Virtual Realia eGallery | Reading Practice | Arabic/Indian Numbers in context
On October - 21 - 2008
This activity is designed to help you practice and improve your reading skills of the Arabic/Indian numbers using real life items photographed in real context.
Type of realia images in the slideshows
- Arabic car numbers plates from different Arabic countries
- Book covers
- Calendars
- Traffic Speed sign
- Bank ATM Keypad
- Miscellaneous illustrations about the evolution of Indian/Arabic numbers
Language e-tivity
- To improve your reading skills, try to identify the names of Arab countires and cities displayed in the context of maps, logos, public signs, etc…
- Click on the image to read further details about each image
Slideshow 1
- Compare the Arabic and Indian numbers in the number car plates
- Can you identify the names of Arabic countries and cities printed on the plates?
- Can you identify any other vocabulary in the realia?
Slideshow 2
- Identify the written script of the Arabic numbers in the currency notes and coins
Answers/Comments
- Leave your answers, comments and questions in the comments section.
Slideshow 1 : Arabic/Indian Numbers in context
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Slideshow 2 : Arabic Currency Realia
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What does “muraasim” on the number plates mean?
I like this format better than the previous week’s. This is because the picture itself doesn’t get ‘broken up’ by the control panel flashing up in the middle of the image, which was very distracting. Also, there is more control over the speed at which the pictures change, so that you can look at a picture for longer without having to press the back button.
These display numbers well in many contexts. I prefer this format of slideshow over the previous Flickr one, as I think it loads quicker and lets you see all the slides in the show in the thumbnail at the bottom. There’s also some good reading/vocab practice here (eg: بنك المغريب )
Tom
مراسم، مرسم means ceremony. I am not quite sure about their meaning the context of these car plates.
This slideshow software is definitely better - easier to keep from running away with the photos!
Interesting to read the different bank notes, with things like “central bank” and “people’s bank” etc.
I like this slideshow, it is a good way to follow up on our classwork today. During the UK’s cultural celebrations of ‘Africa ‘05′ I went to a talk about coins & the spread of Islam across the Sahara. So I like the images of coins a whole lot. Next time I’m at the British museum I can take another look & read them this time. Yay!
مراسم، مرسم means ceremony. I am not quite sure about their meaning the context of these car plates.