Helping you to help

your child learn Arabic.

“Hayya Nata’alam Al

Arabia”.PO Box 114652, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesTel: +971 4 343 3266, Fax:+971 4 343 8996www.gemswps.aewww.gemseducation.com

What are you aiming for ? Your child is confident in recognising

the letters with the short vowels.

Your child is able to decode the sounds in a word.

Your child can differentiate between short and long vowels when reading and writing.

Your child can read and write words and short sentences.

Your child looks at the meaning of a whole text rather than focusing

Encourage your child to use his or her Alphabetical knowledge and decode

the letters to read the signs in the road.

He or she can practice matching some spoken words with written words.

Understanding the Culture

Understanding the Culture:Encourage your child to feel that he or she is involved in Arabic culture by:

listening to Arabic songs and exploring local stories , legends and places.

Watching some short Arabic Cartoons

( Eg Space Toon or Al Bara’em).

Visiting the Heritage Village, a local mosque or Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi, Calligraphy Centers in Dubai and Sharjah or Bur Dubai Museum.

Involving your child in The Dubai Festival Shopping events .( Eg watch Um Khammas Annual Show).

Participating in the UAE National Day and all the GWPS’s cultural events.

Attending parents evenings and meeting the Arabic teachers to discuss the students success areas .

Working through your child’s levelled Islamic and cultural Awareness passport.

انترامد إاحتاشاع

Let us learn Arabic together

How to help your child improving Arabic learning

( Speaking and Listening)? Encourage your child to feel that he is involved in Arabic learning by:

Trying to learn some simple Arabic greetings and use them at home. This will enable the student to feel the importance of learning Arabic and its usefulness.

Discussing new learning at home , when going to the supermarket, in malls and taking every chance to practice in real life situations.

Searching on You Tube to find links to learning Arabic.( On the search indicator type “Learn Arabic” and you will find many lesson videos. Just make sure to view them first.

Purchasing an Arabic - English dictionary to help your child finding new words which he or she can then use sentences to express themselves.

How to help your child improve

reading Arabic? Our school library is enriched by lot of

attractive Arabic fiction and Non fiction books. We also have in the library guided reading books which are levelled according to our students’ abilities. Encourage your child to borrow Arabic stories from the library.

Encourage your child to use his or her alphabetical knowledge and decode letters and words in signs ,supermarkets and all around them.

Read English-Arabic stories to enrich the vocabulary and the language structures by discovering the meanings of the sentences and words written in Arabic.

Encourage your child to retell a story using the Arabic words which he or she can recognise .

Let us write Arabic together

How to help my child

writing Arabic: Encourage your child to have good

sized letters – not too big and not too

small. Your child can decode the sounds of the word , find the letters which can give those sounds and then write the word once by copying and then memorising.

Practice with your child spelling words from topics taught in school.

Encourage your child to check their written work with a dictionary .

Encourage your child to use key vocabulary learned and make simple sentences.

Encourage your child to use short and long vowels when writing.

Some useful Webs to help your

child learning Arabic: Some useful websites

Arabic letters:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI3oBB_n1AU&feature=related

Short vowels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo

aa_H3ejoM&feature=related

Songs about the school:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sR8XcOM_FU

Learning Arabic for Non Arabs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ydQqa7NG9Q

Learning Arabic : http://www.arabicsl.com/modules.ph

p?name=advanced_topics&play=harakat

E-learning Story:http://www.arabicsl.com/modules.php?name=stories

The colours :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf2IpCZa6IU

The days of the week- song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxVY3IwDaw8

Numbers in Arabic:

Let us count together

Wahad 1 واحد

ethnan 2 اثنان

Thalathah 3 ثالثة

Arba’a 4 أربعة

Khamsa 5 خمسة

Set’ta 6 ستة

Sab’a 7 سبعة

thamaneya 8 ثمانية

Tes’a 9 تسعة

ashra 10 عشرة

Ehda’ashr 11 عشر-إحدى

Ethna’ashr 12 عشر-إثنى

Thalathatu’ash

r

13 عشر-ثالثة

Arba’ato’ashr 14 عشر-أربعة

Khamsato’ashr 15 خمسةعشر

Setatu’ashr 16 عشرستة

Sab’atu’ashr 17 عشرسبعة

thamaneyat-

’ashr

18 عشرثمانية

Eth’hab 19 عشرتسعة

eshrun 20 عشرون

thalathun 30 ثالثون

Arba’un 40 أربعون

khamsun 50 ونخمس

Set’tun 60 ستون

Sab’un 70 سبعون

thamanun 80 ثمانون

Tes’un 90 تسعون

Me’aton 100 مئة

Let us learn Arabic together

ن N ظ Dh

aذ the أ A

ه H ع Aa’ ر R ب B

و W غ GH ز Z ت T

ي Y ف F س S ث Th

a

ال L

a

ق Q ش SH ج J

ال Al ك K ص Sa ح Ha

’

ة T

a

ل L ض Dh خ kh

م M ط Th د D

Arabic Alphabet:

In Arabic there are 3 long vowels:

In Arabic there are short vowels:

Baab باب Long sound aa ا

Suur سور Long sound uu و

Reem ريم Long sound ee ي

Fat’ha

ب short slanting line over

a letter

Dham

ma

ب

Small letter waw“و“over

a letter

Kasra

ب Short slanting line under

a letter

Sukuun

ب Small circle over a letter

Shaddaب

Small w over a letter

Useful Greetings and

simple conversation:s:

Let us learn Arabic together

Marhaban مرحبا Hello

Sabahul

Khayrصباحالخير

Good-

morning

Ahlan

Wasahlanأهالوسهال

Welcome

Assalamu

Alaykumالسالمعليكم

The

Arabic

Traditional

way to

welcome

someone

Wa’alayku

m

Assalam

وعليكمالسالم

This is how

to reply.

Ma’a

Assalama

h

معالسالمة

Good- bye

Men ayna

anta?أين من

أنت ؟Where do

you come

from?

Ana men أنامن.. I am from..

Kayfa

halukحالك؟كيف How are

you?

Bekhayr

shukran

!شكرابخير I am fine

thanks .

Ma

‘esmuk?

مااسمك؟ what is

your name?

Es’me .اسمي This is how

to reply.

Kam

umruk?

كمعمرك؟ How old

are you?

I am 5

years oldعمريخمسسنوات

I am 5 years

old

Useful Verbs:

Efta’h افتح Open

Egh’leq اغلق close

ejles اجلس Sit down

qef قف Stand up

Eth’hab اذهب Go

Ta’al تعال Come

unzur انظر Look

Esma’a اسمع Listen

faker فكر Think

Kar’rer كرر Repeat

Eqra’a اقرأ Read

Tawaq’qaf قفتو Stop

takalam تكلم Talk

ajeb أجب Answer

Let us learn Arabic togetherThe colours:

male male female female

Ah’m

ar

أحمر Ham’ra

’a

حمراء

Akh’

dar

أخضر Khad’r

a’a

خضراء

Az’ra

q

أزرق Zar’qa’

a

زرقاء

aswa

d

أسود Sawda’

a

سوداء

As’far أصفر Safra’a صفراء

Abya

d

أبيض Bayda’

a

بيضاء

Bon’n

e

بن ي Bon’ne

ya

بن ية

Borto

qa’le

برتقالي bortoq

aleya

ةبرتقالي

bana

fsejey

جيبنفس banafs

ejeya

جيةبنفس

My family :

Let us learn Arabic together

abee My father أبي

Um’me My mother أمي

akhee My borther أخي

ukhtee My sister أختي

Am’m

e

My uncle

(my father ‘s

brother)

عمي

Am’m

atee

My aunt(my

father ‘s

sister)

عمتي

khalee My uncle(

my mothers’s

brother)

خالي

khalat

ee

My aunt( my

mothers’s

sister)

خالتي

jadee My grand- father جدي

Jada’

tee

My grand- mother جدتي

Ebn

am’

mee

My cousin( the sun

of the brother of my

father)

ابنعمي

Ebn

kha

lee

My cousin( the sun

of the brother of my

mother)

ابنخالي

Ebnat

am’

mee

My cousin( the

daughter of the

brother of my

mother)

ابنةعمي

Ebnat

kha

lee

My cousin( the

daughter of the

brother of my

mother)

نةابخالي

In my class:

Let us learn Arabic together

kursee chair ك رسي

T’awela table طاولة

Qalam Pencil قلم

Mem’hat rubber ممحاة

Meb’rat sharpner مبراة

Mes’tara ruler مسطرة

Sub’bura board سبورة

Suura picture صورة

Sal’la basket سلة

alwan Colours ألوان

ketab book كتاب

dhaftar Copy-

book

دفتر

Say’yara car سيارة

Ta’era airplaine طائرة

Sha’hena Truck شاحنة

metro metro مترو

qetar Train قطار

Dar’raja bike دراجة

Ha’fela bus حافلة

Safeena ship سفينة

Transport :

Animals:

Let us learn Arabic together

Qetta cat قطة

Kalb dog كلب

osfour bird ص فو رع

arnab rabbit ن ب أ ر

asad lion د أ س

numer tiger ن مر

Dajaja chicken دجاجة

deek hen ديك

thuban snake ث عبان

kharouf sheep خ روف

samaka fish م كة س

Feel elephant فيل

zarafa giraffe ز رافة

qerd monkey ق رد

butta duck ب طة

Laham meet لحم

dajaj chicken دجاج

bayd eggs بيض

enab grapes عنب

tamatem tomato طماطم

kheyar cucumber خيار

bortoqal orange برتقال

farawla starwbery فراولة

ananas ananas أناناس

mawz bananas موز

mashrou

bat

drinks مشروبات

khodar vegetable ض ر خ

fakeha fruits فاكهة

food: