Arabic-L:PEDA:New Horizons clarifications

[Dilworth B. Parkinson]

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1) Subject: New Horizons clarification
2) Subject: New Horizons clarification

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Date: 10 May 2000
From: Ahmad Khorshid <a_khorshid at hotmail.com>
Subject: New Horizons clarification

>The New Horizon Schools in Los Angeles are run by the Islamic Center of
>Southern California. They offer, in addition to the usual school subjects,
>Arabic and Islamic studies. Although most of the children are Moslems, the
>schools are open to non-Moslems as well. Actually, we do have a few
>non-Moslem children. We have a "pioneer"?! Arabic language program which
>teaches kids 3-6 years old standard Arabic orally. This program does not
>follow the traditional Arabic alphabet method. I mean alif asad, baa'
>baTTa, taa' tuffaaHa, and so on. The program is very successful. We measure
>the success by the language functions the children can engage in. Two
>distinctive features of this program are: 1. an influx of vocabulary
>representing the needs of children at that age, used in context (with
>puppets, stories, songs, etc.) and recycled systematically. 2. we teach
>what you can call "functional grammar" starting with a non-holistic
>approach. That is, we teach one bit at a time, so that the children's
>ability to communicate builds up gradually. After establishing a sound
>base, relatively speaking, we teach the language through a holistic
>approach. The Arabic alphabet will be introduced on the 4th year (1st
>grade). Students continue learning Standard Arabic in a communicative way
>till 8th grade. Hope this helps. Regards.
>
>Ahmad Khorshid
>Teacher trainer and curriculum developer
>New Horizon Schools
>Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Pasadena

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Date: 10 May 2000
From: Ahmad Khorshid <a_khorshid at hotmail.com>
Subject: New Horizons clarification

For the Arabic teaching position in the New Horizon Schools in Los Angeles
advertised earlier, we do welcome applications from the States and from
oversees as well.

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