This Level 6 Book of IQRA' Arabic Reader graded series is designed to systematically continue teaching Arabic as a second language to English speaking youth who are in their senior years of schooling. This book is suitable for upper senior level students or for those who have completed the study of Level 5 Book of IQRA' series.

Textbook for grade 6 builds on the language concepts and vocabulary introduced in the previous textbooks. Students are introduced to new grammatical rules and sentence building. The textbooks also offer more diverse activities to enhance comprehension and to allow for additional practice. 

This series levels lay the firm foundations necessary for students to develop language proficiency in the future. Now greater emphasis is placed on sentence formation and conversational Arabic. The alphabet is introduced using fun illustrations. Students are encouraged to use the correct pronunciation. There is a gradual introduction to vowels and basic vocabulary. Nasheed sections combine enjoyment with education. Oral drills using short sentences allow students to begin developing their spoken language skills. The objective is to make learning Arabic more easily achievable and enjoyable for students. Students begin to perform the 'Tajreed' of the letters and learn how they are used in different words. Over all levels the students are introduced to more grammar and vocabulary with focus using fun illustrations. Alphabetical knowledge is reinforced and the 'Tanween' is introduced at certain age appropriate level. Conversational skills are further developed using a broader range of vocabulary. Writing skills are focused upon. Islamic poetry, haddith and 'Surahs' are studied. The workbook supplements the textbook in order to enhance comprehension and writing skills. Coloring activities, word formation and writing practice exercises to reinforce the new grammatical concepts introduced in the textbook. More over workbooks accompanies the textbook Includes fun coloring and matching activities; lots of exercises to practice forming the letters and to reinforce concepts. This is a substantial workbook as students need plenty of practice at this stage of language study. The tenses which are introduced in the textbook are covered, the masculine and feminine nouns and other grammatical concepts.

Features:

• Arabic only
• Islamic themes.
• Various exercises.
• Handwriting practice.
• High-quality print with large font, easy to read.

The sixth 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.

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.

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 series provides a new, integrated approach to teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers and is the first European curriculum to equip students with the skills needed to start speaking Arabic almost immediately. The curriculum uses guide-art methods and techniques recommended by experts in foreign-language instruction and take into account the unique nature of the Arabic language and its distinct characteristics.

1. Student Text:
The student text is the first step of I Love Arabic Series (from 11 years old) and is supported by a comprehensive workbook, handwriting book, and teacher case. The text is comprised of 7 units discussing critical issues of a child’s world.
Each unit is divided accordingly:
Let’s Talk: Simple passages are the base for learning linguistic structures of sounds, vocabularies, expressions, and syntax structures. This section aims at facilitating the learning and teaching processes of Arabic.
Vocabulary: Vocabulary words are taken directly from reading dialogue. They are combined with graphics to further student understanding and sensory perception.
New Structures: Learn basic Arabic structures through illustrations and examples complete with answer key.
Conversation: Conversational exercises encourage students to participate in classroom activities, apply reading material within dialogue, and ultimately become fluent speakers.
Reading: Reading passages include various cultural subjects with a variety of expressions concentrating on
Arabic and Islamic cultures. Section reading goals include:
Silent sustained reading with complete understanding of content.
Students read the passages aloud, so teachers can correct pronunciation.
Sounds: Students repeat sounds after listening to unit examples.
Oral Expression: Each unit includes an assignment to answer questions based on illustrations.

2. Workbook:
The patterns of exercises include:
Reading Comprehension: Exercises aimed at determining the level of children’s comprehension for the meaning of dialogue expressions.
Vocabulary: New vocabulary words concentrate on synonyms and antonyms.
Handwriting: This section focuses on word expressions and sentences to reinforce more complete writing skills where Students practice writing Arabic letters, words, and then expressions.
Grammar: A special concentration of theory and practice make learning grammar easier to understand. This section assists students with written and oral expressions skills that will improve their overall thinking and pronunciation sound.
Linguistics: Each unit introduces specific linguistic skills regularly accompanied with examples and exercises. Dictation: Fill in the blank exercises reinforces grammar and spelling lessons.
Illustrated Dictionary: An illustrated dictionary appears at the end of the workbook and includes word sets found throughout the lessons making memorization easy.

3. Teacher Case:
Consists of:
Teacher Guide:
Tips on efficient teaching practices.
Posters to be used as classroom visual aids
Audio tapes

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Support and Reinforcement: Years 3 and 4

This program consists of 20 units divided over two years. The goal is to enrich students’ vocabulary and to teach tools for expression through listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Another goal is to strengthen students’ faith through Quranic stories and to explain some basic concepts of worship, such as ablution, prayer, gratitude, and good manners, especially in a multicultural society.

Level 6 in text comprehension and expression is a full-color book intended for students 10–11 years old. This book includes the following components:

• Introduction with a quick reminder of the rule.
• Exercises in composition and expression.
• Four pages of suggested answers in the middle of each notebook.
• Activities involving the heroes of the series (Kareem and Salwa), completed in a special notebook.
• Additional pages of stories and general information for fun.
• Objectives of the series and intended audience.

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.

Book Six concentrates on teaching “Form Two, Three and Four Verbs” in a comprehensive manner, covering regular and irregular verbs in various moods and tenses. It introduces the subjunctive and jussive moods and the particles that govern them.
The key theme running through the book is the weather and seasons and the student will learn to talk about the temperature and climate in various parts of the world at different times of the year. As usual, passages of dialogue and extensive exercises enable the student to put into practice the knowledge he/she has acquired.

The Ad-Duha Arabic Exercise Book series is designed to teach children to read and understand the Qur’an. Therefore, all vocabulary and examples used come directly from the Qur’an, and focus on greater understanding of the Qur’an. The goal of these books is not to teach spoken Arabic, conversational Arabic or Modern Standard Arabic (used in newspaper, magazines, etc.). Each book in the series features:

• memory helpers
  
• coloring pages
  
• tracing guides
  
• writing practice
  
• puzzles
  
• matching
  
• Vocabulary building and much more!

Arabic Exercise Book IV:
Handwriting practice, dictation, vocabulary building, translation and memorizing the order of the chapters in the Qur’an.

The textbook has 104 pages divided into 20 lessons. It is 21 by 28 centimetres in size and printed in four colors.

The back of the book has a glossary with words arranged in the order they appear in the book. The Arabic word appears next to its English translation to help the student, the teacher, and the parents to precisely comprehend the meaning.

All the lessons teach students basic words and structures through a variety of texts: some are narrative, and some are dialogues. All of them are fun, exciting, and work together to teach students Arabic language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) using purposeful linguistic contexts that relate students’ to the world around them.

The lessons include the following topics:

• Everyday things, like shopping at the market.
• Some behavioral issues, like helping those who need it, having good manners, and the manners of swimming.
• Enjoying nature, like enjoying spring and having some positive adventures.
• Some wondrous creatures, like carnivorous plants and the secrets of salmon.
• Some people’s traditions, like those of the Eskimo community or those of global circus performers.
• Children's rights in life, such as choosing their own clothes.
• Some intellectuals and writers, such as Dr. Taha Hussain.
• Nutrition, such as how to prepare some foods of different cultural traditions.
• Group skills, such as participating in camp scouts, learning about cooperation; and individual skills such as mountain climbing.
• Writing skills, such as how to write a personal letter using a computer.

The textbook and workbook together use a simple and accessible method with different styles of linguistic techniques and exercises that allow students to learn improve their writing and appreciate the Arabic language. Some of the topics included are the following:

• Subject and predicate of nominal sentences
• Kana and her sisters (and how they affect the nominal sentence)
• Second person pronouns (and using them for masculine and feminine subjects)
• Present-tense verbs and case (nominative, accusative, and jussive)
• Prepositions that make the present verb accusative or jussive.
• Duality and plurality
• Types of plurals (regular masculine plural, regular feminine plural, and irregular plural)
• Words and their opposites in different contexts
• How to use some prepositions in different contexts
• Adverbs of time and place
• Open and closed ta
• Long and short alif
• Using illa (for exceptions)

Each of the twenty lessons includes seven activities to help students learn Arabic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). These activities include the following: I look and say, I listen and answer, I read, I match, I convert, I write, I mark, I fill in the blank, I answer the questions, I search the internet, I ask my classmate, and I look at the picture.

The textbook includes eight songs with an easy rhythm that were composed especially for this series. You can find the songs at the end of each lesson. They focus on the essential concepts and meanings of the lesson. Therefore, there is a song that focuses on loving your country; another song focuses on the importance of a varied, healthy diet; and another song focuses on swimming and following the coach’s directions.

The lessons include bright illustrations to engage students and make them excited about learning.

This level’s textbook comes with a CD. It can be found affixed to the back cover of the book. It includes recordings of the educational material in this level’s books (the textbook, the workbook, and the teacher's guide) so students can listen with their teacher’s supervision during the appropriate points in the lessons. This material was recorded by a specialized company, and was produced especially for children, in a dramatic way that will engage their enthusiasm.

Introduction to the Authors’ Committee
The sixth level of Al-Amal series for Learning Arabic appears in two parts: Reading and Comprehension book, and Exercise book.
In brief, the objectives of the two books are as the follows. The learner is expected to:

1. Acquire the correct, fluent, and expressive reading skills of particular kinds of discourses (narrative/ description/ dialogue/ article/etc.)
2. Find answers by reading the text silently and in a comprehensive manner
3. Reflect verbally and in written format about live situations using new phrases, structures, and lexicons to build his vocabulary one by one; and to be able to use vocabulary in suitable contexts.
4. Keep identifying new rules in Grammar, syntax, and drawing; and practice using them correctly verbally and in written format.

We focused in the two books to gradually teach our children the Arabic language through rich content that relates to them their culture and Arabic/Islamic roots, and at the same time, teaching this content in a manner reflecting their real lives. As a result, it builds their lexical glossary and helps them to excel in their reading skills, acquire language, and helps them in the ability to use and conduct it in a way that accommodates their age and mental level.
We also worked to towards including in the various texts discourse, meaning and styles in order to regard the language specialty in its live communicative form, and to enrich the student’s linguistic, stylistic, and semantic knowledge. We included at the end of the book a story. This story is fun, interesting, and useful, encouraging the student in reading and silent reading.
We made this book suitable for our modern times, encouraging and desired by children, who are distracted by various knowledge aids to digital, visual, and audio media. We had to insert lively, amusing, modern media and aids that narrowed the scope of the classical model of the school book, so that it retain its first position.
We turned it from its paper copy form to a digital form. We inserted a CD* for each level to revise all knowledge and activities. We reproduced it in a way to ensure it is fun and light at first, and to be easily accessible, and ensuring the well-acceptance of student, and his first respond towards it, and to be user-friendly, both in the classroom - during the lesson - or at home, with the help of the teacher or without it, and so forth. The purpose of this digital aid is to expand the circle of the student’s independency and prepare him for self-learning.
And believing that the educational process supervisor is the most acknowledged with the level of his learners, we rely on his competence to adapt the lesson according to their level and to overcome difficulties stated in the book which may prevent the learning process and delay the learner’s progression in a right manner.
We hope this publication and its media aids will meet the learner and teacher’s needs. And we hope from you, the user of the book, to provide us constructive feedback to level us with the book’s layout and content for general benefit and to fulfill its purpose and objectives.
*The CD is not distributed with the book. It is sold on its own.