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80% of the Qur'an

80% of the Qur'an

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This is a set of documents intended to teach 80% of the Qur'an to learners. The philosophy is that since many of the words in the Qur'an are repeated, 80% of it can be learned quickly and easily by knowing what to focus on. Included are lists of vocabulary separated into genre, such as pronouns and ways to say 'no', verbs and verb conjugation charts, grammar charts detailing active and passive participles, and more. Many of the documents are in PDF as well as in Excel so that changes can be made to the templates, i.e. translation into other languages if desired.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Reading
Provider:: eMuslim
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Acon - Arabic Verb Conjugator

Acon - Arabic Verb Conjugator

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This site's sole function is to provide users with full conjugations of Arabic verbs. It allows users to select any three letter root from a pick a verb form (I-X) and then view a list of the verb conjugated for all pronouns in present and past tense, passive and active voice, and in all three Arabic verb cases.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Interactive
Provider:: Baykal Erol
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Alphabet Reading Drill - Reading Arabic Ads

Alphabet Reading Drill - Reading Arabic Ads

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The following is an alphabet reading and writing drill based on advertisements for fast food items, restaurants/chains, and multinational companies that should mostly be recognizable to students. Students are asked to work in pairs, read the ads and write them out on the accompanying sheet in Arabic and translate them to English.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Social Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; Game
Author:: Kwame Lawson
Date Added:: 08/02/2016

Arab Culture Through Literature and Film: Language and Ethnicity

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Arab Culture Through Literature and Film: Language and Ethnicity

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Though the Arab world is broadly defined by a shared Arab ethnicity, there are actually a variety of ethnic groups in the region, many of whom are indigenous to the land. Each of these ethnic groups, including the Amazigh, the Bedouin, the Nubians, and the Kurds, has a unique history and culture and often their own language as well. Since the early years of Arab expansion, these indigenous groups have negotiated their acceptance and integration into the dominant Arab culture, at times adopting elements of the culture and at other times, rejecting it. This unit introduces students to ethnic groups in the Arab world and guides them through an understanding of their lived experience as minorities in the region. Students will consider the challenges that face specific ethnicities and explore how these groups negotiate their collective identity and membership in the region. Students will study the activity of Amazigh activists, read Kurdish poetry, and watch a documentary about the Nubians. They'll end the unit by conducting independent research on an ethnic minority of their choosing.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; Literature; World Cultures; Cultural Geography; Ethnic Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan; Reading; Unit of Study
Provider:: Portland State University; Qatar Foundation International
Provider Set:: Middle East Studies Center
Date Added:: 10/17/2013

Arab Culture and Civilization

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Arab Culture and Civilization

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This website offers resources for those who are studying or teaching about the Arab world and Islam in general. Its language section contains information in English about the Arabic language including readings about the history of Arabic, the development of MSA and Arabic's importance in Islam. The website also has a series of video lectures by the well-known Arabic scholars Mahmoud Al-Batal, Kristen Brustad, and Said Badawi about the language.

Subject:: World Cultures
Material Type:: Lecture; Reading
Provider:: National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE)
Date Added:: 09/12/2013

Arabic I

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This is a textbook for beginning Arabic language learning. The textbook is divided into twelve lessons. Each lesson focuses on an activity and common theme to introduce the basics of Arabic. Each lesson starts with a short video, which you'll be asked to watch. To help you understand the video, each lesson also includes a transcript (in English), a list of vocabulary (with audio clips), and language and grammar notes.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; World Cultures
Material Type:: Full Course; Textbook
Provider:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education
Provider Set:: LEARN NC Lesson Plans
Date Added:: 06/04/2012

Arabic On-line

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Arabic On-line provides a variety of resources to learn the Arabic language. It offers a summary of the alphabet as well as a platform to practice it by taking quizzes. In addition, it offers a comprehensive list of vocabulary words that cover diverse topics such us vocabulary words relating to military terminology, ecology, the body, emotions, leisure, politics and much more. The words are presented in English, Arabic, and French, among other languages. Other resources include a list of links to Arabic media and dictionaries.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Reading
Provider:: Langsites
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Arabic in Jordan

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Arabic in Jordan

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This site contains numerous audio, and video files, grouped by topic, of subjects speaking Jordanian colloquial Arabic. There are also a few images and informational links interspersed throughout the site. Each video is available for download and accompanied by an Arabic transcript and an English translation. Videos are based on every day topics like greetings, farewells, shopping, and transportation.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; World Cultures
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: Five College Center for the Study of World Languages
Date Added:: 09/12/2013

Aswaat Arabiyya

Aswaat Arabiyya

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Aswaat Arabiyya is an archive of 245 videos in Arabic, listed by difficulty level and accompanied by glossaries and four worksheets each that focus on every aspect of listening comprehension. Selections come largely from Arabic media, with some cultural presentations by native speakers. Videos cover the entire Arabic-speaking world and include MSA and different dialects. Materials are designed to be used both as in-class activities and homework assignments. Videos can be slowed down.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; World Cultures
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Homework/Assignment; Interactive; Lecture
Provider:: University of Texas at Austin
Date Added:: 01/10/2013

Building up One Empire while Tearing Down Another: Scholars, Missionaries and Spies in the Ottoman Middle East

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Building up One Empire while Tearing Down Another: Scholars, Missionaries and Spies in the Ottoman Middle East

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This module explores the careers of British archaeologist T.E. Lawrence and Czech scholar Alois Musil. Both men were scholars, but also agents for their respective governments. As with many figures active in the age of European colonialism, Lawrence and Musil created an important intellectual legacy, but their value as contemporary witnesses is diminished somewhat by their imperial outlook and subsequent inability to attain any approximation of objectivity.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; World History; Archaeology
Material Type:: Reading; Syllabus
Provider:: Rice University
Provider Set:: Connexions
Author:: Michael Decker
Date Added:: 10/31/2006

Calligraphy Qalam

Calligraphy Qalam

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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.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Assessment; Lecture; Reading
Provider:: Calligraphy Qalam
Date Added:: 09/12/2013

Critical Language Service (YouTube Channel)

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Critical Language Service (YouTube Channel)

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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.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Lecture
Provider:: Critical Language Service
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

CultureTalk - Arab World

CultureTalk - Arab World

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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.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; Religious Studies; World Cultures
Material Type:: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: Five College Center for the Study of World Languages
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Culture Talk: Egypt

Culture Talk: Egypt

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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.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; World Cultures; Economics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lecture; Reading
Provider:: Five College Center for the Study of World Languages
Date Added:: 09/17/2013

Culture Talk: Yemeni Arabic

Culture Talk: Yemeni Arabic

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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.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages; World Cultures; Economics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lecture; Reading; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: Five College Center for the Study of World Languages
Date Added:: 09/17/2013

Educational Stories of Dictational Rules

Educational Stories of Dictational Rules

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Educational Stories of Dictational Rules are sixteen stories and activities in slideshow format. These stories were made for students with learning disabilities. Short vowels, long vowels, the letter ta, double vowels, prepositions, and the letter hamza are some of the explained topics. The slideshows start with a story, state the grammar rule, and end with some exercises. The slideshows are enhanced with audio components.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities; Languages
Material Type:: Interactive
Provider:: Minstry of Education Department Learning Disabilities - KSA
Date Added:: 10/14/2013

Everyday Verbs

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This list presents a basic set of verbs that deal with everyday activities, including walking, running, eating, working, and sleeping. The verbs are presented in third person masculine past and present tense, with the masdar (verbal noun/gerund) listed, as well. The verbs are presented in both modern standard and colloquial Egypt, and feature Arabic text and transliteration.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Reading
Provider:: Arabic Desert Sky
Date Added:: 09/17/2013

Fly with Arabic: Unit Eight (Travel and Transportation)

Fly with Arabic: Unit Eight (Travel and Transportation)

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Authored by Belal Joundeya, Fly with Arabic: Unit Eight (Travel and Transportation) features a variety of language-learning lessons tied together by fun themes related to travel, sightseeing, and transportation. The unit focuses on the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as knowledge of Arabic cultures and history.

Unit eight is the last chapter in the "Fly with Arabic" series, which is comprised of a total of eight units, each containing several lessons, including fill-in-the-blank exercises, open-ended writing practice, and word-matching games, that seek to reinforce specific learning outcomes, such as oral and written production, writing, and reading. Additionally, brief cultural drills are included in each unit, and are designed to add a cultural dimension to each unit's language activities. All units also contain self- assessment checklists to help monitor and measure the learner's progress during the unit.

In summary, through using a number of drills to produce vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking skills, including pictures, word-matching games, open-ended writing practice, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, the "Fly with Arabic" series seeks to connect all phases of Arabic-learning into one comprehensive package.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Diagram/Illustration; Game; Homework/Assignment; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:: CLASSRoad Admin
Date Added:: 01/28/2016

Fly with Arabic: Unit Five (School Subjects)

Fly with Arabic: Unit Five (School Subjects)

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Authored by Belal Joundeya, Fly with Arabic: Unit Five (School Subjects) features a variety of language-learning lessons tied together by fun themes related to school subjects, careers, and schooling culture. The unit focuses on the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as knowledge of Arabic cultures and history.

Unit five is the fifth chapter in the "Fly with Arabic" series, which is comprised of a total of eight units, each containing several lessons, including fill-in-the-blank exercises, open-ended writing practice, and word-matching games, that seek to reinforce specific learning outcomes, such as oral and written production, writing, and reading. Additionally, brief cultural drills are included in each unit, and are designed to add a cultural dimension to each unit's language activities. All units also contain self- assessment checklists to help monitor and measure the learner's progress during the unit.

In summary, through using a number of drills to produce vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking skills, including pictures, word-matching games, open-ended writing practice, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, the "Fly with Arabic" series seeks to connect all phases of Arabic-learning into one comprehensive package.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Diagram/Illustration; Game; Homework/Assignment; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:: CLASSRoad Admin
Date Added:: 01/28/2016

Fly with Arabic: Unit Four (I am a Player in Real Salt Lake)

Fly with Arabic: Unit Four (I am a Player in Real Salt Lake)

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Authored by Belal Joundeya, Unit Four (I am a Player in Real Salt Lake) features a variety of language-learning lessons tied together by fun themes related to sports, hobbies, and general leisure activities. The unit focuses on the acquisition of listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills, as well as knowledge of Arabic cultures and history.

Unit four is the fourth chapter in the "Fly with Arabic" series, which is comprised of a total of eight units, each containing several lessons, including fill-in-the-blank exercises, open-ended writing practice, and word-matching games, that seek to reinforce specific learning outcomes, such as oral and written production, writing, and reading. Additionally, brief cultural drills are included in each unit, and are designed to add a cultural dimension to each unit's language activities. All units also contain self- assessment checklists to help monitor and measure the learner's progress during the unit.

In summary, through using a number of drills to produce vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking skills, including pictures, word-matching games, open-ended writing practice, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, the "Fly with Arabic" series seeks to connect all phases of Arabic-learning into one comprehensive package.

Subject:: Arts and Humanities
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Diagram/Illustration; Game; Homework/Assignment
Author:: CLASSRoad Admin
Date Added:: 01/28/2016