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How to Do Well in Class كيف تنجح في صف اللغة العربية
This class is a group effort! We can make much more progress as a class than as individuals by creating an Arabic-‐speaking community, of which you will be a fully participating member. The following suggestions will help you get the most out of the course:
Be An Active Learner:
The approach I use to teach Arabic depends on you learning new material at home, and encourages you to think about the structure of the langauge a little bit at a time. You will learn better and remember more when you are able to answer your own questions. Take initiative in class and in your homework: this effort and engagement will pay off both in your grade and your language ability.
Put Yourself Out There:
All language learning requires you to make mistakes, both in assignments and around classmates. In class, I will never penalize you for a mistake made when trying something new. I will offer you feeback though, which is intended to support you as you develop your language abilities.
Personalize Vocabulary:
You will remember vocabulary when you "own" it. Make words revelent to your life by thinking about how they are meaningful to your own life, or how you might express something meaningful using the words.
Develop Memorization Skills:
Experiment with different techniques and combine them as much as possible. Some techniques that I find helpful are--studying in groups and quizzing each other; listening to words and reading them aloud many times; writing out the vocabulary over and over; or putting the words into sentences or a story.
Guess:
Think about how you acquired your native language. You didn't use a dictionary. Rather, you learned new words by guessing their meaning from context. We will be confornted with many words we don't know as we study foreign languages. Guessing is an excellent strategy for coping with new words and lessening frustration.
Extend You Learning:
Practice Arabic as much as possible. Study with classmates; watch a movie in Arabic; go to a Middle Eastern grocery and try to read the labels; pick up an Arabic book that interests you; talk to a friend in Arabic; learn to sing a song; or check out the Useful Links page on this site. There are lots of wonderful Arabic resources. Find things that make the language fun for you!
Adapted from the Spring '14 First Year Arabic Syllabus at UT Austin
This class is a group effort! We can make much more progress as a class than as individuals by creating an Arabic-‐speaking community, of which you will be a fully participating member. The following suggestions will help you get the most out of the course:
Be An Active Learner:
The approach I use to teach Arabic depends on you learning new material at home, and encourages you to think about the structure of the langauge a little bit at a time. You will learn better and remember more when you are able to answer your own questions. Take initiative in class and in your homework: this effort and engagement will pay off both in your grade and your language ability.
Put Yourself Out There:
All language learning requires you to make mistakes, both in assignments and around classmates. In class, I will never penalize you for a mistake made when trying something new. I will offer you feeback though, which is intended to support you as you develop your language abilities.
Personalize Vocabulary:
You will remember vocabulary when you "own" it. Make words revelent to your life by thinking about how they are meaningful to your own life, or how you might express something meaningful using the words.
Develop Memorization Skills:
Experiment with different techniques and combine them as much as possible. Some techniques that I find helpful are--studying in groups and quizzing each other; listening to words and reading them aloud many times; writing out the vocabulary over and over; or putting the words into sentences or a story.
Guess:
Think about how you acquired your native language. You didn't use a dictionary. Rather, you learned new words by guessing their meaning from context. We will be confornted with many words we don't know as we study foreign languages. Guessing is an excellent strategy for coping with new words and lessening frustration.
Extend You Learning:
Practice Arabic as much as possible. Study with classmates; watch a movie in Arabic; go to a Middle Eastern grocery and try to read the labels; pick up an Arabic book that interests you; talk to a friend in Arabic; learn to sing a song; or check out the Useful Links page on this site. There are lots of wonderful Arabic resources. Find things that make the language fun for you!
Adapted from the Spring '14 First Year Arabic Syllabus at UT Austin
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We've had a wonderful time learning Arabic together over the years. Take a look at some of the incredible things past Arabic students have accomplished, like singing this Fairuz song.
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