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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.

This is an example card

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

 

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Veg-fruit reading cards Nizar Taha Hajj Ahmad

  • This collection of cards is similar to the previous one . However, this collection is different in the skill it tackles though it includes the same content as the previous one. In this collection, the reading skill is given a priority to the photo-memory and auditory skill.
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Fruit and Vegetables

This is a collection of cards for playing and testing. These cards can also be used to introduce new words of vegetables and fruits and revising the ones the learners already know. Actually, they are designed to teach rather than to test. Each card includes one word naming a vegetable or a fruit along with three images of three food items. The learner is supposed to make guesses with the first few cards. After several attempts with a few cards the learner will figure out that some images are repeated in a way that they are left with one option to match the word with the new image. This is called indirect teaching or learning. The learner is not being spoon-fed the information but the information is being put in a certain way that they have to workout the sequence and relation between the words and the images. To achieve the teaching objective, it is recommended that the teacher/parent ask questions about the three items even if the learner knows the answer straight away. Naming the other two items on the same card will be an introduction for the coming slides. Hence, the learner is learning new items through graduation and repetition. The names of the fruits and vegetables are indirectly and gradually  introduced and then repeated in a systematic way that the learner will not make an effort to guess the next answer. Some cards are made to surprise the learner and invalidate the image orders they may have got familiar with to guess the answer and therefore, the learner will focus on the language aspect rather than their mere calculation of the sequence and order of the images.

For example consider cards [1,2,3]:

Card 1 reads: [تفاح ] apples and the three images are [spinach, apples and mushroom]

Card 2 read : [سبانخ ] spinach and the three images are [carrots, mushroom and spinach]

Card 3 reads; [فطر ] mushroom and the three images are [ mushroom, carrots, and cucumber].

The word [فِطر ] mushroom occurred twice in card 1 and card 2 as an image and a sound (if the parent/teacher does as recommended above)  before it occurs as the  question  in card 3 where the learner has to link the script to the image after he/she has heard the word from the teacher/parent twice.

The gallery below shows samples of the cards. To download the whole collection as a PDF file with high resolution scroll down to the end of this page.

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Names of Fruit and Vegetables

  • This PDF is a collection of forty cards designed as postcards with a stamp to make it more exotic and attractive to learners. The collection can be used to teach young and adult learners the names of fruit and vegetables. The collection can be used as well to empower the memory and enhance the photo memory.

Body Parts

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.

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Body Parts in Arabic and English

 

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Body Parts Nizar Taha Hajj Ahmad

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