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Description
- Student Text: The student text is the first step of the I Love Arabic series (beginning at 6 years of age). The supplemental materials include a comprehensive workbook, a handwriting book, and a teacher case. The text is comprised of 28 units, discussing the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet. Each unit is divided accordingly:
- Reading Dialogue: Simple and short passages covering sounds, vocabulary, expressions, and syntactical structures
- Conversation: Conversational exercises encouraging students to participate in classroom activities, use the material in dialogues, and ultimately become fluent speakers
- Sounds: Sounds are introduced one by one to help students differentiate similar appearances or sounds
- Vocabulary: Words appear in reading dialogues and are combined with graphics to further student understanding and sensory perception
- Workbook: The exercises include the following:
- Listening Comprehension: Exercises aimed at determining the level of children’s comprehension of new vocabulary and expressions
- Letter Identification: Children show that they recognize a named letter by circling it
- Writing: Students practice writing letters and joining them into words, with illustrations to help students to visualize the words
- Reading: Students read new letters, then words, then expressions
- Vocabulary: New vocabulary is listed to help with student memorization
- Illustrated Dictionary: Includes word sets found throughout the lessons for easy memorization
- The Handwriting Book allows students to practice writing Arabic letters, words, and then expressions.
- The Teacher Case consists of the Teacher Guide (tips on efficient teaching practices), posters that can be used as classroom visual aids, and audio tapes.
