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.

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 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.

Warm-Up

  1. Begin by introducing the Can-Dos for today’s activity

ابدأ بتقديم Can-Dos لنشاط اليوم.

  1. Discuss “what did you do over the winter break?”
    تناقشوا عن “ماذا فعلت خلال عطلة الشتاء؟”.
  2.  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

  1. 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.
  2. 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

    1. 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

  • 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.

 

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