Today I used the first Virtual Escape room that I made. Click here to see if you can “escape the room”!
Read, Learn and Play: Online Interactive Arabic Reading Materials provides original reading texts in the form of shareable eBooks along with virtual online practice activities. The materials are designed according to the Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) method and Comprehensible Input (CI) theory. The resources are aligned to novice, intermediate and advanced ACTFL … Continue reading Read, Learn and Play a Project made possible through the US Department of Education Grant
Reflecting on Distant Teaching
Students and instructors of the class "Languages in Dialogue" visit the Beinecke Library to examine manuscripts… Posted by The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Yale University on Friday, February 28, 2020
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About the series: A seven-book series written in MSA targeting improving the reading comprehension. The series targets beginner, intermediate as well as advanced levels. It is designed according to the standards of the American Council for Foreign Language Teaching (ACTFL). Each book includes, in addition to the original text, audio recording, vocabulary, and drills targeting … Continue reading Book Signing
When I was invited to speak to the new cohort the Distance Language Teaching and Learning Program, I knew it was going to be exciting and fun at the same time. And indeed, it was. I walked in on the group finishing a hands-on activity in which they had to remotely collaborate with a partner … Continue reading Speaking to Participants in the Distance Language Teaching and Learning Program 2020
A description and a recommendation of my book series was features on Arabic k -12 Teachers Network. Here is what they had to say about it: “With Reading We Excel” book series in MSA This series is great to use as supplementary reading material, especially if you want your students to do some independent reading … Continue reading Book Series Featured in Arabic K -12 Teachers Network
Intermediate Arabic I (ARBC 130) created short stories for their peers to be used as reading materials in coming years. This project was an attempt to remedy one aspect of the current text book where students struggle to comprehend 50% of the reading material found in this book. Hence their project centered around creating reading material that fits the criteria of comprehensible input theory by Krashen. To this end they received basic instruction of what this theory was, the basic effect and benefits of using visuals and audio recording in story telling for second language learners, as well as the importance of the proper inclusion of culture and cultural themes and aspects in these stories. They were paired with native speakers with whom they worked to receive cultural as well as language feedback and guidance. They studied and analyzed various already existing reading materials that ranged form those created for language learners, to those created for native children and others that were authentic resources created for young adults. The differences and similarities between these different materials were discussed as well different strategies that each used and the purpose behind them. For each story, students were asked to write first drafts that they would have opportunity to check with their telecollaborative language partner, the class teaching assistant and /or the instructor. Technology was not only included via the telecollaborative cooperation partnership. Students also had to use VoiceThread as the medium through which they were to create their story and they were instructed to do so in a Pecha Kucha storytelling format.
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The Iraqi native Yale World Fellow Ahmed Al Basheer visited class of Advanced Arabic I to help them with their project in which they had to create a short video with a two-fold purpose; the first was to include information they have learned about the Arab world and the second to use this information in … Continue reading Yale World Fellow Helps Students with Project
Language, Art and Culture; you can't teach one without the other.Elementary Arabic II (ARB 120) used the Arabic… Posted by The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Yale University on Monday, July 15, 2019
Authentic Reading is a great way to increase vocabulary. And it's never too early to start. Elementary Arabic II (Summer… Posted by The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Yale University on Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Near eastern Languages and Civilizations table at the Bulldog Days yesterday. Posted by The Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Yale University on Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Since summer of 2018 I started giving online intensive classes on Foreign Language Pedagogy for international students. This has been a great experience culminating my experience in language education as well as my recently earned degree in Foreign Language Pedagogy from Columbia University (EdM.). It has been a great pleasure and an eye opening experience. … Continue reading Words of gratitude are always the best,
October, 2017. Our class was so lucky as to get a personalized calligrapy workshop from Karim Jabbari during his visit to Yale. These pictures are sapects of the workshop. Karim Jabbari, a Tunisian calligraffiti and light artist, is considered one of the most respected light calligraffiti artists in the world. Karim began … Continue reading Tunisian calligraphist and light artist gives workshop to our class
Media is part of a learners’ life in the 21st century. So it should be part of his learning experience as well. This is a channel that I delicate to student’s created videos. Link here.
This is the outcome of a semester long project in which students of Arabic (at the advanced level) literally worked to put Arabic Literature on the Map . Enjoy navigating the works and their writers here.
Arabic Script Calligraphy Workshop
During Summer Session B, class of Arabic 120 (Summer 2017) visited the Beinecke Library to get a close look and a detailed account of a variety of Arabic manuscripts among the collection available in the library. The videos are on Multilingual Commons: http://blog.cls.yale.edu/2017/08/08/students-reflect-on-beinecke-visit/
