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<br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1) Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Online Arabic Interactive Storybook "Dunia fi Lubnan"</font><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1)</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Date: </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">08 Jul 2014</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Michelle Tager <<a href="mailto:michelletager@hotmail.com" target="_blank">michelletager@hotmail.com</a>></span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Online Arabic Interactive Storybook "Dunia fi Lubnan"</font><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">“ Enjoy the First Free Arabic Interactive Story Book Online (ISB)”</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">“Dunia Fi Lubnan” is an unique online Arabic interactive storybook developed by Alef,b… multicultural center for children with support from Qatar Foundation International through a Curriculum Development grant.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">The overall purpose of this Interactive Story Book is to encourage the enthusiastic development of the Arabic language, and a love for lifelong learning of this language and its culture.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">“Dunia Fi Lubnan” is an integrated educational material in that it uses both Modern Standard Arabic, الفصحى and colloquial العامية .</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">It is appropriate for Arabic heritage students as well as for learners whose native language is English. In the latter case, it is recommended to use the ISB with the assistance of a native person in order to best enjoy the content. The target age group is 7 years old and up.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">This material is composed of a fully illustrated interactive story, comprehension quiz questions prompted by Nahla the bee in English, playful drills to test reading, writing and comprehension, and cultural games from which the learner can accumulate points to earn a surprise gift from Alefb.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">This highly interactive, multimedia component works very well as an enhancement to regular curricula for teaching Arabic as a foreign language to children, teens and even adults, individually or in a classroom setting.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Twenty two fully illustrated pages tell the story of Dunia; a story not too different from the story of many language learners, in the sense that she has acquired some knowledge about the Arabic language, yet she feels shy and uncomfortable with speaking. She worries that others may mock her or make fun of her accent when she goes to visit her grandparents in Lebanon. Like many children, Dunia loves the game of soccer; she also respects nature and its creatures. During her summer in Lebanon, she manages to slowly break out of her shell, overcome the fear of speaking Arabic, and make friends.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Tens of interactive self-correcting drills, audio files, cultural authentic documents tackling topics such as Ibn Sina Robot, Teta’s recipes, or “going to a soccer game”, as well as a rich Companion Guide, wait to be discovered and enjoyed by children and adults alike. The animations, sounds, glossaries pages and English translation tools all provide helpful hints and aid the learner in staying engaged.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">When all of the modules are completed, learners will have acquired new vocabulary, reinforced their reading, writing and comprehension skills, and been exposed to different practices, products and perspectives of the Arabic culture. Learners will be able to write a simple postcard using vocabulary from the following topics: Greetings, Feelings, Activities, Countries and Places, Colors, Food, Things and Family/Friends.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Download "Dunia Fi Lubnan“ for free here. <a href="http://alefb.org/storybook/storybook.html" target="_blank">http://alefb.org/storybook/storybook.html</a></font></div>
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