Pack Two of the Gateway to Arabic Keyword Rings contains five sets of 80 key ring flashcards, providing a vocabulary of over 600 Arabic words. Each word is given in Arabic, English and French, together with its plural form where appropriate. A transliteration of the Arabic text is also provided, as well as a key to the transliteration system. Each card set is presented in full color and the text is also color-coded according to language for ease of reference.

The themes of the five sets are as follows:

• The human body
• Medical matters
• Time (part 2) and adjectives (antonyms)
• Around the home: everyday objects
• Forty verbs and forty other key words including prepositions, conjunctions, adverbs and useful phrases. Verbs are shown in the 3rd person masculine singular past and present tense.

Each set of these handy pocket-sized cards is mounted on a hinged key ring so that cards may easily be added or removed to tailor them to the user’s requirements. Their portable format makes it easy to learn new vocabulary in any spare moment! Each individual card measures 3 inches by 2 inches and each set of eighty cards comes ready mounted onto a 1-inch diameter hinged key ring.

“Arabic Between Your Hands Series” is one program in a collection of programs called “Arabic For All”. This series comprises a developed version of the book “Arabic Between Your Hands”, which introduces a comprehensive curriculum for teaching Arabic for non-Arabic speakers, students and teachers. This curriculum is developed for educational entities, including schools, institutes and universities. It begins from the basic level and continues with the students until they master Arabic language, which enables them to join university and continue their Arabic studies in various majors. The developed series is designed by the authors of the original series, who are an academic team specialized in teaching Arabic for non-Arabic speakers. Here is a brief introduction to the developed series:

• In its new version, the series consists of the following levels, books and materials:
  • Textbooks divided into four levels as follows:
    1. The beginner (basic) level, which consists of the first Student’s Books (1+2) and the Teacher’s Book (1)
    2. The intermediate level, which consists of the second Student’s Books (1+2) and the Teacher’s Book (2)
    3. The advanced level, which consists of the third Student’s Books (1+2) and the Teacher’s Book (3)
    4. The special level, which consists of the fourth Student’s Books (1+2) and the Teacher’s Book (4)
  • Arabic Between Your Hands Dictionary (Illustrated Arabic/Arabic Dictionary).
  • Arabic Letters Booklet (Preparatory book for teaching Arabic letters).
  • Recorded Audio CDs, one for each of the Student’s eight Books.


• The Series Audience: The Series is designed for adult students.
• The Series Language: The series is based on classical Arabic, without using other intermediate languages.
• The series consists of 576 basic lessons divided as follows:
  • The first level (book 1 and book 2): 144 basic lessons, in 16 units.
  • The second level (book 1 and book 2): 208 basic lessons, in 16 units.
  • The third level (book 1 and book 2): 112 basic lessons, in 16 units.
  • The fourth level (book 1 and book 2): 112 basic lessons, in 16 units.
  Total of basic lessons = 576 basic lessons + 24 lessons for tests = 600 lessons


• The Series Goals: The series aims at achieving the following competencies goals:
  1. Language competency, including the following skills and elements:
     1. The four language skills:
        1. Listening
        2. Speaking
        3. Reading
        4. Writing (both automatic and creative)
     2. The three language elements:
        1. Sounds (Different Phonetic Phenomena)
        2. Vocabularies (Contextual and idiomatic expressions)
        3. Grammar Structures (Good number of grammatical, morphological and dictating rules)
     3. Communicative competency
     4. Cultural competency
  2. Time required for teaching the series Total time expected to teach the series is 600 hours, divided according to each program and its weekly hours as follows:
     • 24 weeks, in a program of 25 hours per week.
     • 30 weeks, in a program of 20 hours per week.
     • 40 weeks, in a program of 15 hours per week.
     • 60 weeks, in a program of 10 hours per week.
     • 75 weeks, in a program of 8 hours per week.
     • 120 weeks, in a program of 5 hours per week.
  3. Features of the Series:
     1. The latest series in teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers.
     2. It is based on the latest methods and techniques in teaching foreign languages.
     3. Exercises and Activates Books have been combined into the eight Students’ Books for practical reasons.
     4. Considering the integration between the three language competencies: Linguistic, communicative and cultural.
     5. Using a progressive approach and units-based system in introducing educational materials, along with using a specific number of vocabularies and structures in each unit.
     6. The structure of the books and units are suitable for the levels introduced.
     7. Sound and phonetic phenomena have been treated using new and different methods, along with a complete consistency with the relevant texts.
     8. The series provides different types of tests in the beginning, middle and end of each level.
     9. The series focuses on the teacher, allotting an independent teacher’s book for each level, which includes answers for tests, instructions, methods of teaching foreign languages and introducing skills and elements, which help the teacher achieves his goals easily and effectively.
     10. Until now, the series has been approved by more than 1200 universities, institutes and schools around the world.

Click here to download Arabic Between Your Hands series Audio content.

A comprehensive Arabic curriculum originally designed for the native Arabic- speaking child in the classroom. The individual Level levels focus strongly on reading, writing and speaking. Offers a clear and professional layout. The many themes, stories and songs focus on Islam, good behavioral and moral values as well as common environments for children. Highly recommended for children with exposure to Arabic and for those schools who wish to promote Arabic as a viable, second language.

The Arabic language, our mother language, is the language of connecting and communicating between grandparents and grandchildren, old and new, tradition and modernity. For this reasons, it must be given the importance it deserves. It must be cared for, loved with devotion, and looked after like a mother cares for her child, or as a farmer protects his field.
Language is not a goal, but a tool to transfer feelings and thoughts between people. Thus, it is not an object, but a living entity that evolves, just like thoughts and feelings change from generation to generation.
The Arabic language has the ability to adjust and develop because of its structure and multiple features such as carving, shaping, painting, and metaphor. What’s more, it has evolved and succeeded in fostering communication between people. It is a social agent that cannot be underestimated.
People who have the ability to influence their listeners are those that have mastered the skills of writing and speaking. To be an effective speaker or writer among people, one must learn how to develop good rhetoric expression models.
While we may take for granted that lingual creativity is a talent or gift from Allah, we cannot forget that training and culture are the indispensable basis for nurturing and promoting creativity. Therefore, we put this three-part educational book, “The Assistant in Writing and Essays,” into the hands of our dear readers, hoping to achieve this desired goal.

General Writing Instructions

1. Read the subject carefully, at least twice. Underline the words or sentences that represent the main ideas of the subject.
2. Ask yourself, "What did they ask me to write?"
3. Beware of straying off subject.
4. Think before you write.
5. Have a plan for your subject.
6. Start with a small focused introduction.
7. Finish your subject one passage at a time, following the plan you have created.
8. Take advantage of fluent expressions and quote suitable proverbs.
9. Conclude the subject with a focused sentence that best summarizes your chosen subject.
10. Don't neglect punctuation marks.
11. Correct all grammatical and spelling errors.
12. Reread what you have written to ensure you have thoroughly covered the subject.
13. Finally, copy your subject.

The Assistant in Writing and Essays part two is divided into 4 parts, each part discuss certain subjects. First part is about enriching the linguistic amounts and provides examples of well written texts. Second part is about science, technology and communication means. Third part is about health, food and sports you need to describe in a simple essay. Forth part is about the culture and composition arts.

Features

• Outlines to put a plan for your subject
• Tips to take advantage of the fluent expressions and quote the suitable proverbs
• Teaches how to use the punctuation marks
• Gives general instruction in writing

Goals & Contents:
The “I love Arabic” series will help students with verbal and editorial communication in Arabic. To achieve this goal, the series provides the student with educational materials that will help him to utilize formal Arabic from the start and will create the opportunity for him to use what he is learning in real conversations.
The series is directed towards non-Arabic speaking children ages 6-18 years. It consists of twelve levels, each level includes three books which are:

1. Student’s Book.
2. Student's Workbook.
3. Teacher’s Book.

The linguistic content:
The series displays the vocal system of the Arabic language in its different phenomena. It presents vocabularies that are common in an Arabic dictionary for children. It also features 4,300 words and it concentrates on pictorial concrete vocabulary in the first two books.
The series provides the student with a number of basic linguistic structures (about 500 structures). Each lesson contains a specific number of structures and expressions. The lessons gradually advance and each principle is revisited from one lesson to the next. It also includes the entirety of the Arabic syntax rules in the levels (fifth- twelfth) and combines application with practical training based upon theoretical rule.

Integration between the linguistic skills:
The series addresses the four main linguistic skills which are: reading, listening, speaking and writing in a balanced integrated way. Special attention is given to speaking and understanding what is heard in the first two books. In the third through sixth books the concentration is on dictation and reading. In the seventh through ninth books the aim is to connect schools with Arabic libraries, children’s magazines, encyclopedias and helps to simplify knowledge departments.
And in the tenth through twelfth books subjects and literature is presented in their original text with some adjustment. It also presents chosen examples of poetry prose from the poets Al Jahili, Al Omawi, Al Abbasi along with contemporary poets.

Educational material presenting methods:
Different methods are used in this series to make the lesson exciting for the child. Stories, songs, conversations, linguistic games and entertaining homework are incorporated in the lessons to entice learning and help students identify their preferences. It also helps to awaken students' passion for drawing, coloring and teamwork.
The series includes different types of linguistic exercises that suit children. An emphasis has been given in terms of mental and physical activities, whether performed in pairs or groups.

Vocabulary list:
There is a list of vocabulary at the end of each book in this series that contains all vocabularies and expressions which were presented in all book lessons. The words are alphabetized so the student can find the words needed easily.

Evaluation quizzes:
Each book of the series books includes a number of phase quizzes for evaluation and measuring the student’s progress in learning the language.

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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This is the first-ever series of graded stories for beginning and intermediate adult learners of Arabic as a foreign language.
It is based on the following pedagogical principles:

1. gradual introduction of vocabulary and structure, in context.
2. frequent recycling of both.
3. a huge volume of comprehensible input.

The 24 stories in this reader are divided into 6 levels of 4 stories each. Levels 1-3 for beginners, levels 4-6 for intermediate students. The stories range from 200 - 400 words.

The objectives for teaching the Arabic language in the first part of the intermediate level are as follows:

1. Assist the student with the art of conversation, using classic simplified standard Arabic as the method of expression. Additionally, provide students with the ability to learn and speak Arabic fluently with confidence.
   
2. In "Reading and Archives,” enable students to read texts completely and accurately, emulating the teacher's method of reading. Furthermore, correct any errors students may have in understanding and reading the different texts.
   
3. Allow the student in "Grammar and Dictation" to gradually learn the basic language order while observing dictation and grammar rules. Also, learn to write connected sentences composed of simple texts that illustrate the vocabulary and rules taught.
   
4. Permit the student in “Verbal and Written Expression" to practice verbal expression techniques in order to vary individual style and technique. Teach the student to use acquired expressions and enhance those expressions using personal observations through individual and team activities. Finally, to analyze a text to gain understanding, and the ability to explain, summarize and remark upon it.

This series consists of 9 levels, each level consisting of a student's textbook, workbook, and a teacher book.

This book includes 7 educational units that center on children's environment and their everyday activities.
The units are organized as follows:

• Let's Talk. Each unit begins with a conversation that includes the linguistic elements, vocabulary, expressions, and grammatical structures. The goal of the conversation is to make the learning process easy and to enable students to communicate using the language.
• New Vocabulary. Illustrated words enrich children's vocabulary and provide them with new words to use.
• Speaking: Speaking exercises to be completed in pairs allow children to gain fluency using the language by encouraging interaction, sharing, and communication between students.
• Reading: The reading texts contain a variety of cultural topics and come in a variety of shapes in order to meet children’s needs to learn about the world around them and become cultured.
The goal here is to:
1. Accustom students to silent reading and understanding of the content, so that they can become independent readers.
2. Accustom students to reading aloud, so that the teacher can correct their reading and pronunciation.
• New structures. In each unit, students practice creating a new structure of basic Arabic structures. The book presents examples that students can use to create new structures with the help of their teacher.
• Supporting vocabulary. The student's book contains supporting vocabulary in the form of an illustrated dictionary in the back of the book. It includes new expressions with pictures to aid in students’ retention of the information.