Arabic Level 1, Activity 04: “أعَرِّفُ بِنَفْسِي / Introducing myself” (Face-to-Face/Online)
Description:
In this activity, students will practice talking about themselves in four simple sentences. As well as reading new simple conversation sentences.
Semantic Topics:
اسمي – عمري – تخصصي – من أين أنا؟ – جنسيتي, my name is, my age, my major, my nationality.
Grammatical Structures:
Greetings, numbers, questions.
Products: Reading slides in a conversation style.
Practices: Having a conversation to pass the time
Perspectives: What is the importance of talking, introducing yourself to others, and having a small conversation?
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:
- Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations or correspondence in Arabic to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret spoken and written Arabic on a variety of topics.
- Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of Arabic and their own languages.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
- COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
- COMP 1.1: Observe formal and informal forms of language.
- COMP 1.2: Identify patterns and explain discrepancies in the sounds and the writing system in the target language.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can introduce myself to others.
- I can say/read:
- My name
- My age
- My nationality
- My major
- I can ask others about their names, ages, majors, and nationalities.
Materials Needed:
- Google Presentation
- Textbook for each student
- Marker/black pen
Warm-Up
- Greet students in Arabic and ask them كيف حالكم؟
رحب بالطلاب بالعربية واسألهم كيف حالكم؟. - Pull up the presentation and share your screen with students and start with the warm-up activity.
اسحب العرض التقديمي وشارك شاشتك مع الطلاب وابدأ بنشاط الإحماء.
- Read with students how to say (اسمي – عمري – تخصصي – جنسيتي).
اقرأ مع الطلاب كيف تقول (اسمي – عمري – تخصصي – جنسيتي). - Ask students if they would like to read.
اسأل الطلاب إذا كانوا يرغبون في القراءة.
Main Activity
- For the main activity, students will read a conversation between two people introducing themselves.
بالنسبة للنشاط الرئيسي ، سيقرأ الطلاب محادثة بين شخصين يقدمون أنفسهم. - The conversation is about five slides. Let students read each slide in pairs. One student will be the man, and the other will be the woman. (every two students will read one slide)
لمحادثة عبارة عن 5 شرائح. دع الطلاب يقرؤون كل شريحة في أزواج. سيكون أحد الطلاب هو الرجل والآخر ستكون المرأة. (سيقرأ كل طالبين شريحة واحدة). - When you click the mouse button, the slides automatically lead the conversation.
عند النقر على زر الماوس ، ستقود الشرائح المحادثة تلقائيًا.. - Let students take their time reading, and help them by correcting their pronunciation.
دع الطلاب يأخذون وقتهم في القراءة ، وساعدهم من خلال تصحيح نطقهم.Wrap-Up
- You will ask students in English, (Where are you from? What is your major?).
سوف تسأل الطلاب باللغة الإنجليزية ، (من أين أنت؟ ما هو تخصصك؟).. - That is all right if they can not say it in Arabic, let them say it in English, and then you teach them how to say their major\nationality in Arabic.
عادي إذا لم يتمكنوا من قول ذلك باللغة العربية ، فدعهم يقولون ذلك باللغة الإنجليزية ثم تعلمهم كيفية نطق جنسيتهم الرئيسية باللغة العربية. - Encourage them to write it down in their notebooks if they would like to do so.
شجعهم على تدوينها في دفاترهم إذا كانوا يرغبون في ذلك.
End of Activity
- You will ask students in English, (Where are you from? What is your major?).
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate
their confidence.
(Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.) - Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can introduce myself to others.
- I can say/read:
- My name
- My age
- My nationality
- My major
- I can ask others about their names, ages, majors, and nationalities.
