Description:In this activity, students will focus on learning how to ask and answer questions about the weather as well as practicing تنوين الفتح adverbs.Can-Do Statements:I can identify different kinds of weather statuses.I can describe the weather conditions.I can answer any question about my daily routine and the weather.

Description:In this activity, students will practice discussing their hobbies, likes, and dislikes. They will be able to describe their daily activities. Students will also be able to discuss preferences they have about their daily activities. Students will learn to ask others questions about their schedule and daily activities.Can-Do Statements:I can ask and answer questions about my hobbies.I can talk about my favorite hobby and my least favorite hobby.I know how to use "after" or "before" in a sentence.

Calligraphy Qallam offers visitors information about the Arabic alphabet, various styles of scripts, and the process and history of calligraphy. It offers tutorial videos which demonstrate the various shapes of the Arabic characters both within one script and between different scripts. There is also a "script quiz" which allows visitors to test their ability to recognize different calligraphic scripts. The site also includes a blog and a forum where topics surrounding calligraphy are discussed.

Critical Language Service offers playlists with video lessons that explain the material in Alif Baa, Al-Kitaab 1 (through lesson 11), and a series on Egyptian vocabulary. Videos designed for the Alif Baa series focus on stories to illustrate new vocabulary while the series designed for Al-Kitaab explains grammatical concepts introduced in the books, and demonstrate proper pronunciation. They also offer a playlist of 60 cartoon episodes in Arabic.

CultureTalk - Arab World features a very extensive selection of filmed interviews with people from different countries in the Arabic speaking world. While some interviews are in English, the vast majority are in Arabic. Translations and usually transcripts are provided for all non-English video clips. Topics include family, food, education, religious and cultural customs, work, art, sport, travel, etc. The regions covered are the Levant, North Africa, Egypt, and Mauritania, with an Iraqi section on the way.

CultureTalk - Arab World features native speakers from across the Arabic-speaking world giving filmed interviews, in Arabic and sometimes English, on selected topics. Text-based translations and transcriptions are often provided as downloadable documents for most Arabic videos. The videos engage a number of region/country-specific topics, including cultural traditions, religion, politics, and sports.

CultureTalk - Arab World features native speakers from across the Arabic-speaking world giving filmed interviews, in Arabic and sometimes English, on selected topics. Text-based translations and transcriptions are often provided as downloadable documents for most Arabic videos. The videos engage a number of region/country-specific topics, including cultural traditions, religion, politics, and sports.

In this activity, students will get to know each other by asking different questions in relation to their hobbies and their lives. This way they will learn each other's preferences.

In this activity, students will get to know each other by asking different questions in relation to their hobbies and their lives. This way they will learn each other's preferences.

Students will practice telling about their hobbies, their personal interests, and their free time activities.

Students will practice telling about their hobbies, their personal interests, and their free time activities.

This is a template intended to be used by Arabic Language Educators to copy, remix, upload and insert media, write, describe, align to standards, license and publish their Arabic Language Activities.

In this activity students will practice discussing their likes, dislikes, and hobbies. Students will play charades to help reinforce vocabulary. Students will then use the charades cards to discuss their favorite hobbies and ask one another about which hobbies and activities they enjoy.

Students will practice discussing their preferences, how to defend and support their ideas. Students learn topics through a game of bingo and express how relevant certain ideas are over others.

In this activity students will get to know their fellow students through simple introduction conversation. Using the bingo cards they will ask people open ended questions related to each image and fill out their chart with signatures.

Students will survey each other to find out what they like and dislike. Students will read, ask, and answer questions, then compare and contrast their likes and dislikes with the other students. Finally, students will report their findings as a group.NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:I can compare and contrast the qualities of places, activities, etc.私は場所やアクティビティなどを比較できます。I can ask and answer questions about my and my classmates' hobbies and interests.私は趣味と興味があることについて聞いたり答えたりできます。

Where do you like to go for fun or what do you like to do?  Have you ever been to a concert or school dance? In this seminar you will continue to build your Spanish language skills to talk and discuss more of your preferences with others- whether you like sports or the arts.ACTFL StandardsCommunication: Interpersonal Communication and Presentational CommunicationConnections: Acquiring Information and Diverse PerspectivesLearning TargetI can understand questions about age, residence, and leisure activitiesHabits of MindThinking and communicating with clarity and precisionCritical Thinking SkillAnalyzing Perspectives

UCLA's Listen to Learn activities page features numerous, high-quality videos and activities covering a variety of Arabic dialects, including Iraqi, Lebanese, Egyptian, Moroccan, as well as Modern Standard Arabic. Users may pick from a number of speakers within a chosen dialect, all of whom speak from readily available text about a range of topics, including family life, culture, school, activities, and food. Each topic is accompanied by a video and activities designed to reinforce the vocabulary and ideas covered in the video.

In this activity the students are going to talk about their hobbies and what they like to do in their free time. They will have an opportunity to talk to other students in a "speed dating" type which will give each student the opportunity to meet someone new and also use their language tools to converse.

In this activity, students will take a fun quiz to find out what kind of traveler they are. This will allow students to understand how to describe interests and include words that associate with traveling.