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Culture Empathise and contextualise Useful Arabic websites for teachers and students The Internet ‘an ocean of possibilities’ Exploiting your resources 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 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! Task 5:4: 6: Highlight Rewrite the time text phrases in theand in 3rd grey person masculine. Task Task Task 3: 2:Circle underline There Read verbs are the feminine 4intext mistakes the present adjectives answer in the tense text, the in Blue inquestions what Black andare and masculine inthey? future English Explain ones tense in why? in Black Blue إسمه سميروهو يعيش لكنهما مزعجتان ألنه صحية 1. 2. 3. 4. Where is Tangier? Does Samir like his city? Why? Where is his family from? Describe two members of his family? 4. 5. 6. 7. 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? Damascus Use FUN authentic materials and dissect them to help learning Look for... Adjectives Verbs connectives Opinions Casablanca ِإسمع و أكتب 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 Cities Location/descriptions Questions 3 - 8 ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Listen to the 4 conversations about furniture they and put a cross in the right box Χ Χ Χ زهيرة Χ جون Χ Χ Χ Χ علي أمينة Listen again and list adjectives, verbs, connectives, intensifiers, time phrases used by each person Time phrases intensifiers connectives verbs adjectives ____________________________________________ زهيرة 1 جون 2 علي 3 أمينة 4 ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Arabic homes untidy huge new tidy 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? untidy small old red huge big tiny new tidy Low ability There ََاك َ ُهن Also أَيْضا ْ َم Kitchen طَبَخ Room َغرفَة َّ Dining الط َعَام Small صغير huge ضخم red أحمر old قديم big كبير Sitting ال ُجلُوس Office َم ْكَت َب Big ََكبير Beautiful َج ِميل َ And ََو Comfortable َُم ِريح small Smart أنيق New جديد Untidy غيرمرتب I like أحب I hate أكره Describing your self and family أبي وأمي أخي My dad and mum ﻨﺤﻥ ﻤﺘﻔﺎﻫﻤﻮﻦ We get on My older brother هما ﻤﻄﻠﻗﺎﻥ divorced ﻧﺸﻴﻁﺔ active A lot مثيرة أختي My sister هما They are (2) هي She is أمي أبي My dad My mum My aunty (P) ﺍﻷﺼﻐﺮ ﺃﺧﻲ خالتي ﺧﺟﻭﻠﺔ Exciting Pretend you are in an exam!My aunty (M) My younger brother Shy ﻔﻅﻴﻌﺔ ﺃﺧﺘﻲ ﺍﻠﺻﻐﺮﻯ horrible ﻜﺴﻭﻟﺔ ﺜﺭﺜﺎﺭﺓ My younger sister ﺫﻛﻴﺔ lazy chatty clever ﺃﻧﺎﻧﻴﺔ ﺍﻠﻜﺒﺮﻯ ﺃﺧﺘﻲ ﻤﻨﻅﻤﺔ ﻜﺭﻴﻤﺔ selfish organised kind ﺮﻴﺎﻀﻴﺔ My older sister sporty Give opinions with reasons جدا عمتي My family He is My brother ﺃﺧﻲ ﺍﻷﻜﺒﺮ عائلتي هو ألنها Because she is لكنها لكنه But she is But he is ألنه Because he is Now add negative sentences أحب I like connectives و بل but and ليس/Isليست not غير Is not Game Support Western Europe Arab World www.ssatrust.org.uk/arabic www.arabalicious.com In pairs, find the texts and answer the questions. Khalid is from Egypt Where is Khalid from? __________________________________ He lives in Cairo Where does he live? __________________________________ America Where is Karl from? __________________________________ New York is is in north east America Where is his city? __________________________________ Baghdad, Iraq Where does Zaynab’s uncle and aunty live? __________________ What’s her cousin Mary like? ____________________ Beautiful and_________ very kind Write 1 thing about Zaynab’s city?__________________________ Very big Very interesting Capital of Jordan _______________________________________________________ How many people in Karl’s family?__________________________ 4/5 40 years old How old is his dad? ______________________________________ sister and 2 brothers How many brothers & sisters Khalid has? 1____________________ Syria Where does his grand ma live? _______________ Who is 30 years old? _____________________ Karl’s mum Zaynab’s uncle and aunty (maternal) Who lives in Tunisia ? __________________________________ Find the meaning of the following words in texts, write your answers in Arabic. Tall _______________ طويل Old _______________ مسن I have _______________ لدي One sister _______________ Active أخت واحدة _______________ نشيط With _______________ مع I live (2) _______________ أعيش أسكن He is _______________ هو I play _______________ ألعب On the coast _______________ على الساحل Cousin (maternal) Uncle (paternal) _______________ خالي إبنة خالي ابن _______________ إبنة عمي In pairs, find the texts and answer the questions. 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 ? __________________________________ Find the meaning of the following words in texts, write your answers in Arabic. Tall _______________ Old _______________ I have _______________ One sister _______________ Active _______________ With _______________ I live (2) _______________ He is _______________ I play _______________ On the coast _______________ Cousin (maternal) _______________ Uncle (paternal) _______________ لك؟ َماذَا يُو َج ُد في َم ْن ِز ِ ِفي م ْن ِز ِلي يُو َج ُد ...لَ ِكن ال يُو َج ُد ... ص ِغير َك ِبير َ ضا َج ِميل أي ً و ُم ِريح بَ ْل ?Ask and answer questions about what there is in your house لك؟ َماذَا يُو َج ُد في َم ْن ِز ِ ِفي م ْن ِز ِلي يُو َج ُد ...لَ ِكن ال يُو َج ُد ... ص ِغير َك ِبير َ ضا َج ِميل أي ً و ُم ِريح بَ ْل ?Ask and answer questions about what there is in your house Sitting ال ُجلُوس Office َم ْكَتَب Big ََكبير Beautiful َج ِميل َ And ََو Comfortable َُم ِريح Smart أنيق New جديد Untidy غيرمرتب I like أحب I hate أكره There ََاك َ ُهن Also أَيْضا ْ َم Kitchen طَبَخ Room َغرفَة َّ Dining الط َعَام Small صغير huge ضخم red أحمر old قديم big كبير untidy small big old red tiny new huge tidy huge ugly old beautiful tidy tidy tiny medium sized small untidy There ََاك َ ُهن Also أَيْضا ْ َم Kitchen طَبَخ Room َغرفَة َّ Dining الط َعَام small old red huge big tiny new tidy Small صغير huge ضخم red أحمر old قديم big كبير Sitting ال ُجلُوس Office َم ْكَت َب Big ََكبير Beautiful َج ِميل َ And ََو Comfortable َُم ِريح small Smart أنيق New جديد Untidy غيرمرتب I like أحب I hate أكره 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 Cities Location/descriptions __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ __________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Listen to the 4 conversations about furniture they and put a cross in the right box Χ Χ Χ زهيرة Χ جون Χ Χ Χ Χ علي أمينة To print In pairs, find the texts and answer the questions. 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? _______________________________________ Find the meaning of the following words in texts, write your answers in Arabic. Tall _______________ Old _______________ I have _______________ One sister _______________ Active _______________ With _______________ I live (2) _______________ He is _______________ I play _______________ On the coast _______________ Cousin (maternal) _______________ Uncle (paternal) _______________ Task 1: Read the text and answer the questions in English. 1. 2. 3. 4. Where is Tangier? Does Samir like his city? Why? Where is his family from? Describe two members of his family? 4. 5. 6. 7. 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? Listen again and list adjectives, verbs, connectives, intensifiers, time phrases used by each person intensifiers connectives verbs adjectives ____________________________________________ زهيرة 1 جون 2 علي 3 أمينة 4 ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Listen to the 4 conversations about furniture they and put a cross in the right box زهيرة جون علي أمينة