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Across Cultures

The Arabic

Language

key words

UNIQUE AMONGST

ranks

major

INSCRIPTION

document

evolved

STRANDS

CLASSICAL

LECTURES

CONFERENCES

COMMUNICATE

MAINTAINING

HERITAGE

COLLOQUIAL

VARIETIES

DIALECTS

sometimes

OCCASIONALLY

COMPLICATED

ASPECTS

AMONGST

between

WIDELY-SPOKEN

EXISTENCE

In KSA - - - - - -not This car is

OFFICIAL

UNITED NATIONS

INFORMAL SPOKEN

WARM-UP

1-look at the photos: Guess

if the sentences are true(T)or false(F)

1-Arabic is one of

the ten

Most widely-

spoken languages

in the world

2-there are about

190

Million speakers

of Arabic

In the world today

3-

written Arabic has

been

In existence for

more than2000

years

4-Arabic is one of

the

official languages

of

The United Nations

5-Colloquial

Arabic

is more

informal spoken

Arabic

READING

2-Read the text and check your

guesses from exercise1

4 -WORK WITH ANOTHER PAIR

CLOSEYOUR BOOKS AND ASK EACH OTHER

YOURQUESTIONS

5-What are the advantages and

Disadvantages of having both MSA and

different dialects of Arabic

6-LOOK AT THE WORD Builder complete it with the words in yellow from the text with the opposite meaning

short

minorMost recentunofficialinflexiblesimilarcommon

long

majorearliestofficialflexibledifferent

unique

Write sentences about four of these things using words from the word builder

Adiscussion a maths problem an example

EXAMPLE:YESTERDAY HN CLASS WE HAD AVERY LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT

8-ADJECTIVE QUIZ:Work in pairs test your partner on the opposites of the words in the box

Correct- hard working-patient –happy-kind-

outgoing-dangerous-tidy-tall-strong

9-SPEAKING:Work in pairs Ask and answer these questions:

1-how many foreign languages can you under

stand a bit of

2-HOW MANY LANGUAGES CAN

YOU SAY HELLO IN3-WHAT OTHER FOREIGN

LANGUAGES WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN?

WHY?

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