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Hi girls
Across Cultures
The Arabic
Language
key words
UNIQUE AMONGST
ranks
major
INSCRIPTION
document
evolved
STRANDS
CLASSICAL
LECTURES
CONFERENCES
COMMUNICATE
MAINTAINING
HERITAGE
COLLOQUIAL
VARIETIES
DIALECTS
sometimes
OCCASIONALLY
COMPLICATED
ASPECTS
AMONGST
between
WIDELY-SPOKEN
EXISTENCE
In KSA - - - - - -not This car is
OFFICIAL
UNITED NATIONS
INFORMAL SPOKEN
WARM-UP
1-look at the photos: Guess
if the sentences are true(T)or false(F)
1-Arabic is one of
the ten
Most widely-
spoken languages
in the world
2-there are about
190
Million speakers
of Arabic
In the world today
3-
written Arabic has
been
In existence for
more than2000
years
4-Arabic is one of
the
official languages
of
The United Nations
5-Colloquial
Arabic
is more
informal spoken
Arabic
READING
2-Read the text and check your
guesses from exercise1
4 -WORK WITH ANOTHER PAIR
CLOSEYOUR BOOKS AND ASK EACH OTHER
YOURQUESTIONS
5-What are the advantages and
Disadvantages of having both MSA and
different dialects of Arabic
6-LOOK AT THE WORD Builder complete it with the words in yellow from the text with the opposite meaning
short
minorMost recentunofficialinflexiblesimilarcommon
long
majorearliestofficialflexibledifferent
unique
Write sentences about four of these things using words from the word builder
Adiscussion a maths problem an example
EXAMPLE:YESTERDAY HN CLASS WE HAD AVERY LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT
8-ADJECTIVE QUIZ:Work in pairs test your partner on the opposites of the words in the box
Correct- hard working-patient –happy-kind-
outgoing-dangerous-tidy-tall-strong
9-SPEAKING:Work in pairs Ask and answer these questions:
1-how many foreign languages can you under
stand a bit of
2-HOW MANY LANGUAGES CAN
YOU SAY HELLO IN3-WHAT OTHER FOREIGN
LANGUAGES WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN?
WHY?
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