Arabic At 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 At 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.

• Level’s units, books and lessons:
  
  The first level consists of two parts (books), each of which includes 8 units (total of 16 units). Each unit consists of 9 lessons, constituting a total of 144 basic lessons in this level.
  
  The lessons of each unit are organized as follows:
  • First lesson: First dialogue, its vocabularies and exercises 2 pages
  • Second lesson: Second dialogue, its vocabularies and exercises 2 pages
  • Third lesson: Third dialogue, its vocabularies and exercises 2 pages
  • Fourth lesson: Vocabularies exercises and additional vocabularies. 2 pages
  • Fifth Lesson: Grammar structures and exercises. 4 pages
  • Sixth lesson: Sounds 3 pages
  • Seventh lesson: Speaking and exercises 3 pages
  • Eighth lesson: Reading and exercises 3 pages
  • Ninth lesson: Writing and exercises 4 pages
  Total of 25 pages per unit



• Tests and Evaluations:
  Two types of tests are included in the first level:
  1. Short tests: 8 tests in each two units
  2. Two comprehensive tests for determining level:
     • Midlevel comprehensive test (at the end of the first book)
     • Final comprehensive test (at the end of the second book)
There are no audio records for final and midtrial tests because answers have to be given from the students not the teacher.


• At its end, the first level includes a group of vocabularies with illustrated pictures. It also comprises lists for vocabularies used in each unit and another list for all vocabularies used in the level arranged alphabetically. It also contains listening texts along with an audio CD (8 hours) covering all texts and some of the exercises included. There is also a preparatory booklet for teaching Arabic letters.Click here to download Arabic Between Your Hands Textbook: Level 1, Part 1 Audio content.

Arabic in Your Hands is part of a collection of programs called Arabic For All. The series includes a book that introduces a comprehensive curriculum for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, students, and teachers. This curriculum was developed for educational entities, including schools, institutes, and universities.
It begins at a basic level and continues with students until they master the Arabic language, enabling them to enter university and continue their Arabic studies in various majors. The series was designed by the authors of the original series—an academic team specialized in teaching Arabic for non-Arabic speakers.

The teacher’s books are identical to the student books and aim at providing teachers with techniques and procedures to help them teach every page in the student book effectively in a way that achieves the best results. The teacher’s book includes an answer key for all exercises in the student book. Each teacher’s book includes the student book for the same level (the two parts) with a smaller page size to make it easy for the teacher to follow the educational material of the student without needing the student book itself.

There are four teacher’s books, one for each level as follows.

1. The first teacher’s book is for the two student books in the first level.
2. The second teacher’s book is for the two student books in the second level.
3. The third teacher’s book is for the two student books in the third level.
4. The fourth teacher’s book is for the two student books in the fourth level.

The teacher’s books have many advantages, including the following.

• General guidelines for teachers teaching a language to non-native speakers, along with techniques for presenting different language skills and elements
• Suggestions on the exercises in each level along with suggestions for additional exercises
• Answers to the exercises in the student books (except for communicative and expression exercises), along with comprehension texts
• Answers to the questions on comprehensive tests in the student books (standard, midlevel, and final)
• Summaries of the structures, vocabulary, and sounds included in each unit and a suggestion for presenting different types of vocabulary
• Summaries of the objectives of each unit and how to present the texts
• Description of the units' structures and how to introduce the structures

Other advantages included in teacher’s books are 35 general guidelines for teachers and 24 guidelines on 67 tips about teaching language, its skills and elements, and how to manage a language classroom.

Arabic At 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 At 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.

• Level’s units, books and lessons: The second level consists of two parts (books), each of which includes 8 units (total of 16 units). Each unit consists of 13 lessons, constituting a total of 208 basic lessons in this level.
  
  The lessons of each unit are organized as follows:
  • Dialogue (1), exercises and vocabularies 2 pages
  • Sounds and exercises 1 page
  • Grammatical notes (1) 1 page
  • Speaking and listening (1) 1 page
  • Comprehension text and vocabularies (1) 2 pages
  • Grammatical notes (2) 2 pages
  • Dialogue (2), exercises and vocabularies 2 pages
  • Grammatical notes (3) 1 page
  • Speaking and listening (2) 1 page
  • Comprehension text and vocabularies (2) 2 pages
  • Grammatical notes (4) 2 pages
  • Expression 2 pages
  • Dictation and handwriting 1 page
  
  Total of 20 pages per unit


• Tests and Evaluations:
  The second level (book 1 and 2) comprises two types of tests:
  1. Short tests: 8 tests after each 2 units.
  2. Extended tests for determining level:
     • Level test at the beginning of this level to determine the student level and measure his ability to begin the second level.
     • Midlevel test (at the end of the first book in this level)
     • Final comprehensive test (at the end of the second book in this level)
  
  
  At the end of the second level, there are lists of vocabulary used in each unit and another list of all the vocabularies of the level arranged alphabetically.  
  
  

Click here to download Arabic Between Your Hands Textbook: Level 2, Part 1 Audio content.

“Arabic in 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 At 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.

Teacher’s books are identical to student’s book and aim at providing the teacher with a collection of techniques and procedures to help him teach every page in student’s book effectively in a way that achieves the best results. Teacher’s book includes key answers for all exercises used in student’s books. Each teacher’s book includes the student’s book of the same level (the two parts) with smaller page size to make it easy for the teacher to follow the educational material of the student without the need to have the student’s book itself.

*There are four teacher’s books, one for each level as follows:

1. First teacher’s book for the two student’s books of the first level.
2. Second teacher’s book for the two student’s books of the second level.
3. Third teacher’s book for the two student’s books of the third level.
4. Fourth teacher’s book for the two student’s books of the fourth level.

*Each teacher’s books have many advantages, including:

• General guidelines to the teachers for teaching language for non-native speakers along with techniques for presenting different language skills and elements.
• Suggestions about performing the exercises of each level along with suggestion for additional exercises.
• Answers for the exercises of the student’s books (except for communicative and expression exercises), along with comprehension text.
• Answers for the questions of comprehensive tests in student’s books (standard, midlevel and final).
• Summary about the structures, vocabularies and sounds included in each unit and a suggestion for presenting different types of vocabularies.
• Summary about the goal of each unit and the way of presenting text.
• Description of units structure and the way of introducing the structures.

*Other advantages included in teacher’s books:

• 35 general guideline for teacher.
• 24 guideline on managing 67 instructions and tips about teaching language, its skills and elements and how to deal with language classroom.
• tests.

“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 BetweenYour 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.

• Level’s units, books and lessons:
The third level consists of two parts (books), each of which includes 8 units (total of 16 units). Each unit consists of 7 lessons, constituting a total of 112 basic lessons in this level.

The lessons of each unit are organized as follows:
Rich comprehension text and exercises 3 pages
Vocabularies and expression 3 pages
Language rules (1) and exercises 3 pages
Listening exercises 2 pages
Oral and writing expression exercises 2 pages
Dictation 2 pages
Language rules (2) and exercises 3 pages
Total of 18 pages per unit

• Tests and evaluations:
The third level (part 1 and 2) comprises 5 tests as follows:

1. Level determining test at the beginning of the first book to determining the student’s level and his ability to begin the third level.
2. Small test at the middle of the first book.
3. Midlevel test at the end of the first book.
4. Small test at the middle of the second book.
5. Final comprehensive test at the end of the second book.

There are no audio records for final and midtrial tests because answers have to be given from the students not the teacher.

At the end of the third level, there are lists of vocabulary used n each unit and another list of all the vocabularies of the level arranged alphabetically.




Click here to download Arabic Between Your Hands Textbook: Level 3, Part 1 Audio content.

By Level 3, students are expected to have attained the basics of Islam. They are led through more detailed lessons about Islamic principles and character building themes taken from Quran, hadeeth, and seerah. The lessons are presented as stories, related in a captivating and exciting narrative style. Activities and questions are designed to nurture comprehension and analytical skills. Colorful illustrations and graphics inspire students to learn, love, and live Islam. The book also comes with a CD of Quranic stories and nasheeds by Noorart.

The I Love Islam series presents Islam to elementary school students in an exciting and creative manner. Textbooks and workbooks gradually introduce Muslim students to the essentials of their faith and bring to light historical and cultural aspects of Islam. Each book in the series is designed to emphasize aspects of Islam appropriate for that grade level.

More About the Series
This series covers grades one through twelve and includes a student textbook, a student workbook, and a teacher's edition. The series will cover many aspects of Islam, including the following:

• Iman
• Fiqh al-ibadat
• Fiqh al-mu'amalat
• Quran
• Hadeeth
• Seerah
• Islamic character education
• The Muslim world

Features of the Series

• Presented in the English language, so all students can relate to the material
• Uses a modern methodology to reach students
• Includes simple, but engaging stories
• Contains a variety of creative exercises

About the Companion CDs
Noorart, in conjunction with the Islamic Services Foundation, is pleased to offer three companion CDs with the textbooks. Each textbook contains one CD with selections from the following audio products:

• We Are Muslims 1 & 2
• Qur’an for Little Muslims 1 & 2
• We Love Muhammad, Part 1, Life in Mecca

The text and lyrics are available in the textbooks. The corresponding units and chapters are indicated at the beginning of each selection on the CD and notated in the books for easy reference by teachers and students.

Level 1 in the I Love Islam series lays the foundations of the Islamic belief system for young learners in a colorful and age-appropriate manner. The key concept of tawheed is explained in simple language, drawing on the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Seerah, worship, and Islamic manners and etiquette are covered. Fun characters are introduced to students, inspiring them to learn important life lessons. With this series, students can enjoy the subject and learn lessons that will last a lifetime. The book also comes with a CD of Quran stories and nasheeds by Noorart to supplement lessons.

The I Love Islam series presents Islam to elementary school students in an exciting and creative manner. Textbooks and workbooks gradually introduce Muslim students to the essentials of their faith and bring to light historical and cultural aspects of Islam. Each book in the series is designed to emphasize aspects of Islam appropriate for that grade level.

More About the Series
This series covers grades one through twelve and includes a student textbook, a student workbook, and a teacher's edition. The series will cover many aspects of Islam, including the following:

• Iman
• Fiqh al-ibadat
• Fiqh al-mu'amalat
• Quran
• Hadeeth
• Seerah
• Islamic character education
• The Muslim world

Features of the Series

• Presented in the English language, so all students can relate to the material
• Uses a modern methodology to reach students
• Includes simple, but engaging stories
• Contains a variety of creative exercises

About the Companion CDs
Noorart, in conjunction with the Islamic Services Foundation, is pleased to offer three companion CDs with the textbooks. Each textbook contains one CD with selections from the following audio products:

• We Are Muslims 1 & 2
• Qur’an for Little Muslims 1 & 2
• We Love Muhammad, Part 1, Life in Mecca

The text and lyrics are available in the textbooks. The corresponding units and chapters are indicated at the beginning of each selection on the CD and notated in the books for easy reference by teachers and students.

Level 2 in the I Love Islam series builds on the foundation laid in Level 1. Students deepen their understanding of Islam through stories, nasheeds, and thought-provoking questions and activities. As in the first book, this volume is presented in a captivating style that motivates children to learn. Vivid illustrations enhance each lesson. The book also comes with a CD of Quranic stories and nasheeds by Noorart to supplement lessons.

The I Love Islam series presents Islam to elementary school students in an exciting and creative manner. Textbooks and workbooks gradually introduce Muslim students to the essentials of their faith and bring to light historical and cultural aspects of Islam. Each book in the series is designed to emphasize aspects of Islam appropriate for that grade level.

More About the Series
This series covers grades one through twelve and includes a student textbook, a student workbook, and a teacher's edition. The series will cover many aspects of Islam, including the following:

• Iman
• Fiqh al-ibadat
• Fiqh al-mu'amalat
• Quran
• Hadeeth
• Seerah
• Islamic character education
• The Muslim world

Features of the Series

• Presented in the English language, so all students can relate to the material
• Uses a modern methodology to reach students
• Includes simple, but engaging stories
• Contains a variety of creative exercises

About the Companion CDs
Noorart, in conjunction with the Islamic Services Foundation, is pleased to offer three companion CDs with the textbooks. Each textbook contains one CD with selections from the following audio products:

• We Are Muslims 1 & 2
• Qur’an for Little Muslims 1 & 2
• We Love Muhammad, Part 1, Life in Mecca

The text and lyrics are available in the textbooks. The corresponding units and chapters are indicated at the beginning of each selection on the CD and notated in the books for easy reference by teachers and students.

Part one contains 10 lessons, which deal with daily life issues to help students learn about Arab society and adapt to it. Every lesson starts with a central text, which has been written in a conversational style. The texts contain many dialogues in order to train students and encourage them to use the language. Each text is followed by a list of new words that appeared in the text as well as other words related to the subject matter. This is followed by comprehension questions and exercises that target different skills. A conversation exercise is available at the end of every lesson and requires the instructor to practice with the students on using the terms learned in the lesson and previous ones to have a conversation in Arabic. Instructors are advised to use pictures where the content of the pictures contains answers to the questions the instructor asks.

Some lessons contain Arab and Islamic cultural elements so that students would learn aspects of Arab culture in addition to language. The rules of grammar and conjugation appear in functional form in the texts but little focus has been made on them or their details because I believe that language is learned through practice first and not simply through learning rules of grammar without a functional dimension.
The purpose of the grammar presentation in the book is to teach students the major patterns of simple Arabic sentences without burdening them with the rules of conjugation at this early level. It is more important now for students to learn how to arrange words into a correct sentence.

also the book briefly mentioned some constructs to be dealt with in more detail in subsequent levels. My focus in this level was mainlyon building the linguistic skills needed for daily use because that would be of more benefit to students than simply explaining rules of grammars that students might have difficulty retaining. Students at the beginner level find no practical use to memorizing rules of grammar.
The grammar sections in this level focused mainly on the conjugation of verbs with separate pronouns because verbs are the spine of the Arabic language. The book’s lessons also focus on the basic rules of formulating a grammatically-correct sentence that would be combined into a grammatically-correct paragraphs and texts.
The purpose is ultimately to familiarize students with the basic rules of grammar and conjugation.

The book contains four appendixes:

1. Appendix 1 & 2:
   they contains a glossary of words used in the texts and exercises of the lessons. The words are organized in the order in which they appear in the text – not in alphabetical order so as to be easy to follow for students. I thought of translating the glossary into several languages in addition to English (as I did with the first edition six years ago). I was surprised and delighted when my students rushed to the task. The glossary was thus translated into major global languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese, as well as into Japanese and Korean. The translation was proofread by advanced Arabic language students who were native speakers of the languages they revised.
2. Appendix 3:
   It contains the conjugation of verbs in three tenses (past, present, and imperative) with separate pronouns. Most of the verbs were mentioned in the lessons while therest were selected because they are related closely to daily activities. The purpose is to build up students’ lexicon, give them the confidence to use the language and encourage them to continue studying it (which is the primary purpose in my opinion).
3. Appendix 4:
   This appendix is dedicated to singular and plural forms. It contains the singular and plural forms of nouns mentioned in the lessons. The reason I dedicated an appendix to plural forms is the absence of a rule that students can use to form irregular plurals, which are common and heavily-used in Arabic. Foreign students – even at advanced stages – have difficulty forming irregular plural nouns.
4. Appendix 5:
   A general introduction to the Islamic and Gregorian calendars as well as brief profiles of Arab countries, including capitals and currencies.
5. Appendix 6:
   Political map of the Arab world including the capitals and important cities.
6. Appendix 7:
   Contains the singular and plural forms of the human body parts, which were mentioned previously.
7. Appendix 8:
   List Arabic grammar Vocabularies along with English translation.
8. Appendix 9:
   The English translations of all the questions in this book along with the page number they are located in.

The enclosed Audio CD contains:

1. A slow and clear audio recording of the alphabet with adequate translation in English.
2. The main lessons are recorded clearly. The last mark has been deliberately ignored in most cases when reading the lessons so it will not confuse the students and disturb their minds with long and short vowels, tanween mark and noon and al-fateh tanween and the dual.
3. “Tanween” mark is pronounced on some words, even though it is not written on those words for linguistic reasons.
4. The instructions at the beginning of each exercise are translated in English.
5. The questions and answers to the “Test Your Knowledge” section are recorded.
6. Translations of the newly introduced vocabulary words are offered at the end of each lesson.
7. Simple linguistic rules and grammar explanations have been included throughout the book to equip readers with a better understanding of the language.

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Check out 100 inner pages of this book

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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