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The second student's book contains 5 units, each with 5 lessons and a test. The book in total includes 25 lessons. Each lesson focuses on a text that presents linguistic activities. The texts in the first twenty lessons are group conversations; the texts in the final five lessons are short stories.

This is the most comprehensive curriculum for teaching non-Arabic in Islamic schools in North America. Where The author who lived and taught in the West; add a great advantage toward this recommendation and aim to focus on similar letters, reading and comprehension, creative writing exercises, ordering, pronunciation, fill in missing letter, matching, time, gender. Strongly recommend for children who have had previous exposure to the Arabic language. It is used by a number of full-time Islamic schools throughout the U.S. and comes highly recommended.

• Preparing and carrying out programs and curricula for teaching Arabic Language and Culture.
• Evaluating programs designed for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers.
• Preparing and developing measurement and evaluation tools in the field of teaching Arabic as a second or foreign language.
• Enhancing cooperation with other institutions interested in promoting the Arabic language, by carrying out Arabic courses abroad.

• Teaches Arabic as a primary language
• Arabic only
• Vowelled letters (tashkeel)
• Focus on similar letters, reading and comprehension, creative writing exercises, ordering, pronunciation, fill in missing letter, matching, time, gender
• Grammar: subject, object, prepositions, singular, plural
• Textbook focus: listening, strong emphasis on writing, reading and speaking
• Workbooks focus: Fun exercises and games that support the textbook
• Teaches more than 1,500 words throughout the four levels
• Evaluations follow every 5 lessons
• Common terminology
• Illustrated dictionary plus vocabulary list
• 25 Lessons

Features:

• Teaches Arabic as a primary language
• Arabic only
• Uses vowelled letters (diactrical marks, or tashkeel)
• Textbooks focus: listening, writing, reading, and speaking
• Workbooks focus: exercises and games that support the textbook
• Evaluations follow every 5 lessons
• Exposes students to common terminology
• Illustrated dictionary plus vocabulary list
• Ideal for Western students; themes are heavily cultural, not necessarily Islamic.
• A comprehensive curriculum for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers in full-time Islamic and public schools

This is a new curriculum series and has had remarkable success in its first year of usage. A well-structured progressive course designed to teach Arabic to students in a non-Arabic speaking environment. It contains a wealth of exercises to reinforce vocabulary and the understanding and application of grammar. Extensive research and piloting ensures that materials are easy to learn from and to teach. Books are designed to cater to the Muslim child learning Arabic in English speaking countries. With its wealth of practice materials, Gateway to Arabic Book One teaches the skills necessary for reading and writing the language.

This book covers: Recognition of Arabic letters in their isolate form Formulation of letters in their written isolate form, with clear arrows to indicate the correct writing direction The three short vowels: fatha, kasra and damma The recognition and formulation of letters in their joined forms Nunation (al-tanween) The three long vowels (al-madd) Al-sukun Al-shadda The sun and moon letters (al-huruf al-shamsiyyah wa'l-qamariyyah), and their associated rules Al-alif al-maqsura Al-hamza.

The fourth student's book consists of 5 units, and each unit has 5 lessons, so that in total, the book has 25 lessons. Each unit ends with a comprehensive test over the skills presented in the unit. Each lesson focuses on a text which presents linguistic activities. These texts vary between stories and conversations, with each unit including three stories, a conversation, and a short informative passage.

This is the most comprehensive curriculum for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers attending Islamic schools in North America. The author lived and taught in the West, adding a great advantage toward this recommended series, which aims to focus on similar letters, reading and comprehension, creative writing exercises, ordering, pronunciation, fill in missing letters, matching, time, and gender. Strongly recommend for children who have had previous exposure to the Arabic language. It is used by a number of full-time Islamic schools throughout the U.S. and comes highly recommended.

• Preparing and carrying out programs and curricula for teaching Arabic language and culture.
• Evaluating programs designed for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers.
• Preparing and developing measurement and evaluation tools in the field of teaching Arabic as a second or foreign language.
• Enhancing cooperation with other institutions interested in promoting the Arabic language, by carrying out Arabic courses abroad.

Features:

• Teaches Arabic as a primary language
• Arabic only
• Uses vowelled letters (diactrical marks, or tashkeel)
• Textbooks focus: listening, writing, reading, and speaking
• Workbooks focus: exercises and games that support the textbook
• Evaluations follow every 5 lessons
• Exposes students to common terminology
• Illustrated dictionary plus vocabulary list
• Ideal for Western students; themes are heavily cultural, not necessarily Islamic.
• A comprehensive curriculum for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers in full-time Islamic and public schools

The first student's book contains 5 units, each with 5 lessons and a test. The book in total includes 25 lessons and 4 unit tests. Each lesson consists of a text that includes conversation, an illustrated story, illustrated vocabulary, practice with sounds and letters, two exercises on linguistic structures and conversation, and writing practice. Then, students should complete the accompanying exercises in the the activity book.

Series goals and components
The goal of the I Love Arabic series is to enable the student’s verbal and written communication skills in Arabic. To achieve this goal, the series provides the student with educational materials that help them to use the classical language from the start, while also creating an opportunity to use what is learned in real-life situations.

While this series is directed at non-native speaking children between the ages of 4 and 12, it is also useful in teaching Arab children all over the world.

This series consists of 8 levels which contain a student textbook, workbook, and teacher book. Some levels also include audio tapes (sold separately).
Also in this series the book "I Love Arabic Teacher's Guide" is for using images and cards in teaching Arabic.

Particular times to teach the units
The series books are taught in about 600 classes (with the average class being 40 minutes).

Each level has 100 classes, distributed as follows:

For the first two books:
75 Classes for the student's book
25 Classes for the exercise workbook

From the third book to the sixth book
80 Classes for the student's book
20 Classes for the student's book


Educational content
The series displays Arabic Islamic manners in an attractive, motivating style for children. It also supplies the student with different levels of general education appropriate to the age (especially the first book). The subjects discussed in this series are child-friendly and include topics such as hobbies and toys, life in school and at home, and relationships with friends, neighbors and relatives. It also studies the animal and plant worlds, the outside world like the village and the city, geographical information about the Arab countries, historical information, good manners and scientific facts.

Lingual content
The series displays the vocal system for the Arabic language in its different phenomena and presents vocabularies built around a child. The elementary stage of the series covers around 1,500 words, with the focus in the first two books being on the sensory vocabulary.
It also supplies the child with a number of basic grammar structures (about 300 compositions), and each lesson contains a specific number of vocabulary, structures and expressions. Additionally, the concept of progression is used from one book to another and from one lesson to another.

Integration between lingual skills
The series deals with the four main lingual skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing and uses a complete and balanced approach to all four skills. Special attention is given to speaking and listening in the first two books, and reading and writing are the focus in the third through the sixth books.

Ways of presenting the educational material
Various techniques were used throughout this series to make the lessons more interesting for the child. Stories, chants, songs, conversations, lingual games, and amusing homework assignments designed to provoke the student's motivation and needs utilizing child skills such as drawing, coloring and teamwork were used.
The series contains different kinds of lingual exercises that suit the child, with emphasis on mental and physical activities in an individual, couple, and group setting.
Each book of the series contains a number of tests for evaluating and measuring the student's progress in learning the language. A test is included at the end of each educational unit; therefore, each book has four transitory tests.
The curriculum depends heavily on the use of pictures so the student can easily comprehend the meaning, without turning to an intermediary language. Thus, they are given the opportunity to think and express themselves in a fun and interactive way.

Figured dictionary
The first two books contain a figured dictionary at the end. This dictionary includes the sensory words mentioned in the lessons so that their meanings remain in the student's memory, and they can reference, if necessary. The figured dictionary also prepares the student to use the Arabic dictionary in the future.

Vocabulary list
There is a list of vocabulary at the end of each of the six books. These lists contain all the words that were introduced in each book and are arranged alphabetically for easy referral.

Features:

• Teaches Arabic as a primary language
• Arabic only
• Uses vowelled letters (diactrical marks, or tashkeel)
• Textbooks focus: listening, writing, reading, and speaking
• Workbooks focus: exercises and games that support the textbook
• Evaluations follow every 5 lessons
• Exposes students to common terminology
• Illustrated dictionary plus vocabulary list
• Ideal for Western students; themes are heavily cultural, not necessarily Islamic.
• A comprehensive curriculum for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers in full-time Islamic and public schools

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