Present research & support a view

Bring your skills together in researched writing and discussion. Present a person’s contribution, consider an educational problem and support your response with relevant details.

See how a pattern changes the meaning.

عَلِمَhe knew

عَلَّمَhe taught

تَعَلَّمَhe learned

Related verb patterns express knowing, teaching and learning. At this level you examine what added letters do to meaning, then apply the forms in context.

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What you’ll study.

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Present a person’s life and contribution

Read and listen to accounts of influential people, identifying their background, education, important events and contributions.
Prepare a spoken presentation explaining a person’s standing and achievements, then give your own view with supporting details.
Gather facts and select significant incidents for a short biography, organizing an introduction, life account and concluding reflection.
Write a separate thank-you letter with an appropriate opening, clear purpose and respectful closing; review your writing with a partner.

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Discuss a learning problem and a response

Discuss qualifications, the role of teachers and the relationship between education, work and personal experience.
Compare views on learning, explaining benefits, difficulties and how a problem was addressed.
Read educational texts and follow spoken accounts, identifying the main point and the details that support it.
Write connected paragraphs about a teacher’s contribution and an educational problem with a proposed solution, using the linking expressions studied.

صَرْفٌ

Ṣarf · word forms

Distinguish verbs that take an object from those that do not, and explore the meanings of augmented verb patterns.
Study maqṣūr, manqūṣ and mamdūd noun forms and make nisba adjectives to express an association.

نَحْوٌ

Naḥw · sentence structure

Use tamyīz to clarify a quantity, comparison or description.
Study categorical negation with lā and express exceptions with illā, ghayr, siwā and related forms.

By the end of ARB 113,
you should be able to…

Speaking

Present a contribution and explain your view

Give a structured account of a person’s background, achievements and influence, adding reasons for your view. Compare educational experiences and opinions, describe a difficulty and explain how it could be addressed.

Listening

Follow biographical and learning accounts

Identify a person from the biographical details given in the material. Follow a story about learning, pick out the events and main message, and use relevant details when discussing what you heard.

Reading

Connect ideas with their supporting evidence

Read a biography or text about teaching and distinguish its main ideas from supporting events and examples. Explain the person’s contribution or the educational point being made, using details from the text to support your answer.

Writing

Write for different purposes

Use gathered facts to write a short biography with a clear structure and concluding reflection. Write a thank-you letter and a paragraph proposing a solution to an educational problem, choosing suitable openings, links and endings and revising the language.

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Explain ideas with examples, interpret familiar expressions in context, and write connected paragraphs with a clear main point.

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Your work across the level shows how well you can interpret a text, explain your view in discussion and develop an argument in writing.

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