Feedback & Suggestions
Now it’s Your Turn….What Do You Think?
If you have any suggestions or recommendations to improve this website – please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Have you come across any interesting virtual realia resources (i.e. digital images) in your learning/teaching of Arabic – if so, please contribute to this website to enhance our database of resources and benefit the learning of the online community.
Also, if you would like to comment on the linguistic accuracy of the written Arabic or translated English - your contributions will be much appreciated.
I’m waiting to hear from you!
شكرا جزيلا
Mourad
Feedback & Reviews from users
J. Spiller, eLearning Team, Uni. of Edinburgh, 05/05/08
Firstly, I like the way that you have structured the ‘e’ content into v-Arabic, e-Arabic and m-Arabic and so clearly accessing the 3 strands of available online/electronic resources.
The provision of access to virtual realia, and directing learning activities around them, gives students a real sense of the arabic language in real contexts, helping to prepare them for their extended stay in an Arabic-speaking country.
And all integrated around a weekly topic/theme, brings a cohesion to the content as a whole. As someone who spent a year and a half in Cairo and not only learnt a bit of Arabic but was also teaching English, I think this sort of topic-based structure with a clear integration of language learning elements is using ‘e’ content at its best.
Thanks
Dr. E. Kendall, Uni. of Edinburgh, 07/03/08
I just wanted to say that I thought this activity (Bilingual BBC Radio Programme : Life without TV or Telephone) was really useful. It was great to have the English base to the interview, then to hear it translated into slow and clear Arabic. It was also useful to find a topic relating to our own doorstep! You e-activities certainly make learning a lot more interesting. Thanks also for thinking of the get well soon card. (Animated e-Greeting Cards Realia) These kinds of everyday expressions stick in one’s mind much better for seeing them attached to pictures and learning them in context.
Wow!!! this is amazing - its like a real virtual newspaper! And the magnifying glass works!! - Interactive Virtual Online Arabic Newspaper
Dr. A. Newman, University of Durham, 21/02/08
The students are indeed very fortunate to have these tools! - I think v-Arabic looks absolutely splendid — you can’t buy that kind of publicity! - with warmest wishes
January 14, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Good generally. Got to watch the image quality on a couple of things - real headache staring at it for too long trying to make out a grainy letter. Great selection of stuff, though…
February 1, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I love this website! Such an innovative way to help others learn and practice Arabic. I like the use of real posters, articles, adverts, signs from the countries I enjoy travelling to. The mixed use of audio, visual, video makes the learning interesting - I will definately recommend this site to friends and colleagues. Thank you Mourad, for all the time and effort you spent creating this!
February 19, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Both a good thing and a bad thing is the mix of levels of Arabic in the Realia posted here. Some are extremely simple and suited to a low level of learning and some, especially BBC Extra Podcasts and some videos, are very long, quite fast and rather complicated - much more suited to a higher level of learning.
Overall the selection is useful but selective use should be recommended, as well as follow-up in the students’ spare time.
February 22, 2008 at 10:53 am
I found translating the sense of some of the caricatures quite hard, along with the some of the economics articles. Translating the actual words is not a problem its just making sense of them that is a bit tricky.
The podcast was very useful to guage reaidng speeds and intonation. It was at times a little bit fast but I guess that’s something to work on myself to get my comprehension a bit faster.
March 28, 2008 at 9:19 am
Great Blog! Really enjoyed some of the comments, just dropped by to say hello, look forward to joining in the discussion later.