v-Arabic : Virtual Arabic
v-tivity : virtual activity
Realia: Real life authentic items
Virtual Realia
Digitized objects and items from the target culture which are brought into the classroom as examples or aids and used to stimulate spoken or written language production.
Language Realia
Realia is a term used in education to refer to certain real-life objects. In education, realia are objects from real life used in classroom instruction.
In education, realia include objects used by educators to help students to understand better other cultures and real life situations. A teacher of a foreign language often employs realia to strengthen students' associations between words for everyday objects and the objects themselves.
In foreign language instruction, the term realia has a broader meaning, which includes photos of objects from a country where the target language is spoken.
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Audacity is a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds including steaming audio from online Arabic Radio and TV stations.
If you are learning Arabic, try recording yourself on digital-audio format to develop your fluency, then share it with your tutor and classmates .
For instance:
Record a spontaneous talk about yourself, your interests, your weekly routine etc…
Record your written assignments if you are studying a specialised topic (e.g. Midlle Eastern and Islamic studies)
Then replay it and critically analyse the recording
Preferably with the help of your peers or even your teacher, identify any mistakes in pronunciation, grammar, use of language, choice of vocabulary, etc…
Taking into account the corrections made, repeat the recording process and find out how to say what you wanted to say fluently and accurately.
To convert your audio files into MP3 format, you need to download an MP3 encoding software
To learn how to use Audacity, watch the following tutorial:
Audio Recorder for Free is real-time, sound-recording software that lets you record any sound from your sound card and save the recording directly to MP3, WMA, or WAV files. It supports input from a microphone, streaming audio from the Internet, and audio from external input devices (CDs, LPs, audio cassettes, phone lines), as well as audio from other applications, such as Winamp and Media Player. With a built-in, advanced, audio-recording engine, the recorder produces high-quality recordings. With predefined recording qualities, you can set and manage recording parameters.
These country profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of all Arabic countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
They also include audio/video clips from BBC archives.
Who Wants To Win A Million? (2 Million Special) Hosted by George Kurdahi The Arabic language version of the international phenomena “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” has taken Arabic viewers by storm, with ratings dwarfing even the most beloved comedy shows and soap operas. The show continues its ratings streak by offering two million dollars.
Video clip 1
The clip is for one question written as an MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) -
Can you translate the question with the possible answers?
Video clip 2
أول رابح للمليونين 2,000,000 في برنامج من سيربح المليون
The first winner of a 2 millions in ” Who wants to be a Millionaire?”
To make sense of this (Exhibition Poster) realia , read the following invitation:
Camille Chamoun Day in AUB (American University of Beiru)
The Back To Roots club , in collaboration with the NLP students organisation is organizing an exhibition to commemorate the great Camille Chamoun, one of the most distinguised Christian, Lebanese and Arab leaders, founder of the National Liberal party,among the founders of the Lebanese Front and most of all one of the rare presidents who worked for Lebanon’s sake .
A conference entitled ” President Chamoun through his contemporates” will be presented by Dory Chamoun , head of the NLP party and son of President Chamoun … Mahmoud Ammar , Khalil Khalil and Ghassan Tueni will also be present to talk about their experience with Camille Chamoun .
More than 20 political and social figures will be attending this event. Exhibition will continue from Wednesday the 10th till 12th of December 2003 from 9am to 5pm
West Beirut (Beyrout Al Gharbiyya — بيروت الغربية) is a 1998 Lebanese drama film written and directed by Ziad Doueiri.
Plot: In April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Muslim-Christian line and is divided into East and West Beirut. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: school has closed, the violence is fascinating, getting from West to East is a game. His mother wants to leave; his father refuses. Tarek spends time with May, a Christian, orphaned and living in his building. By accident, Tarek goes to an infamous brothel in the war-torn Olive Quarter, meeting its legendary madam, Oum Walid. He then takes Omar and May there using her bra as a white flag for safe passage. Family tensions rise. As he comes of age, the war moves inexorably from adventure to tragedy.
The movie is presented in 12 parts with English subtitiles.
Summary
While on his way to school, Bakkar goes to the temple and draws a picture of Horus to present in the school’s competition. Bakkar finds a little bird crying because its baby fell from the nest and is trapped. Bakkar helps the bird and carries the baby back to the nest. The wind blows Bakkar’s drawing away and he walks to school feeling very sad, especially when he sees all his friends presenting their work. But then we learn that good deeds always pay back when we find the bird bringing Bakkar’s drawing back to him.
Publication Date: 2002, Author - Amr Samir Atef, Publisher: High National Committee for “Reading for All Program” – Egypt
Although this online Radio station is designed for a native-Arabic audience and Advanced Arabic Learners, there is a lot of useful and basic vocabulary and expressions you may be able to pick up, especially when they broadcast bilingual Arabic-English programmes. (e.g. Song Lines)
Song Lines is an Interactive Radio programme in Arabic where English Music is used as a teaching tool to teach English to Arabic speakers.
In Song Lines you can learn useful Arabic phrases with the stars of rock and pop music.
There is a nice collection of short audio clips with explanations in Arabic of the songs’ titles.
You may also request from BBC Xtra to broadcast your favourite song and expalain it in Arabic
Go to Song Lines page تعّلم الإنجليزية من خلال الأغانى (i.e. Learn English through Music)
Also, when they have English-speaking guests, the Radio host always makes sure to interpret in Arabic what the guest is saying.
What do you say when you sneeze? What do you say when you are invited to someone’s house?
In this podcast, you will learn some of those important Arabic expressions that are used culturally which will definitely impress your Arab friends and might save you from embarrassing situations.
The U.S. Postal Service is expanding its Holiday Celebrations Series with a new stamp highlighting the Muslim holiday of Eid.
The Eid stamp, designed by Zakariya of Arlington, Va., features the Arabic phrase “Eid mubarak” in gold calligraphy on a blue background. English text on the stamps reads “EID GREETINGS.”
The colors chosen for the stamp Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, prayer and reflection. Ramadan remembers the month in A.D. 610 when Muslims believe that the prophet Muhammad received the revelations from God that would form Islam’s holy book, the Quran.
“This is a proud moment for the Postal Service, the Muslim community, and Americans in general as we issue a postage stamp to honor and commemorate two important Islamic celebrations,” said A.S. Jaffer, Public Affairs and Communications for the Postal Service, who will dedicate the stamp.
“The Eid stamp will help us highlight the business, educational and social contributions of the estimated six to seven million Muslims in this country whose cultural heritage has become an integral part of the fabric of this great nation.”
قسم اللغة العربية بجامعة طوكيو للدراسات الأجنبية = Department of Arab Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
This is the title of an Arabic Language Centre at a Japanese University – it’s actually the only thing I was able to make sense of since the whole site is in Japanese.
Learn Arabic travel phrases with SurvivalPhrases.com! A little Arabic can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, survivalphrases.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you! Today we cover a high frequency Arabic phrase sure to be of use on your trip, travels or vacation to Morocco.
Today’s Survival Phrase is شكرا, the most common way to say thank you in Arabic. To learn more about Moroccan culture and phrases be sure to stop by SurvivalPhrases.com before you set out on your trip!
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Hello and السلام عليكم (Peace be Upon You). Today will be learning basic greetings in Arabic. For more information on Arabic language and culture, be sure to stop by SurvivalPhrases.com before you set out on your trip!
Lesson #5 – Parting greetings (Goodbye)
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Previously we covered basic greetings in Arabic, and today we’ll learn how to say goodbye. Be sure to stop by SurvivalPhrases.com before you set out on your trip, and be sure to stop by SurvivalPhrases.com and leave us a post!
Lesson #6 – Where is the Bathroom?
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Lesson #7 – I Don’t Understand.
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Today we learn how to say “I don’t understand.”, a phrase that will certainly prove useful if you are a tourist in an Arabic speaking country. Be sure to stop by SurvivalPhrases.com before you set out on your trip to the Arab world, and be sure to leave us a post!
Lesson #8 – Can You Speak English?
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Lesson #9 – Can You Say It Again?
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Lesson #10 – Apologies(I’m Sorry)
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