This site provides instruction on how to install and use the Arabic keyboard on Windows. There are step by step instructions on how to install the keyboard on Windows XP as well as on Windows 2000. The site also provides 5 pictures of the Arabic keyboard layout.

This is a template intended to be used by Arabic Language Educators to copy, remix, upload and insert media, write, describe, align to standards, license and publish their Arabic Language Activities.

This is a template intended to be used by Arabic Language Educators to copy, remix, upload and insert media, write, describe, align to standards, license and publish their Arabic Language Activities.

This is a template intended to be used by Arabic Language Educators to copy, remix, upload and insert media, write, describe, align to standards, license and publish their Arabic Language Activities.

This is a template intended to be used by Arabic Language Educators to copy, remix, upload and insert media, write, describe, align to standards, license and publish their Arabic Language Activities.

Salam Dear Visitor,

This is the first edition of the “Arabic Language Through Dialogue” 1, 2 and 3 series in addition to the Iraqi Dialect through Dialogue book. The series attempts to make learning of the Arabic language more accessible and enjoyable to non-native speakers of Arabic using dialogues and communicative exercises that relate to the dialogue in each lesson. The series was made possible by partial funding and complete encouragement from the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) under the directorship of Dr. Mary Ann Lyman-Hager and hosted at the San Diego State University. Dr. Ghada Osman, the director of the Center of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the San Diego State University, offered us invaluable advice and encouragement. In these books you will see the following:
1.High frequency dialect (A’miyyah) utterances are incorporated in each dialogue to give the learner a flavor of a’miyyah across the Arab world.
2.Arabic music and songs are used to teach the various dialects of the Arab world and to infuse the books with Arab culture.
3.The dialogues deal with everyday life issues from ordering food to renting a house to buying a car to talking about School and politics and social issues. All of this is done in a very easy MSA language that approximates the spoken language of educated Arabs.
4.Idiomatic expressions are incorporated in the dialogues.
5.Famous Arabic proverbs are part of every lesson in Book 3 and they come from a different región in the Arab world. We did not want to focus on one dialect as we wanted to expose learners to the 4 major Arabic dialects through songs, idiomatic expressions and high frequency words and then leave it up to the learner to decide which one he/she is most interested in. Once they decide which dialect they want to pursue, they can then plan their summer or semester abroad based on that knowledge.
6.Many games and fun activities are incorporated in each lesson.
7.Grammar is an important piece of these books but it is not the centerpiece. Learners will be exposed to all the grammatical notions and concepts needed to build their linguistic knowledge but the our focus remains on the USING the language rather than knowing ABOUT the language.
8.All the dialogues are available here on this page to listen to.
9.Tahiyyati and I hope that you enjoy learning Arabic using this series

OER Fundamentals are invited to remix this course planning template to design and share their OER project plans, course information and syllabus, and reflection.

This blog is from an American woman living and working in Saudi Arabia. It includes information about living and working in Saudi Arabia as well as her travels elsewhere in the Middle East. This particular section of the blog includes lessons on Arabic, which are all transliterated. Conversations that are transliterated and translated, vocabulary lists, and cultural information are all included. The lessons include one on bread, one on time and the concept of time, and one on New Year's Resolutions.

In this activity, students will practice using the appropriate greeting based on the time of the day and who they are speaking to, and also will practice saying their names and asking about them.Can-Do Statements:I can greet and say goodbye to someone:In the morningIn the afternoon\evening\nightBefore bedtimeBased on who I am speaking with, I can use a culturally appropriate greeting. 

In this activity, students will practice using the short vowels in a word. They will also practice how to write أ،ب،ت،ث in the first\middle\end of a word.Can-Do Statements:I can differentiate between the short vowels.I can pronounce short vowels with أ،ب ،ت ،ث I can use the short vowels in a word.I can recognize and write أ، ب، ت، ث، in the first\middle\end of the word.

In this activity, students will practice using the long vowels in a word. They will also practice how to write long vowels and how to read them as well.Can-Do Statements:I can understand the long vowels in Arabic.I can differentiate between long vowels and short vowels.I can write and read long vowels in Arabic.

In this activity, students will practice talking about themself in four simple sentences. As well as reading new simple conversation sentences.Can-Do Statements:I can introduce myself to others.I can say:My nameMy age My nationalityMy majorI can ask others about their names, ages, majors, and nationalities.

Description:In this activity, students will practice reading and writing numbers from 1-10 with simple math problems, as well as how to use and say +. -, = in Arabic.Can-Do Statements:I can read\write numbers from 1 to 10 in Arabic.I can use simple math symbols like +, -, and = in Arabic.I can exchange my number with others in Arabic.

In this activity, students will practice reading and writing numbers from 1-10 with simple math problems.Can-Do Statements:I can read\write numbers from 1 to 10 in Arabic.I can use simple math problems like +, -, and = in Arabic.I can exchange my number with others in Arabic.

This activity will have different and fun instructions using a tool called Jamboard. Students will write, pronounce, and memorize the opposites in Arabic. Can-Do Statements:I can use opposites in a conversation with a friend.I can find the opposite of the image provided to me.I can type/draw an opposite word in Arabic.

In this activity, students will practice reading and writing colors in Arabic with a fun game! As well as practicing using the color with feminine and masculine forms. Can-Do Statements:I can read/write colors in Arabic.I can recognize that colors have feminine and masculine forms in Arabic.I can use colors with feminine and masculine forms.

In this activity, students will practice how to describe their emotions about something, they will be shown multiple pictures, and they will describe their feelings when seeing the pictures. They will also practice what to say when visiting someone sick.Can-Do Statements:I can describe my feelings in Arabic.I can understand and use the phrases of emotions for either feminine or masculine.I can use the appropriate phrase with someone sick.

In this activity, students will be learning about Arabic countries in addition to European and South American countries. Also, practice asking and answering questions about various nationalities. Using feminine and masculine forms.Can-Do Statements:I can identify the names of Arabic countries.I can ask someone where they are from and say where am I from?I can use either feminine or masculine to describe my nationality.