Modern Approaches to teaching Arabic

1. Modern Approaches to teaching Arabic

2. Taoufiq Cherkaoui Lead Practitioner Arabic and French Edexcel Examiner

3. SSAT Arabic Network Contacts Arabic Music Resources Forums for discussion

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6. www.arabalicious.co.uk www.arabalicious.co.uk A website for students and teachers

7. FREE Teaching resources to download

8. Culture! Culture! Culture! Culture! Culture Empathise and contextualise

9. Useful Arabic websites for teachers and students

10. The Internet ‘an ocean of possibilities’

11. Exploiting your resources

12. For all use Edexcel’s recommended vocabulary even at primary level, train them to use these. Give the students generic vocabulary they can use for any topic to maximise their chances of success DRILL! DRILL! DRILL! Vary your activities while setting a nice routine. Culture enhances learning and raises motivation Good, positive feedback on how to improve Fun! Fun! Fun! Fun!

15. إِقرَأ وَ أُكْتُب Reading and responding

16. Read the text and answer the questions in English Task 2: There are 4 mistakes in the text, what are they? Explain why? Task 3: underline feminine adjectives in Blue and masculine ones in Black Task 4: Circle verbs in the present tense in Black and future tense in Blue Task 5: Highlight time phrases in grey Task 6: Rewrite the text in the 3rd person masculine. إسمه سميروهو يعيش لكنهما مزعجتان لأنه صحية • Where is Tangier? • Does Samir like his city? Why? • Where is his family from? • Describe two members of his family? • Does he like his brother Khalid? Why? • Does he like his two sisters? • What are his plans for next Saturday? • What does he often do with his friends? Why?

17. Damascus

18. Music

19. Use FUN authentic materials and dissect them to help learning Look for... Adjectives Verbs connectives Opinions

21. إِسمع وَ أُكْتُب

22. Casablanca

23. إِسمع أكتب و Listen and write

24. In English 1. Listen and label with the right name 2. Use the table to write the name of the city. 3. How old is Nizar? 4. Who is short? 5. Who hates fishing? 6. Who is bald? 7. Who likes football? 8. Who is very chatty? Abir Subhi Nizar Mourad Samar Samia

25. Listen to the 4 conversations about furniture they and put a cross in the right box Χ Χ زهيرة Χ Χ جون Χ Χ علي Χ Χ أمينة

26. Listen again and list adjectives, verbs,connectives, intensifiers, time phrases used by each person intensifiers connectives verbs adjectives Time phrases زهيرة 1 ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Generic structure 2 جون ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 3 علي ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 4 أمينة ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________

27. أُكْتُب Write

28. Arabic homes

29. untidy huge tidy new big old medium sized small beautiful Write what rooms are in this house? Add colour? Add furniture + prepositions? Now, describe each room in this house? Say what you don’t have in this house?

30. Write a description of this house using the information provided untidy small old red huge Low ability small big tiny new tidy There Also Kitchen Room Dining هُنَاكَ أَيْضا مَطْبَخ غرفَة الطَّعَام Small huge red old big صغير ضخم أحمر قديم كبير Sitting Office Big Beautiful And Comfortable الجُلُوس مَكْتَب كَبيرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَ مُرِيحٌ Smart New Untidy I like I hate أنيق جديد غيرمرتب أحب أكره

31. أُكْتُب Write تكلم Speak

32. عائلتي Describing your self and family هو أبي وأمي أخي My family He is My dad and mum هما هي My brother ﻨﺤﻥ ﻤﺘﻔﺎﻫﻤﻮﻦ ﺃﺧﻲ ﺍﻷﻜﺒﺮ They are (2) أختي She is We get on أبي My older brother أمي عمتي My sister هماﻤﻄﻠﻗﺎﻥ My dad ﻧﺸﻴﻁﺔ My mum My aunty (P) مثيرة divorced active Pretend you are in an exam! خالتي ﺃﺧﻲ ﺍﻷﺼﻐﺮ ﺧﺟﻭﻠﺔ Exciting My aunty (M) My younger brother Shy ﻔﻅﻴﻌﺔ ﺃﺧﺘﻲ ﺍﻠﺻﻐﺮﻯ ﻜﺴﻭﻟﺔ ﺜﺭﺜﺎﺭﺓ horrible ﺫﻛﻴﺔ My younger sister lazy chatty clever ﺃﻧﺎﻧﻴﺔ ﺃﺧﺘﻲ ﺍﻠﻜﺒﺮﻯ ﻤﻨﻅﻤﺔ ﻜﺭﻴﻤﺔ ﺮﻴﺎﻀﻴﺔ selfish organised kind My older sister sporty Now add negative sentences لأنها أحب لأنه Give opinions with reasons / ليس ليست Because she is Because he is I like Is not لكنها لكنه جدا connectives غير بل و But she is But he is A lot Is not but and

33. إِقرَأ وَ أُكْتُب Reading and responding Game

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38. In pairs, find the texts and answer the questions. Task 2 Task 1 Khalid is from Egypt Where is Khalid from? __________________________________ Where does he live? __________________________________ He lives in Cairo America Where is Karl from? __________________________________ Where is his city? __________________________________ طويل New York is is in north east America مسن Baghdad, Iraq Where does Zaynab’s uncle and aunty live? __________________ What’s her cousin Mary like? ____________________ _________ لدي Beautiful and very kind أخت واحدة Very big Write 1 thing about Zaynab’s city?__________________________ _______________________________________________________ نشيط Very interesting Capital of Jordan مع 4 / 5 How many people in Karl’s family?__________________________ How old is his dad? ______________________________________ أسكن أعيش 40 years old هو 1 sister and 2 brothers How many brothers & sisters Khalid has? ____________________ Where does his grand ma live? _______________ ألعب Syria على الساحل Karl’s mum Who is 30 years old? _____________________ Who lives in Tunisia ? __________________________________ ابن خالي إبنة خالي Zaynab’s uncle and aunty (maternal) إبنة عمي

39. In pairs, find the texts and answer the questions. Task 2 Task 1 Where is Khalid from? __________________________________ Where does he live? __________________________________ Where is Karl from? __________________________________ Where is his city? __________________________________ Where does Zaynab’s uncle and aunty live? __________________ What’s her cousin Mary like? ____________________ _________ Write 1 thing about Zaynab’s city?__________________________ _______________________________________________________ How many people in Karl’s family?__________________________ How old is his dad? ______________________________________ How many brothers & sisters Khalid has? ____________________ Where does his grand ma live? _______________ Who is 30 years old? _____________________ Who lives in Tunisia ? __________________________________

42. مَاذَا يُوجَدُ في مَنْزِلكِ؟ ... لَكِن لا يُوجَدُ ...فِي منْزِلِي يُوجَدُ صَغِير كَبِير جَمِيل أيضًا بَلْ مُرِيح و Ask and answer questions about what there is in your house?

43. مَاذَا يُوجَدُ في مَنْزِلكِ؟ ... لَكِن لا يُوجَدُ ...فِي منْزِلِي يُوجَدُ صَغِير كَبِير جَمِيل أيضًا بَلْ مُرِيح و Ask and answer questions about what there is in your house?

44. Sitting Office Big Beautiful And Comfortable الجُلُوس مَكْتَب كَبيرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَ مُرِيحٌ untidy small old red huge Smart New Untidy I like I hate أنيق جديد غيرمرتب أحب أكره big tiny new tidy There Also Kitchen Room Dining هُنَاكَ أَيْضا مَطْبَخ غرفَة الطَّعَام Small huge red old big صغير ضخم أحمر قديم كبير ugly beautiful medium sized tidy old tidy tiny small huge

45. Write a description of this house using the information provided untidy small old red huge small big tiny new tidy There Also Kitchen Room Dining هُنَاكَ أَيْضا مَطْبَخ غرفَة الطَّعَام Small huge red old big صغير ضخم أحمر قديم كبير Sitting Office Big Beautiful And Comfortable الجُلُوس مَكْتَب كَبيرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَ مُرِيحٌ Smart New Untidy I like I hate أنيق جديد غيرمرتب أحب أكره

46. In English 1. Listen and label with the right name 2. Use the table to write the name of the city and descriptions of it. Abir Subhi Nizar Mourad Samad Samia

47. Listen to the 4 conversations about furniture they and put a cross in the right box Χ Χ زهيرة Χ Χ جون Χ Χ علي Χ Χ أمينة

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49. In pairs, find the texts and answer the questions. Task 2 Task 1 Where is Khalid from? __________________________________ Where does he live? __________________________________ Where is Karl from? __________________________________ Where is his city? __________________________________ Where does Zaynab’s uncle and aunty live? __________________ What’s her cousin Mary like? ____________________ _________ Write 3 things about Zaynab’s city?__________________________ _______________________________________________________ How many people in Karl’s family?__________________________ How old is his dad? ______________________________________ How many brothers & sisters Khalid has? ____________________ Write age difference between his mum and dad?_______________ Where does Khalid’s grand mother live? _____________________ Describe his city? _______________________________________