🎤Arabic Level 4, Activity 01: “Arabic Famous Singers / أشْهر مُغنيين العَرَب” (Face-to-Face/Online)
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Description:
Students will start by introducing themselves and their classmates. and then they will discuss popular artists and celebrities in Middle-eastern World. They will pick one celebrity and introduce him/her to their classmates. Students will also learn descriptive words and how to describe the celebrity outfit.
Semantic Topics:
famous, celebrity, outfit, occupation, introduce, profile, مشهور، مغني، يلبس، وسيم، جميلة, كارمن، نجوى كرم، اليسا، بلقيس، سعد المجرد، وليد الشامي، نبيل شعيل، احلام، سعد المجرد، عاصي الحلاني، عبد الفتاح قريني، وعد
Products: Middle-eastern Contemporary singers.
Practices: listening to Arabic songs, talking about celebrities, and describing outfits.
Perspectives: there are so many Arab contemporary singers and celebrities coming to the scene nowadays. search about 1-2 singers and share what you learned about them. most of the Arab singers like to wear the traditional clothes that belong to the Middle Eastern country they are performing in.
- 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 introduce myself, and introduce others.
- I can talk about a simple profile of a famous celebrity, or Artist figure.
- I can introduce other people in an appropriate way.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
- Begin by introducing the Can-Dos for today’s activity
ابدأ بتقديم Can-Dos لنشاط اليوم.
- Discuss “what did you do over the winter break?”
تناقشوا عن “ماذا فعلت خلال عطلة الشتاء؟”. - Ask the students to introduce themselves first and then pick up one of their classmates to introduce him/her. (age, major, hobbies, etc…)
اطلب من الطلاب تقديم أنفسهم أولاً ثم اختيار أحد زملائهم في الفصل لتقديمه (العمر ، التخصص ، الهوايات ، إلخ …).
Main Activity
- You will be introducing pictures of a couple of Arab Worlds singers to students. you will be assigning 2 cards for each student to describe the celebrity.
ستقدم صورًا لبعض المطربين من العالم العربي للطلاب. ستخصص بطاقتين لكل طالب لوصفهم. - Then, each student will need to search for their assigned singer for 5 min/ about 3 – 4 pieces of information describing him/her. for example, a picture, name, nationality, age, and describe the look.
بعد ذلك ، سيحتاج كل طالب إلى البحث عن المطرب المخصص له لمدة 5 دقائق / حوالي 3-4 أجزاء من المعلومات التي تصفه / تصفها. على سبيل المثال ، الصورة والاسم والجنسية والعمر ووصف المظهر.Wrap-Up
- play the first 2 min of “لا مستحيلا” song and the song for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the Arabic version, and then ask students if they recognize any celebrity to write his/her name down and share it.
قم بتشغيل أول دقيقتين من أغنية “لا مستحيلا” وأغنية كأس العالم FIFA قطر ٢٠٢٢ النسخة العربية ، ثم اسأل الطلاب إذا تعرفو على أي من المشاهير أن يكتبوا اسمه ويشاركونه.
End of Activity
- play the first 2 min of “لا مستحيلا” song and the song for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the Arabic version, and then ask students if they recognize any celebrity to write his/her name down and share it.
- 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, and introduce others.
- I can talk about a simple profile of a famous celebrity, or Artist figure.
- I can introduce other people in an appropriate way.
