Arabic Online: Linguistics, Translation & Culture

Arabic Alphabet Song

2008-04-25T11:11:00.000-07:00

Animals

2008-04-25T06:37:00.000-07:00

Learn Arabic With Khaled 7

2008-02-19T19:16:00.001-08:00

Learn Arabic with Khaled 6

2008-02-19T19:15:00.003-08:00

learn Arabic with Khaled 5

2008-02-19T19:15:00.001-08:00

Learn Arabic with Khaled 4

2008-02-19T19:14:00.001-08:00

Learn Arabic with Khaled 3

2008-02-19T19:13:00.002-08:00

Learn Arabic with Khaled 2

2008-02-19T19:13:00.001-08:00

Learn Arabic with Khaled1

2008-02-19T19:12:00.000-08:00

learn arabic

2008-02-19T19:10:00.000-08:00

Learn Arabic Letters of the Alphabet 2

2008-02-19T19:09:00.000-08:00

Learn Arabic Letters of the Alphabet

2008-02-19T19:08:00.000-08:00

Insects World

2007-11-24T20:22:00.000-08:00

Sobhi

2007-10-12T08:23:00.000-07:00

http://youtube.com/watch?v=r9YL2UFjhvo

تميم البرغوثي ... قصيدة المشاركة

2007-10-08T22:51:00.001-07:00

شعر الشاعر كريم معتوق

2007-10-08T22:48:00.001-07:00

شعر أين المفر ..؟ بقلم و صوت الشاعرالعراقي الكبير أحمد مطر

2007-10-08T22:43:00.000-07:00

السر الكامن وراء المادة 1

2007-10-07T16:05:00.000-07:00

هارون يحي by mskhot.com

2007-10-07T16:04:00.002-07:00

سبحاان الله .. عندما استحق الحيوان احترام الانسان

2007-10-07T16:04:00.001-07:00

عالم الحيوان

2007-10-07T16:03:00.001-07:00

قال الشاعر - محمد مهدي الجواهري

2007-10-07T16:00:00.000-07:00

"أحمد مطر "من المهد إلى اللحد

2007-10-07T15:58:00.003-07:00

"أحمد مطر " الثور والحظيرة

2007-10-07T15:58:00.001-07:00

قال الشاعر أحمد شوقي

2007-10-07T15:57:00.001-07:00

خطاب الرئيس جمال عبد الناصر بعد نكسة 67 خطاب الرئيس جمال عبد الناصر بعد نكسة 67

2007-10-07T15:54:00.000-07:00

خمس رسائل إلى أمي / نزار قباني

2007-10-07T15:48:00.002-07:00

وفقدت ياوطني البكارة- نزار قباني

2007-10-07T15:48:00.001-07:00

Antara عنترة شعر نزار قباني

2007-10-07T15:47:00.001-07:00

عبد الحليم حافظ و نزار قباني abd al halim and nizar qabbani

2007-10-07T15:46:00.001-07:00

مقطع من جنازة ام كلثوم

2007-10-07T15:44:00.001-07:00

لقاء نادر مع فريد الأطرش rare Interview with Farid alatrash

2007-10-07T15:43:00.003-07:00

لقاء مع عبد الوهاب 1966 (2 من 3)؛ abd alwahab interview

2007-10-07T15:43:00.001-07:00

لقاء مع عبد الوهاب 1966 (3 من 3)؛ abd alwahab interview

2007-10-07T15:42:00.001-07:00

لقاء مع عبد الوهاب 1966 (2 من 3)؛ abd alwahab interview

2007-10-07T15:41:00.002-07:00

برنامج النهر الخالد مقابلات مع عبدالوهاب

2007-10-07T15:41:00.001-07:00

محمد عبدالوهاب يتحدث عن فيروز والرحابنة

2007-10-07T15:36:00.000-07:00

سى السيد

2007-10-07T15:35:00.002-07:00

ثلاثية نجيب محفوظ - السكرية

2007-10-07T15:35:00.001-07:00

sherihan اعلان فيلم الطوق والاسوره

2007-10-07T15:34:00.000-07:00

إعلان جريدة الرائد الرياضي

2007-10-07T15:31:00.000-07:00

ليالي الحلمية

2007-10-07T15:23:00.001-07:00

رقاقات بلاستيكية لطائرات الشبح، تحويل الخلايا الجذع

2007-10-07T10:20:00.002-07:00

محركات الديزل الحديثة ومدى رفقها بالبيئة

2007-10-07T10:20:00.001-07:00

مجلس الأمن يبحث التطورات المتسارعة في ميانمار

2007-10-07T10:15:00.002-07:00

بلا حدود - انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان

2007-10-07T10:15:00.001-07:00

الاتجاه المعاكس- دور الفنان العربي في العمل الوطني14/8/2007

2007-10-07T10:12:00.000-07:00

نتائج الإنتخابات التركية وفوز حزب العدالة والتنمية

2007-10-07T10:09:00.000-07:00

قال الشاعر - محمد مهدي الجواهري

2007-10-07T10:04:00.000-07:00

الحيوانات البرية ونيران الصيادين

2007-10-07T10:03:00.000-07:00

2007-10-05T23:59:00.000-07:00

Nasser of Egypt / Short History

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2007-10-05T23:39:00.000-07:00

Communication Technology

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2007-10-05T23:27:00.000-07:00

عالم الحشرات Insects World

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Animals Move - Arabic Clip

YouTube

2007-10-05T23:03:00.000-07:00

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Soap Opera_1

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Soap Opera_2...King Farouk_2007

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Soap Opera_3...King Farouk_2007

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Soap Opera_4...Bab Al-Hara

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News-1...Oman Tornado

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Documentary Film Festival: Aljazeera Talk

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Birds of kuwait Kubbar Island طيور الخطاف في جزيرة كبر

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Egyptian Comedy

2007-10-05T06:30:00.000-07:00

Software Evaluation

2007-09-21T09:16:00.000-07:00

Software Evaluation:

1. General Information:

The title of the software package is “Arabic School: Interactive Multimedia Arabic Teacher for Beginners” and it is developed by ArabicSP Software (9 Parklands View - Swansea - UK (Tel: +44 (0)1792 519 119)). Information about getting the software is accessible at: http://www.arabicsp.com/ . A demo version of the software is available to download at http://www.shareup.com/Arabic_School-download-35539.html.

2. Goal:

The goal of the software is obviously to teach speakers of English the Arabic alphabet as well as a number of thematically-organized vocabularies and practice listening to such vocabularies. The software also aims at teaching learners some elementary writing skills.

3. Welcome Screen and User Interface:

The welcome screen is a reflection of the prototypical image about the Arab world: this is basically a photo of camels and desert. Some description is given on this screen, mainly to advetise the software.

The user interface of the software is composed of three areas: (1) the material tabs, (2) the control area, and what can be labeled (3) the work area. The material-tabs area is located on top of the software window and consists of 9 tabs for the nine lessons the software offers. It also includes three icons on the left-hand top area: a “help” icon, as well as an “about” and an “exit” two others. Once a lesson is accessed the control area is activated; it gathers all the functions via which the various lessons can be invoked. In this last area there configurations: (a) an icon indicating the current level within a certain lesson and “back” and “next” arrows, (b) a play and stop button, and (c) an animation speed controller. A fourth configuration related to customizing the software (e.g., switching on/off animation voice, human voice, character animation, etc.) is activated when working with certain lessons. The working area is the area in which the various (animated) explanations are provided.

4. Content of Lessons:

Apart from lesson one and lesson nine, all lessons focus on teaching thematically-organized vocabularies. Lesson one introduces the Arabic alphabet where a letters as well as a word beginning by such a letter is pronounced in human voice. This pronunciation is accompanied by a photo representing the word pronounced and an orthographical representation of the letter and the word. Accompanying also is an English rough transliteration of the word. All words used are almost concrete words that are likely to be already learnt by young learners. In lesson nine we are given two simple games and quizzes. However, only one game is accessible in the demo version, and this tests spelling of the words taught in the previous lessons. Regarding the quizzes, we are told that one of them is coming soon; the other is only accessible in the full version, which I do not happen to have currently. Lessons 2-8 provide vocabularies belonging to lexical networks such as “Animals”, “Fruits”, “Numbers and Colors”, “House”, etc.. Such vocabularies are introduced in an interesting and vivid way. Animations as well as the colorful design and presentation really lend the software a high likelihood to appeal to children or learners who are after similar learning fun.

5. Overall Evaluation:

The software seems perfect for the purpose it seeks to fulfill. Perhaps if it is accompanied by some suggestions about how teachers, parents, etc. can use with their children, it would be even much more perfect. Although the software seems to serve young learners, there is nothing about learners’ age mentioned on the website that propagates it. I think it can also be used by adult learners who seek to learn Arabic as a foreign language. Nevertheless, I guess that adults will soon loose interest in this specific program mainly because of both its form as well as content: the form focuses more on a child’s mentality and the content is more related to a child’s world, rather than to an adults’. Perhaps researchers working within the domain of cognitive psychology would agree upon this last remark of mine. In addition, within the field of lexical semanticists (see e.g., Cruise, 1986) would talk about lexical networks that can be more attractive to adults than to children and vice versa. It is perhaps a mistake to think that an adult learning a foreign language would have the same needs a child has.

Cruise, D. A. (1986). Lexical Semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Aimals Vocabulary Video

2007-07-09T22:41:00.000-07:00

This will teach you some new vocab., basically names of some animals:

Arabic Alphabet: A Quick Review

2007-07-09T13:48:00.000-07:00

This is a brief and quick recap:

More Practice on Arabic Alphabet

2007-07-09T13:41:00.000-07:00

Here's more practice on Arabic alphabet--just another nice children's song. I hope you will enjoy it!

Children Song in Arabic: Nice Way to Learn arabic Alphabet

2007-07-09T13:37:00.000-07:00

This a wonderful children's song which targets to teach alphabet via giving a sentence for each letter. Enjoy it!

Introduction to Learning Arabic Using English

2007-07-09T13:29:00.000-07:00

Here is a good and inspiring introduction to learning Arabic. I hope it will motivate you, and satify your thrist for knowing about Arabic:

2007-07-09T13:11:00.000-07:00

Well, that's the first post. This bog will use new media to teach you about Aarabic language, Arabic Linguistics, Translation, and Culture. Just to motivate you and let you know how powerful we are right now, with technology at our fingertips, watch the following video:

Arabic Online: Linguistics, Translation & Culture

Arabic Alphabet Song

Animals

Learn Arabic With Khaled 7

Learn Arabic with Khaled 6

learn Arabic with Khaled 5

Learn Arabic with Khaled 4

Learn Arabic with Khaled 3

Learn Arabic with Khaled 2

Learn Arabic with Khaled1

learn arabic

Learn Arabic Letters of the Alphabet 2

Learn Arabic Letters of the Alphabet

Insects World

Sobhi

تميم البرغوثي ... قصيدة المشاركة

شعر الشاعر كريم معتوق

شعر أين المفر ..؟ بقلم و صوت الشاعرالعراقي الكبير أحمد مطر

السر الكامن وراء المادة 1

هارون يحي by mskhot.com

سبحاان الله .. عندما استحق الحيوان احترام الانسان

عالم الحيوان

قال الشاعر - محمد مهدي الجواهري

"أحمد مطر "من المهد إلى اللحد

"أحمد مطر " الثور والحظيرة

قال الشاعر أحمد شوقي

خطاب الرئيس جمال عبد الناصر بعد نكسة 67 خطاب الرئيس جمال عبد الناصر بعد نكسة 67

خمس رسائل إلى أمي / نزار قباني

وفقدت ياوطني البكارة- نزار قباني

Antara عنترة شعر نزار قباني

عبد الحليم حافظ و نزار قباني abd al halim and nizar qabbani

مقطع من جنازة ام كلثوم

لقاء نادر مع فريد الأطرش rare Interview with Farid alatrash

لقاء مع عبد الوهاب 1966 (2 من 3)؛ abd alwahab interview

لقاء مع عبد الوهاب 1966 (3 من 3)؛ abd alwahab interview

لقاء مع عبد الوهاب 1966 (2 من 3)؛ abd alwahab interview

برنامج النهر الخالد مقابلات مع عبدالوهاب

محمد عبدالوهاب يتحدث عن فيروز والرحابنة

سى السيد

ثلاثية نجيب محفوظ - السكرية

sherihan اعلان فيلم الطوق والاسوره

إعلان جريدة الرائد الرياضي

ليالي الحلمية

رقاقات بلاستيكية لطائرات الشبح، تحويل الخلايا الجذع

محركات الديزل الحديثة ومدى رفقها بالبيئة

مجلس الأمن يبحث التطورات المتسارعة في ميانمار

بلا حدود - انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان

الاتجاه المعاكس- دور الفنان العربي في العمل الوطني14/8/2007

نتائج الإنتخابات التركية وفوز حزب العدالة والتنمية

قال الشاعر - محمد مهدي الجواهري

الحيوانات البرية ونيران الصيادين

YouTube

Egyptian Comedy

Software Evaluation

Aimals Vocabulary Video

More Arabic Videos

Arabic Alphabet: A Quick Review

More Practice on Arabic Alphabet

Children Song in Arabic: Nice Way to Learn arabic Alphabet

Introduction to Learning Arabic Using English