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Iraq Hurr
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The Iraq Hurr website is a news broadcast website that includes radio and video components as well as news articles. The majority of the content concerns Iraq, but world news is also reported on the site. Components of the website include current events, politics, economics, security, society, and various programs such as sports and human rights in Iraq. Podcasts are also available, as is a free app for both iPhones and Android.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
World Cultures
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Inc.
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Islam Awakened Qur'an Index
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In addition to information and articles about Islam in English, this website also offers a complete copy of the Qur'an in Arabic and in transliteration with more than thirty English translations. This site separates out the translations by verse and divides them into "generally accepted translations of the meaning," "controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works," and "non-Muslim and /or orientalist works."

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Islam Awakened
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Islamic Art and Culture: A Resource for Teachers
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In this packet we look at works that span nearly a thousand yearsäóîfrom shortly after the foundation of Islam in the seventh century to the seventeenth century when the last two great Islamic empiresäóîthe Ottoman and the Safavidäóîhad reached their peak. Although the definition of Islamic art usually includes work made in Mughal India, it is beyond the scope of this packet. The works we will look at here come from as far west as Spain and as far east as Afghanistan.

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Art History
Arts and Humanities
World Cultures
Material Type:
Reading
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
National Gallery of Art
Date Added:
02/16/2011
Joha Stories for Children
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CC BY
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This is a collection of stories of Joha, a character renowned the world and he appears in tales and folklore from India to Turkey, scanned and available for download. Each available download is fully color-illustrated and fully voweled. Stories average 16 pages in length.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
bookstolearnarabic
Date Added:
10/14/2013
LPREN
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The Language Policy Research Network (LPREN) is an international organization of researchers, scholars, and stakeholders in the field of educational language policy. LPREN Ős mission is to connect a global network of researchers, scholars, and stakeholders dedicated to providing information, advocacy, and outreach around issues of language policy. Links to various journals, university research, and independent research are provided.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
Center For Applied Linguistics
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Lane's Lexicon
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Public Domain
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First published in the 19th century, the Arabic Đ English Lexicon by Edward William Lane remains one of the most widely used resources for classical Arabic translation. Entries are based on the root system and are exhaustive, often including examples of the use of the word in classical texts. This online version allows the scholar to utilize the 8 volume dictionary by searching page by page or by downloading each volume in turn. The technology does not allow the user to flip through pages; they must be viewed individually.

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Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
studyQuran
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Learn Arabic
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Learn Arabic is a website that aims to teach Arabic via games and activities. Members can compete for top spots as they earn badges by completing lessons. The lessons start with the alphabet and all of its variations and move up through simple words and phrases. Plans are in the works to add more complicated lessons for intermediate and advanced learners. Lessons include interactive books, videos, games, vocabulary lists, and more depending on the lesson. Users can sign up for Arabic tips emailed to them. The site includes a blog as well.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
English Language Arts
Language, Grammar and Vocabulary
Languages
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Game
Interactive
Lecture
Reading
Provider:
LearnArabic
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Learn Arabic
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This website includes the entire Qur'an, searchable by chapter. An audio component is available for users to listen to the Qur'an as they are reading it in Arabic and in English translation. English words in red include exegesis of the term. The 'learn Arabic' portion of this Qur'an website includes analysis of Arabic grammatical structures. Included are charts of the alphabet, personal pronouns, prepositions, verbs and adverbs, and a verbal sentence equation that helps students construct sentences by choosing a subject, verb, and direct object.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Quran
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Learn Arabic Language
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This Coptic website contains a section for learning languages. In the Arabic learning section, there are nineteen different categories including the alphabet, grammar, numbers, and groups of vocabulary words used in daily life, such as women's clothing and insects. The vocabulary in these categories include labeled illustrations.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
St-Takla
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Learn Lebanese Arabic through English (Blog)
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This blog aims to teach people the Lebanese dialect. It uses both video components and themed vocabulary lists such as weather and words for schools and universities. Vocabulary lists are written in both Arabic and transliterated English. Cultural components about Lebanon and occasional news items are included.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
World Cultures
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Learn Lebanese Arabic
Date Added:
10/11/2013
Learn how to say Arabic letters with Picture
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This site demonstrates where each of the Arabic letters is produced using an illustration of the human mouth and throat. Visitors can view the approximate location of each letter on the diagram, and hear what each letter sounds like when paired with any of the short or long Arabic vowels.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
Transliteration
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Lesson Plan - Healthy Food
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This lesson plan is an example of a lesson that is used to teach Food for level II students in LAUSD schools. This lesson was developed by Nada Shaath, and adapted from a unit that was developed by Startalk LA Stars teams.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Date Added:
11/14/2013
Lessons of Quran
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Public Domain
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This website aims to teach the basics of Arabic to enabler users to read the Qur'an. The website breaks down YouTube video lectures into six levels of lessons, starting with the Arabic alphabet and working up through more complicated rules of recitation. Lessons also include letters that can be clicked on to see how they are drawn and word combinations with audio components so learners can hear how they are properly pronounced. The lessons are available for download, as are several PDF files relating to the study of the Qur'an.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Lecture
Reading
Provider:
DurusulQuran
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Let's Learn Arabic
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Let's Learn Arabic is a tutorial designed to introduce users to reading and writing in Arabic. The tutorial is composed of a total of five lessons and begins with a brief historical background about the language. The first and second lessons provide an introduction to the letters that make up the alphabet. The next three give a number of example demonstrating how to combine the letters into words. Audio files demonstrating the names of all of the letters are provided.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Reading
Provider:
Fadi S.
Author:
Fadi S.
Date Added:
10/14/2013
LinguaFolio Like Activities
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This module will focus on supporting the autonomous learning activities discussed in Module 3 with LinguaFolio-like activities, such as can-do statements and other reflective, formative self-assessments, to enhance your daily instruction. LinguaFolio-like activities tailored to your curriculum should become an integral part of your lesson planning and classroom instruction. You will decide how to integrate these activities in a way that brings the greatest benefit to your language learners. The more frequently you embed LinguaFolio activities into your lesson plans, the more familiar learners will be with the process. As learners take ownership of their learning, using LinguaFolio as a formative assessment becomes a natural part of the instructional process.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education
Provider Set:
LEARN NC Lesson Plans
Date Added:
11/18/2013
Linguanaut Arabic Phrases and Expressions
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This website provides a list of basic, common words and expressions in Arabic in both Arabic script and in transliteration. It is intended to give learners a basic set of stock phrases to use if going overseas. Links to YouTube videos of common phrases is included in the website, as is a multiple choice test. The test is in transliteration. A similar list and test is also available for Moroccan Arabic. Information on the Arabic alphabet is available, as is a link to the Speak7 website for more in-depth lessons.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Assessment
Provider:
Linguanaut
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Listen to Learn
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UCLA's Listen to Learn activities page features numerous, high-quality videos and activities covering a variety of Arabic dialects, including Iraqi, Lebanese, Egyptian, Moroccan, as well as Modern Standard Arabic. Users may pick from a number of speakers within a chosen dialect, all of whom speak from readily available text about a range of topics, including family life, culture, school, activities, and food. Each topic is accompanied by a video and activities designed to reinforce the vocabulary and ideas covered in the video.

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Arts and Humanities
Languages
World Cultures
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Interactive
Lecture
Reading
Provider:
University of California - Los Angeles
Date Added:
09/17/2013
Listen to the Qur'an
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This program allows the user to listen to any one of the verses of the Qur'an with subtitles in dozens of different languages. Most languages have more than one option for subtitle translation and users can select which translation they wish to use. Most translation choices are separated by the name of the translator. There is an option for 'literal' translation as well. Users can choose between three different reciters for the Qur'anic recitation.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
listen2quran
Date Added:
10/14/2013
Magictyper
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This program allows users to type in Arabic whether or not they have Arabic enabled on their computer. The display includes a picture of a keyboard that allows users to see what keys correspond to the Arabic letters. What is typed appears in a window on the page, which users can then copy and paste to whatever document or other website they are using. Magictyper is available is for multiple languages and is free to use, although donations are welcomed.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
tero
Date Added:
10/14/2013