom or in the bulletin board for learners to see or get back to if they need to check a word. Parents, too, can print off this illustration in a small or big size and put it up in a place where the child can see it properly (in the kitchen or in the child’s room).
This illustration is also designed to help parents/teachers introduce the moon and sun letters in Arabic.
This is my second book in the series ‘Arabic for All‘. In this book you will learn numbers in Modern Standard Arabic [MSA] and the grammar and vocabulary that are necessary to understand and learn how to communicate information about counting, arithmetic, time, pricing, and orders.
This book is carefully designed to help you master Arabic numerals in a contextual and interactive method. The book is divided into eight chapters: Chapter One: An Introduction to Numbers in General.
Chapter Two: Simple Numbers
Chapter Three: Compound [mourakkab] Numbers
Chapter Four: Decade\Tens [ouqoud] Numbers
Chapter Five: Added [ ma’touf ] Numbers
Chapter Six: Ordinal Numbers
Chapter Seven: Time Expressions
Chapter Eight: Miscellaneous Names of months and Reading Dates Fractions and Decimals Distributive Adjectives Telephone Numbers Calculations Shopping Reading & Saying Big Numbers Grammar of Numbers in sentences
Chapter Nine: General Quizzes Each chapter introduces a set of numbers and explains the grammar and the structure for each set.
Videos and Audios are designed to make learning clearer and varied. In the end of each chapter there are quizzes relevant to the content of the chapter for practice and self-assessment. Almost every word in this book is presented in a context both spoken (audio) and written ( for reading) and illustrated by an image (visual) to help the learners memorise the words. In other words, this book does not teach numbers in Arabic in an ordinary way. It does not focus on the numbers as single units to memorise but rather introduces numbers within a context of texts, sentences, images, math calculations, graphs and tables. The learner explores and practises the numbers and gains more knowledge of Arabic and grammar altogether. However, learners who want to study the numbers only, without going further into the grammar, can skim or skip the information they do not want to know. The rich and varied content of the book covers the following points: Learning the numbers Grammar of number usage Gaining and mastering Arabic words Practicing reading and listening Finally, this book is designed in a way that learners of all ages can use to learn about numbers and relevant topics such as (talking about time and dates, reading an equation, understanding and using calculations .
Parents can also use this book to teach their young children at home. Each quiz is provided with instructions and brief of the objective of the quiz and how it will benefit.
Whether you are a native or non-native speaker of Arabic, a student or a teacher of Arabic this book can be your complete interactive reference and book to know and learn everything about numbers in Arabic. It also includes passages with the relevant audio and translation which can be used for reading and listening lessons especially the book is designed to be read and shown on all iOS devices. Furthermore, the layout is user-friendly and works on all Mac platforms from iPhones, iPads, and Mac’s. However, the word search quizzes are better displayed on iPads due to some bugs the software provider is working on and it will be sorted out when the next version is released.
You can download a sample of the book from iBookstore or buy the whole book in the same store.
The cards or slides in this pages can be used for evaluation and also can be used to practise :
Listening: by using a screen or a data projector, the teacher can hide the Arabic script and read the sentence and the 3 distractors to the students and ask them to choose the answer. The teacher here can use classroom language in Arabic to elaborate suing expressions such as: “ما رأيك؟” ” هل هذه الإجابة مناسبة؟” to motivate and encourage students to speak up and thus, the activity becomes a speaking one, too.
Reading for speaking: The teacher can ask the students to read the sentence and the 3 distractors and try to find the answer. The teacher can elaborate and ask the students questions about other images in the quiz emphasising the “What” and “Where” to get the students using the same sentence structure to describe other images. Here some new items of vocabulary can be introduced by asking the students to guess the meaning of other items of vocabulary and why they choose their answers.
Reading for writing: The teacher can ask the students to read the sentence and try to find the answer and write description of the other images using the same sentence structure. Once the students have grasped the meaning of words, the structure of the sentence, the teacher can ask them to work in pairs asking each other using “Where?” and “What?”. Here the teacher can conceal the Arabic script and ask the students to use different names of the subject of each sentence writing sentences about ‘family members’, for instance.
These cards/slides can be used by Arab parents who want to help their children maintain or develop their Arabic in a non-Arabic speaking country.
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Here is some material designed to help teachers and students of Arabic. The material can be used for evaluation and also can be used to practise the four skills:
Listening: By using a screen or a data projector, the teacher can hide the Arabic script and read the sentence to the students and ask them to choose the answer. The teacher here can repeat the sentence with one item different (name of action or place) and ask the students to find the right answer.
Reading for speaking: The teacher can ask the students to read the sentence and try to find the answer. The teacher can elaborate and ask the students questions about other images in the quiz emphasising the “What” and “Where” to get the students using the same sentence structure to describe other images.
Reading for writing: The teacher can ask the students to read the sentence and try to find the answer and write description of the other images using the same sentence structure.
Once the students have grasped the meaning of words, the structure of the sentence, the teacher can ask them to work in pairs asking each other using “Where?” and “What?”.
As a wrap up stage the students can write few lines about their daily actions or habits and where they do or practice them.
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This worksheet includes 4 pages (plus the cover). Each sheet includes different topic:
1: Everyday life vocabulary
2: Professions
3: Food
4: Writing activity, peer, group or individual task. The students make a little survey in the class or at home and come up with written information about "who likes/dislikes ........."
This worksheet can be used all in one lesson or separately on different occasions. These worksheets can be used as:
1- revision,
2- homework (recommended for Arab students they can practice at home with their family members)
3- thee separate quizzes
4- lesson starters
5- writing task
Lisan Arabi
May 13, 2016
4 pages
This worksheet includes 4 pages (plus the cover).
Each sheet covers a different topic:
Everyday life vocabulary
Professions
Food
Writing activity, peer, group or individual task.
The students make a little survey in the class or at home and come up with written information about “who likes/dislikes ………” This worksheet can be used all in one lesson or separately on different occasions. These worksheets can be used as:
revision,
homework (recommended for Arab students they can practice at home with their family members)
thee separate quizzes
lesson starters 5- writing task
This worksheet set includes 12 pages of multiple questions that can help learners of Arabic in the following areas:
This worksheet includes a full lesson. The lesson includes:
A short introduction about Nazik Almalika
A translation of one of her poems ( The Night Asks Who I am)
Both Arabic an English texts are provided
Grammar hints with examples and explanation
Questions that suit all learning styles.
Audio for the reading of the poem can be provided if requested.
This worksheet includes a full lesson. The lesson includes:
A short introduction about Nazik Almalika
A translation of one of her poems ( The Night Asks Who I am)
Both Arabic an English texts are provided
Grammar hints with examples and explanation
Questions that suit all learning styles.
Audio for the reading of the poem can be provided if requested.
These high quality worksheet (9 pages) includes all you need to know about verb negation in Arabic. The worksheets can also be used to:
practice handwriting
learn and practice (jazm) jussive with 'lam' لم
practice the present tense.
practice the past tense
practice the future tense
introducing new vocabulary and practice using them through repetition.
verb negation with ما
May 13, 2016
9 pages
These high quality worksheets include all you need to know about verb negation in Arabic. The worksheets can also be used to:
practice handwriting
learn and practice (jazm) jussive with ‘lam’ لم
practice the present tense.
practice the past tense
practice the future tense
introducing new vocabulary and practice using them through repetition.
verb negation with ما
