Arabic Level 3, Activity 07: “Occupations and Jobs/المِهَن والوظائف” (Face-to-Face/Online)
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Description:
In this activity, students will practice the names of the jobs in Arabic, they will practice writing a full sentence describing what a character work. they will also talk about what they want to be in the future, and ask people about their jobs.
Semantic Topics:
job, work, Occupations, photographer, engineer, artist, painter, doctor, accounting, future, العمل، الوظيفة، المهنة، مصور، محاسب، مهندس، طبيب، رسام، فنان، الفعل المستقبل.
Grammatical Structures:
Job titles, Noun-adjective agreement, Future tense.
Products: Job titles, sentences describing different jobs, and future jobs.
Practices: Practice using new vocabulary, grammar structures, and conversation skills related to jobs and career aspirations.
Perspectives: Students may develop a deeper understanding of the role of work and career in Arabic culture. They may also gain a new perspective on the diversity of career paths and the importance of pursuing one’s passions and interests.
- 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 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures of the Arab world.
- Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons between the cultures of the Arab world and their own
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.
- CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
- CLTR 1.2: Explain the relationship between cultural practices/behaviors and the perspectives that represent the target culture’s view of the world.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can recognize most of the jobs in Arabic.
- I can say/write a full sentence in Arabic saying what I or someone works.
- I can talk about what I want to be in the future.
- I can ask someone about his/her job.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
- Use the whiteboard on Zoom and write with the students 3-4 jobs or professions that come to your mind.
اسْتَخدِم السَّبُورَة البَيضَاء على زوم، واكْتُب مع الطلاب ٣-٤ وَظاَئِف أو مِهَن تَخْطُرُ فِي بَالَك
Main Activity
- Each student has to choose a number, then they will read the character name, and then with the number order, you will click on the character image and his/her job will appear behind the image. Ask the student who chooses the image to come up with a full sentence describing the character’s job.
على كل طالب أن يختار رقمًا ، ثم يقرأ اسم الشخصية ، وبعد ذلك مع ترتيب الأرقام ، ستضغط على صورة الشخصية وستظهر وظيفته / وظيفتها خلف الصورة. اطلب من الطالب الذي يختار الصورة أن يخرج بجملة كاملة تصف وظيفة الشخصية. - Repeat until all students have participated.
كرر حتى يشارك جميع الطلاب.Wrap-Up
- ask students, “what do you want to be in the future?” in Arabic.
اسأل الطلاب بالعربية.
مَاذَا تُرِيد(ين) أنْ تَكُون(ين) فِي المُسْتَقْبَل؟
End of Activity
- ask students, “what do you want to be in the future?” in Arabic.
- 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 recognize most of the jobs in Arabic.
- I can say/write a full sentence in Arabic saying what I or someone works.
- I can talk about what I want to be in the future.
- I can ask someone about his/her job.
