In this activity, students will practice kitchen-related vocabulary, and the food preparation steps, and then discuss their preference for places they like to eat at.Can-Do Statements:I can describe the food preparation steps.I can look at pictures in the kitchen vocabulary and identify them.I can talk about where I like to eat the most.

In this activity: Students will be playing the role of a travel agent and a traveler to practice traveling vocabulary. they will ask and answer questions about traveling and hotels, and make a decision based on the given information.Can-Do Statements:Ask questions about hotels and traveling.Make a decision based on the given information.Answer questions about what I like and dislike when traveling.

In this activity, 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.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.

In this activity, students will be using some verb conjugation while talking about how the character provided like to spend their vacation and free time. by the end of the activity students will be able to ask and answer questions about vacation/free time and talk about their favorite activity.Can-Do Statements:I can read someone’s profile and identify more than one fact about him/her.I can have a conversation with someone about spending my free time/vacation.I can talk about my favorite activity.

In this Activity, students will practice asking and answering interview questions. They will also practice using vocabulary surrounding careers and the workplace and speaking about hypothetical situations.Can-Do Statements:I can discuss my career and discuss if I like it or not.I can answer interview questions and speak about my answer.I can talk about my strength and weakness.

In this activity, students will practice asking and answering interview questions. They will also practice using vocabulary surrounding careers and the workplace and speaking about hypothetical situations.Can-Do Statements:I can discuss my career and discuss if I like it or not.I can answer interview questions and speak about my answer.I can talk about my strength and weakness.

In this activity, students will practice describing where different objects are in relation to each other. They will also practice using prepositions to describe locations on the map.Can-Do Statements:I can describe the location of an object.I can ask about something missing.I can find a place on the map.

In this activity, students will practice the future tense and the negation of the future tense, they will be talking about what they will be doing in the future if a specific scenario happens to them, and where they see themselves after 5 years.Can-Do Statements:I can describe what I will be doing in the future.I can answer questions based on different scenarios.I can share my opinion about where I see myself after 5 years.

In this activity, students will read different situations/scenarios, with a partner they will try to come up with 3 different solutions and multiple reasons explaining WHY did this happen. Can-Do Statements:I can read a situation and understand it.I can come up with different solutions with a partner.I can give multiple reasons based on a situation.

In this activity, students will practice food flavor in the form of asking and answering three questions about what is the flavor. the location of the plate (propositions) and the opposites flavors, and talk about their favorite food flavor in Arabic.Can-Do Statements:I can recognize the food flavors vocabulary in Arabic.I can interact with a partner to describe the opposite flavor.I can share my favorite flavor of food in Arabic.

In this activity, students will practice talking about objects usually found in a backpack, they will be able to discuss and ask questions about what is in their or in someone's backpack, as well as discuss the place/location for an object.Can-Do Statements:I can talk about the items in my backpack, or in someone's backpack.I can ask about a specific thing or object.I can discuss the place of an object using the possessive pronoun.

In this activity, students will practice selling and buying vocabulary. they will be able to buy/sell a product and discuss the cost, along with sharing the names of items they bought.Can-Do Statements:I can ask how much something costs.I can sell a product to someone and discuss the price.I can share with a friend what I purchased at a market.

In this Activity, students will talk about beautiful emotions, asking and answering questions about things they did for the first time in their life and how it felt, as well as sharing a happy memory they remember.Can-Do Statements:I can talk about the first things I did in my life, and how it felt.I can talk about the last memories I remember of a specific situation.I can share my best memory with a friend.

In this Activity, students will practice reading daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly tasks and schedules. as well as reading time. They will also discuss a task or activity they enjoy completing on time.Can-Do Statements:I can identify the Arabic words for daily, weekly,  monthly, and yearly when presented to me.I can describe a character's daily schedule, highlighting the activities and their times.I can discuss a task I enjoy completing on time, along with my preferred timing for doing so.

In this activity, students will practice the supermarket vocabulary. they will identify the sections and products found in the supermarket, ask and answer questions and directions, and read the supermarket list with a partner.Can-Do Statements:I can recognize and name different sections and products found in a supermarket in Arabic.I can ask for assistance and directions from a supermarket employee in Arabic.I can read a shopping list in Arabic and find the items on the list in a supermarket.

In this activity, students will practice talking about special occasions through Middle Eastern culture and their own culture. they will practice forming a sentence and have a discussion about the cultural difference when it comes to special occasions.Can-Do Statements:I can recognize and use vocabulary related to special occasions in Arabic.I can form sentences using vocabulary related to special occasions in Arabic.I can discuss cultural differences in the ways that special occasions are celebrated in different countries.

In this activity, students will review some of the topics they were practicing in the past activities, such as, how to talk about themselves and others, How to ask and answer daily simple questions, and how to engage in a basic conversation in Arabic.Can-Do Statements:I can introduce myself and others in Arabic.I can ask and answer daily simple questions in Arabic.I can engage in a basic conversation with a partner in Arabic.

This guide is for students who wish to get an idea of what speaking proficiency is, what the guidelines are for speaking proficiency, and what kinds of outcomes can be expected after different amounts of Arabic study. It can also be used by instructors who are looking for similar information. Examples of students at different levels are provided, as are rater comments of the examples. The website includes a list of resources for further instruction and information regarding oral proficiency.

The Bedouins of ancient Arabia and Persia made poetry a conversational art form. Several poetic forms developed from the participatory nature of tribal poetry. Today in most Arabic cultures, you may still experience public storytelling and spontaneous poetry challenges in the streets. The art of turning a rhyme into sly verbal sparring is considered a mark of intelligence and a badge of honor. Students will learn about the origins and structure of Arabic Poetry.

Arabic for Life takes an intensive, comprehensive approach to beginning Arabic instruction and is specifically tailored to the needs of talented and dedicated students. Unlike the other Arabic textbooks on the market, Arabic for Life is not specifically focused on either grammar or proficiency. Instead, it offers a balanced methodology that combines these goals. Frangieh has created a book that is full of energy and excitement about Arabic language and culture, and it effectively transmits that excitement to students. Arabic for Life offers a dynamic and multidimensional view of the Arab world that incorporates language with Arabic culture and intellectual thought.

The book is accompanied by a DVD with some eighty videos of native speakers reciting the vocalized texts in the book and dozens of audio recordings covering vocabulary and expressions, drills on Arabic sounds and letters, and various exercises and activities.

Bassam Frangieh is professor of Arabic at Claremont-McKenna College. He previously taught at Georgetown, Yale, and the Foreign Service Institute. He is the author of Anthology of Arabic Literature, Culture, and Thought from Pre-Islamic Times to the Present, published by Yale University Press.