CultureTalk - Arab World features native speakers from across the Arabic-speaking world giving filmed interviews, in Arabic and sometimes English, on selected topics. Text-based translations and transcriptions are often provided as downloadable documents for most Arabic videos. The videos engage a number of region/country-specific topics, including cultural traditions, religion, politics, and sports.

CultureTalk - Arab World features native speakers from across the Arabic-speaking world giving filmed interviews, in Arabic and sometimes English, on selected topics. Text-based translations and transcriptions are often provided as downloadable documents for most Arabic videos. The videos engage a number of region/country-specific topics, including cultural traditions, religion, politics, and sports.

This reading and listening activity aligns well to a novice-level unit about personal descriptions. Students listen to a song and read its lyrics. A handout is included to guide students to demonstrate their comprehension.

In this face to face or flipped lesson, students will examine some of the culture and traditions associated with Puerto Rico.  Then, they will compare and contrast what they've learned with one of the other countries we have researched (either Costa Rica or Argentina).  They will do this using the questioning prompt, "I Used to Think... But Now I Think...".(ACTFL Standards:  Cultures - 2.1 & Comparisons - 4.2)

The Advanced Teacher’s Edition from our series of Dari textbooks provides an in-depth guide for teaching Dari to adults, using a proficiency-based learning model. It arms teachers with exhaustive instructions for imparting essential language skills: speaking, writing, listening, and reading, enriched with relevant exercises, step-by-step guidance, and answer keys. Targeted at students reaching ACTFL's Intermediate High or ILR levels 1+/2, the edition emphasizes critical thinking and incorporates instructional strategies like Bloom's Taxonomy for fostering intellectual growth. Featuring interactive activities in PDF and EPUB formats accessible through the LMI website (languagementors.org), this edition makes Dari education captivating and productive.

The Intermediate Student’s Edition of our Dari textbook series delivers an all-encompassing method for developing Dari language skills, including speaking, writing, listening, and reading. As a pivotal element of our proficiency-based Dari educational content for adults, it targets learners at ACTFL’s Intermediate Low/Mid or ILR levels 1/1+. This edition encourages critical thinking and employs educational strategies like Bloom's Taxonomy to nurture intellectual growth. Interactive exercises available in PDF and EPUB formats on the LMI website (languagementors.org) make the learning journey interactive and engaging.

The Intermediate Teacher’s Edition in our Dari textbook series offers a comprehensive framework for adult education, focusing on the proficiency-based approach to learning Dari. This edition equips instructors with detailed guidelines for teaching the key language skills: speaking, writing, listening, and reading, supplemented with exercises, instructions, and solutions. Aimed at learners achieving ACTFL's Intermediate Low/Mid or ILR levels 1/1+, the textbook underscores the importance of critical thinking and includes teaching strategies such as Bloom's Taxonomy to promote intellectual development. With interactive activities available in both PDF and EPUB formats on the LMI website (languagementors.org), this resource ensures that learning Dari is both engaging and effective.

The Student’s Edition in our Dari introductory textbook series offers a comprehensive approach to mastering the speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills in Dari. Positioned as a key resource in our proficiency-oriented Dari learning materials for adults, this edition aims at learners with ACTFL's Novice High/Intermediate Low or ILR levels 0+/1. It fosters critical thinking and integrates teaching strategies such as Bloom's Taxonomy to support intellectual development. The inclusion of interactive activities in both PDF and EPUB formats, accessible via the LMI website (languagementors.org), enhances the learning experience, making it both dynamic and captivating.

This textbook serves as a foundational component in a series of proficiency-based Dari materials designed for adult learners. The Teacher's Edition provides a thorough framework for teaching Dari's speaking, writing, listening, and reading aspects, complete with exercise instructions and solutions. Targeting ACTFL's Novice High/Intermediate Low or ILR levels 0+/1, it emphasizes critical thinking and incorporates pedagogical strategies like Bloom's Taxonomy for intellectual growth. Interactive activities included in the PDF and EPUB formats, available on the LMI website (languagementors.org), make learning Dari dynamic and engaging.

This project is an attempt to build a comprehensive database of Arabic place names that covers the entire world, not just place names in the Arabic speaking world. The place names are proofread carefully to ensure adherence to the rules of hamza orthography, something often ignored in most publications. The database gives the correct name in Arabic script, its name in English or transliteration, spelling variants, and common errors in spelling. Frequency of variants is also given.

This online dictionary, entirely in Arabic, gives Arabic synonyms and antonyms of words entered into the dictionary, helping to expand the vocabulary of anyone using it. It also gives rhyming words for those interested in writing poetry or for any other reason one might need a rhyming word. The broken plurals of words are also displayed.

This Arabic-English dictionary of the Qur'an is not compiled in the traditional, alphabetical way, but rather by chapter and word order in the Qur'an. The list is available both for viewing online as well as via downloadable PDF documents. Prepositions and attached pronouns are included in the list alongside full words. The word list doesn't include every single word in a particular verse if that word has been mentioned before, i.e. ____ is only listed once in the Surat al-Fatiha vocabulary despite being in the chapter twice. Roots of longer words are frequently given.

This site explains how teachers can tier activities in their World Language classrooms. It includes background information about tiering, steps for teachers to develop tiered activities, and examples of tiered activities.

This website is for those who would like to explore the Qur'an in a variety of languages. Users can view the Qur'an by chapter or by section (divided into 5 sections as well as into 30). The exegesis for the reasons of the Qur'an's revelation (Asbaab an-Nazuul) is included as are seven different tafasir, or exegeses. Translations of the Qur'an into 66 different languages are also found on the website; some languages have more than one translation available. Also included are Arabic definitions of the words of the Qur'an.

This is a group of three videos regarding human rights throughout the world. Each one of the videos is in MSA Arabic. The videos talk first about human rights in general, the second talks about the history of human rights in greater detail, and the third discusses women's rights and NGO's. The videos are about ten minutes long.

Educational Stories of Dictational Rules are sixteen stories and activities in slideshow format. These stories were made for students with learning disabilities. Short vowels, long vowels, the letter ta, double vowels, prepositions, and the letter hamza are some of the explained topics. The slideshows start with a story, state the grammar rule, and end with some exercises. The slideshows are enhanced with audio components.

This dictionary allows the user to look up words either in Arabic, in English, or via an Arabic stem. For instance, if you type in ___ it will give you six different words that have the same stem (or root). The dictionary includes less than 4,000 words, and there is no space to type in Arabic; one must use the online keyboard provided. It is available both online and for PC download.

This primer provides a basic introduction to Egyptian colloquial Arabic, beginning with the alphabet, demonstrating both pronunciation and the writing system. From there the text moves on to discussing the parts of speech as well as some of the dialect's basic grammar. The book then progresses to common phrases and ends with a vocabulary section that relies on transliteration.

CultureTalk - Arab World features native speakers from across the Arabic-speaking world giving filmed interviews, in Arabic and sometimes English, on selected topics. Text-based translations and transcriptions are often provided as downloadable documents for most Arabic videos. The videos engage a number of region/country-specific topics, including cultural traditions, religion, politics, and sports.

This manual, written in 1914, includes a very basic introduction to the colloquial Egyptian Arabic spoken in Cairo. The 80-page text focuses mostly on vocabulary and contains 28 different word lists. There is also a brief section on grammar, one on the Arabic alphabet and how it is pronounced in Egypt, and a collection of sample dialogues. Although the book covers the alphabet, most sections rely on transliteration into Latin characters. The filesize of the PDF is 5 MB.