Arabic-L:PEDA:alphabet clips

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Date: 01 Jun 2009
From: tb46 at COLUMBIA.EDU
Subject:alphabet clips

Thank you for all the links. Most of these clips have three main =20
issues: they are religious, nationalistic, and made for children. All  
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of this makes it very difficult to use them with adult American =20
students. This is true of most Arabic materials I have seen so far, =20
and there is a need to create new ones tailored for an adult, non-=20
native speaker.

Best,

t ben amor

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Date: 01 Jun 2009
From:Ola Moshref <omoshref at gmail.com>
Subject:alphabet clips

To add a different approach, English lyrics are also useful.

"A is for Asad" song can be used to teach the sequence of the  
alphabet, but is also very useful for further activities. For example,  
after watching they can identify the Arabic names of the animals based  
on the first letter by preparing a handout with animal pictures and  
names, and asking students to match the picture with the name.  
Additionally, they can practice reading the whole animal name:

http://tv.muxlim.com/video/mDqezQpUISl/Alif-is-for-Asad-Arabic-Alphabet-for-Kids/

With certain students, e.g. heritage students or students interested  
in Islam, "A is for Allah" is culturally very suitable and can also be  
used in the same above way for reading practice not only of alphabet- 
word pairs, but of the prophets' names as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L-GOHa5-YQ

Ola Moshref
TA Department of Linguistics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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