What will you get when you register at Arab Academy's School for Children?
- Passwords for online Arabic language courses using state-of-the-art technology.
- Courses designed by professional teachers of Arabic as a Foreign Language and used at American, British and International schools.
- Unlimited access to our children's courses within the constraints of the system. Courses progress by level. You need to complete one level before you can access the next. When you progress to a higher-level course, you can still access the lower level courses. You can work simultaneously on several tracks, for example Modern Standard Arabic, Quranic Arabic, and Stories of the Prophets.
- Courses in Modern Standard Arabic based on stories written for children.
- Courses in Quranic Arabic with tajweed.
- Highly interactive courses composed of learning pages then activities. Intelligent feedback is given.
- Placement in courses that match your age, language level and areas of interest, with continuing supervision of coursework, by professional teachers of Arabic.
- Free technical support.
- All stories correlated to the language level, from simple to more complex. Vocabulary is repeated over the lessons to ensure retention.
- Certificates given upon successful completion of each course.
What is a typical Arabic Language lesson composed of?
An Arabic lesson is composed of interactive learning pages followed by intelligent exercises and games that are full of graphics, sound and text. Equal emphasis is given to the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. A lesson then ends with an online test.
How are students evaluated?
The evaluation criteria are based on:
- Attendance:
This measures the time that students spend on the online sessions.
- Online Activities:
Every session comprises a large number of activities. Students are expected to complete those activities.
- Writing:
Students are expected to submit a composition at the end of every session. This forms an important part of the learning process at it allows the learner to produce Arabic. Our teachers correct the compositions and post them back on the site.
- Online Tests:
At the end of every session, there is an online test.
- Arabic Board:
This board allows learners to practice the Arabic learnt in communicating with colleagues.
- Class Participation:
Learners are expected to communicate with the teachers and colleagues via the following boards: Questions to Teacher, Students' Board and Suggestions for Improvement.
How much do teachers need to know about computers in order to use the curriculum?
Very little computer knowledge is needed from teachers. A detailed user's guide has been prepared to simplify matters and help teachers understand the system without spending too much time on the computer.
Teachers should be able to do the following:
- Turn computers on and off
- Open Internet Explorer and navigate to the Arab Academy site
- Enter passwords and select the year they are teaching
- Click on the activity that they need to use in class
- Click on "Students Activities" or "Student Tracking" from the classroom in order to supervise their students and monitor their progress.
How will students benefit from the program?
- Exposure: the online curriculum multiplies the time students are actually exposed to native speakers.
- Motivation: the online interactive curriculum greatly increases students' motivation
- Concentration: the interactive curriculum makes each student focus on the activities in order to do the exercises and activities. This sharpens the level of concentration to a large extent. In 'real' classrooms, students may respond to a teacher's question when his or her turn comes up then relax for a short while till his or her turn gets back. Online, students are actively involved the whole time.
- Personalization: the online system personalizes students' profiles. Students are greeted by their names and get to see a report on their progress. This personalization increases the level of interest and motivation.
- Pace: students are able to move at the pace that is most suitable to them
- Special Needs: students with special needs are able to use the program in a way that would allow them to meet their special needs without disrupting the whole class.