e-Arabic Teachers Network (eATNet)
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A Social/Professional Network for Arabic Language Teaching Professionals
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e-Arabic Tandem Network
On February - 22 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Face-to-Face & Online Arabic <-> English Language Exchange Partnership
Magazine Article: A Taste of Arabic (Mourad Diouri)
On February - 15 - 2010 3 COMMENTS
Errata:
Arabic in a nutshell
It is widely spoken by more than 280 million native speakers across the Arab world, comprising North African countries from the shores of Morocco, the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East, Arab Peninsula and the Gulf states. This is in addition to 250 million non-native speakers.
Source: Liaison Magazine, LLAS
As the Arabs Say…كـَما قالـَت العَرَب
On December - 16 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Weekly Arabic Quotes, Proverbs, and Sayings for Learners of Arabic as a Foreign Language selected, podcasted and interpreted by Mourad Diouri
Time: Key Vocabulary
On October - 30 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
To access and study this e-Flashcard list offline, you will need to download the BYKI software.
For more theme-based eFlashcards, please go to the eFC Flashcards Directory
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The QuizLet site offers the following activities:
Test mode | Online Quizzes
Type of Questions
Written
Matching
Multiple Choice
True/False
Scatter Game
Make everything disappear! Drag corresponding items onto each other to make them disappear.
Space Race
How fast can you think and type?
Kill the scrolling words by typing in their corresponding term and pressing enter. You may kill them in any order, but make sure they don’t scroll past the screen.
Learn mode
Type the correct answer for each Arabic word
Familiarize mode
Swap the flashcards to learn the words
Varieties of the Hamza sounds | تنوعات الهمزة
On October - 8 - 2009 1 COMMENT
The following podcast is a recording of:
- How to pronounce the varieties of the Hamza (الهمزة) which is carried by the following letter-carriers or seats:
- Alif
- Waaw
- Yaa’
- How to recognise the glottal sounds of Hamza (الهمزة) in different positions in a word
eListen | Varieties of the Hamza sounds | تنوعات الهمزة by mdiouri
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Can you locate the words/letters which carry the hamza in the following images:
- Annotate the images
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- Speed of recording
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Similar Sounding Arabic Letters & Sounds
On October - 1 - 2009 1 COMMENT
The following podcast is a recording of:
- How to pronounce the similar sounding Arabic letters & sounds
- How to recognise the difference between emphatic (i.e. heavier, deeper) and frontal (i.e. plain) sounds of Arabic
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Phonetic Sounds of the Arabic Alphabet
On September - 28 - 2009 4 COMMENTS
The following podcast is a recording of:
- How to pronounce the Arabic vowel system
- How to pronounce the 28 Arabic alphabet with all the phonetic sounds and symbols (i.e. vowel system)
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- Clarity of voice, sound and recording
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Interview with the “eLearning Age” Magazine
On September - 28 - 2009 1 COMMENT
At 31 years of age, Mourad Diouri already holds the unique title of award-winning “e-learning lecturer in Arabic studies” at Edinburgh University and has been approached by publishers to write four books on e-learning and the Arabic language.
“I am not just a lecturer in e-learning; I am a lecturer in e-language learning,” Diouri says. He integrates information and communication technologies in teaching Arabic as a foreign language at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW).
Born in Tangier in Morocco, Diouri’s primary degree is in science. “Conducting experiments was all right, but I was always fascinated by technology and teaching,” he says. Today, he has blended the two into a unique and successful profession.
As a result of integrating IT into language teaching, Diouri won an award for excellence in 2005 from the University of East Anglia for innovative course design and teaching strategies.The Norwich-based university was where Diouri began his teaching career, although he started off by teaching English. He then moved on to teach ICT and Arabic.
What drives him is a passion to invent tools that can ease learning as well as blur geographical boundaries. His tools are used by Arabic professors and students across the world.
He also authored the websites e-Arabic.com and v-Arabic.com. The first provides a growing directory of e-language learning tools and resources designed to encourage and guide Arabic learners and teachers to adopt IT-enhanced learning. The second, v-Arabic.com, is a searchable database of digitised/virtual language “realia” (authentic real-life items which reflects the target language and culture) for Arabic learners and teachers worldwide.
He also launched the m-Arabic initiative to promote the use of mobile learning of Arabic using theme-based podcasts and mobile applications.
“Studying in a classroom is not a natural way to learn a language,” Diouri says. “With Web 2.0 revolutionising our consumption of information, I was interested in using YouTube, RSS feeds, 3D media and social networking sites and smartboards to accustom learners to Arabic culture, the varied accents and to Arabs.”
He defines his role as one that blends old and new ways of learning: a mix of “chalk and talk” and “surf and connect”.
He encourages students to post Twitter feeds in Arabic. “It’s a great way of learning and students doing an advanced degree gain a lot by using such technology, understanding the script and the history background, and virtually living an Arabic life.”
Diouri has also created resources such as digital flashcards, podcasts and electronic activities for students on the move. With his trademark modesty, he says: “One doesn’t have to be a programmer to create websites and technological tools. It has all been made very simple and I just follow the instructions.” He hopes to empower learners and promote and facilitate autonomous learning among learners outside the classroom.
His story is a classic example of “failure becoming the stepping stone to success”. Diouri applied for a traditional Arabic-teaching post at Edinburgh University; he was unsuccessful, but the university recognised his expertise and appointed him to launch a pioneering e-learning agenda to radically modernise the teaching of Arabic in the UK. The university even created the position of e-learning lecturer to accommodate Diouri.
Diouri now plans to launch a collaborative authoring project where teachers can share their tips and vision and network with each other.
But the going hasn’t been easy. A huge challenge is the absence of any model. “It’s like starting with a blank canvas; I didn’t have anything to learn from to add an “e” to “learning” when I started at CASAW in 2007. All I had was a job description of integrating technology into learning.”
He is concerned by the failure of some education professionals to see the potential of e-learning tools for saving time and resources, and empowering students. “It is very hard to get feedback from other teachers and professionals,” he says.
Diouri says he can get overwhelmed with ideas and needs to slow down because resources and funding are scarce. “I am well known as a person who has more ideas than he can implement.”
High on his agenda is his first book Internet Arabic, catering to the student community. A second book will be a guide for professionals and teachers where he will share his top 10 teaching tips. Amid such ventures, he will also set out to fulfil his other ambition of connecting e-learners with e-teachers.
He is happy his expertise is recognised and reveals: “I have just been approached for consultancy work on e-learning. Now I want to increase my online profile and introduce technologies to help students, tutors and everyone around me.”
Archana Venkatraman is a report on e.learning age
Event | Islam’s Contribution to European Languages
On August - 24 - 2009 5 COMMENTS
“Arabic gave Europe cotton to wear, candy to eat, coffee to drink, chess to play, magazine to read, sofa to recline on, mattress to sleep on, cipher to calculate with, cable to communicate with, racket to play tennis with, sugar to sweeten with, cheque to draw money with, and a host of other words”
V. Abdur Rahim, 2008, Europe speaks Arabic
Word Cloud 1: Borrowed Arabic Words (by European Languages)
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Islam Edinburgh Festival
Title: You Already Speak Arabic! A Visual Gallery/Presentation of Islam’s Contribution to European Languages
Date/Time: Saturday, 29th August, 3.30 – 5.00 pm
Location: Edinburgh Central Mosque
Speaker: Mourad Diouri
Presentation: The highly interactive, inspiring, and eye-opening talk aims to provide an informative cultural, historical and linguistic insight and understanding of a collection of commonly-used English words of Arabic origins. The Arabic language has had a great and long-lasting impact on many European languages, namely Spanish and English. This presentation aims to act as a reminder to us all of one of the many incredible contributions of Islam to the West. The speaker will be using a selection of high-quality inspiring visuals to illustrate that we all already speak some Arabic!
The talk will also challenge the audience (especially English speakers) that we all have a common language and we all speak Arabic to some extent.
Organisers:
- CASAW, Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World | مركز الدراسات المتقدمة للعالم العربي | Universities of Edinburgh, Durham & Manchester
- Edinburgh Islam Festival
- Edinburgh Festival (The Fringe)
The slideshow of the presentation will be available online shortly
Word Cloud 1: Borrowed Arabic Words (by European Languages)
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Word Cloud 2: Most-Commonly Used English Words of Arabic Origin
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Word Cloud 3: Muslim Contributions to Modern World Civilization: Scientific Disciplines & Fields of Knowledge
Word Cloud 4: Muslim Contributions to Modern World Civilization: Scientific Disciplines & Fields of Knowledge
Word Cloud 5: Star Names in Arabic
The event has already attracted media attention with the BBC Arabic Xtra running a live radio show on Thurs 27th at 1300. As an invited guest speaker, I discussed the topic of ‘Islam’s Influence on European languages’.
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