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Workbook
Rahmah Muslim Homeschool

Basic Arabic Letters

For Students 3rd - 6th
Whether you're reviewing the Arabic letters or teaching them for the first time, a thorough packet can help learners form the building blocks of another another language. Explore the beautiful symbols of the Arabic alphabet rather than...
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Curated OER

The Arabic Alphabet - Chart

For Students 9th - 12th
An interactive Arabic alphabet? Awesome! Language learners can click on any letter to watch a video that shows how to write and pronounce that particular character. Use the menu along the left side to view additional videos for other...
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Handout
Curated OER

Beginner's Guide to Arabic

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Introduce your language learners to Arabic. The most useful portion of this resource is the detailed information on the Arabic alphabet. Each letter is placed in a grid that shows the various ways to write it based on the situation...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Arabic Poetry: Guzzle a Ghazal!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students research the evolution and cultural significance of the Arabic ghazal form of poetry. They, in groups, compose an original ghazal poem and read it aloud to the class.
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App
I Think Diff

Arabic Translator - English Arabic Dictionary

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Translate, practice, look-up, and play games with Arabic vocabulary. If you are searching for just about any word in English or Arabic, you will most likely find it here, accompanied by a translation and an audio clip of the pronunciation.
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App
Google

Google Translate

For Students 1st - 12th
Not sure how to translate a word, phrase, or paragraph? No worries. Simply paste in, type, or dictate your text, select the initial and desired language, and up pops your translation. Better yet, the app will read the text to you in most...
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TV411

How Many Languages Do You Speak When You Speak English?

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
What do the words pizza, broccoli, and ciao have in common? Why they are all English words that originally came from Italian. Ask your middle schoolers to guess the origins of a list of words by matching the word with the language from...
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Handout
Yale University

Arabic - English Glossary

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Designed to accompany Focus on Contemporary Arabic by Shukri Abed, this document provides 41 pages of Arabic terms with English translations. The words are organized alphabetically in Arabic and include notations that indicate colloquial...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Classified Advertisements: Target Language Practice

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Foreign language learners decipher the meanings of classified ads in the target language. They investigate a large collage created by the teacher of foreign language advertisements and discuss the content with classmates.  Then they...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Journalism: Foreign Language Summer Program for Teens

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars research the new Foreign Language Academy and other free summer programs at colleges for teens. They write features stories about the opportunities and interview deans and university officials. Students also interview...
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Lesson Plan
Pulitzer Center

Writing About the "Arab Spring"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
An information-rich resource, this webpage will provide your class with all the information they need to explore a relevant real-world and little understood topic: the Middle East and the people's revolutions that shook it in the spring...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Languages of the World

For Students 6th - 8th
This teacher-generated word search lists 29 world languages to locate in the puzzle. There is little educational merit to this worksheet; however, it may improve spelling of some less common languages.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Matter of Interpretation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Was the fatal crash of EgyptAir Flight 990 cause by mechanical failure or was it an act of sabotage? The crux of the debate and the subsequent controversy centers on translation of an Arabic phrase uttered by the pilot. The New York...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Simple Texts for Primary Pupils

For Teachers K - 6th
Can literacy get any more fun than this? Learners not only have fun, but gain confidence as well when presented with familiar text in another language. Select books, songs, poems, even recipes written in another language, and using the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teaching Numbers with Primary Pupils

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
One, two, three. Un, deux, trois. Eins, zwei, drei. Primary learners love to count and this instructional activity contains a series of games that encourage learners to count in English, French, German, and Spanish. The exercises develop...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Memory Games

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Researchers say that we need to hear and see new language 12 times before we remember it! Here's a plan that details a series of games that can be used as memory exercises. Bingo, Noughts and Crosses, Pelmanism, and repetitive speaking...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Impact of Islamic Culture on the Arts of the Renaissance

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the linguistic and cultural impact of the Arabic language and Islamic culture on the Spanish language. They analyze and label maps, listen to and differentiate between Spanish and Arabic music, and compare and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Languages of the World 2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this geography worksheet, students investigate the languages spoken in different countries of the world. Students read the names of 20 countries and write the principal language of each country.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Languages of the World

For Students 4th - 6th
In this languages of the world worksheet, students skillfully match a wide variety of thirty countries to the languages spoken in each country at the present time.
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Interactive
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Top World Languages Quiz

For Students 6th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz learning exercise, students respond to 50 identification questions about world languages. Students have 5 minutes to complete the quiz.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather and Seasons

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Use pictures and manipulatives to develop vocabulary with your beginning language learners. This plan can be used with foreign language learners (although you'll have to provide the vocabulary), English language learners, or a young...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Rooms in a Home

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Enhance your foreign language learners' skills to describe a house. After reading a description of rooms in a house in their target language, they work to answer corresponding questions correctly. Additionally, they view a PowerPoint...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What I need for School

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
You can use this instructional activity with English language learners, a young language arts class, or speakers of a foreign language. The phrases learned are I need and I don't need. The teacher collects several items around the room,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Let's Discuss Current Events

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Investigate articles from the daily news and share opinions with classmates. Using current events, learners view a news program without sound and predict what news is being discussed by analyzing the visuals. Then they read news articles...

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