Category: Arabic

Elementary Heritage Students Create E-Books

Iskander Guetta (Modern Standard Arabic for Heritage Learners I (ARBC 122)/ Fall 2024)     Anna Kaloustian (Modern Standard Arabic for Heritage Learners I (ARBC 122)/ Fall 2024) Karim Najjar (Modern Standard Arabic for Heritage Learners I (ARBC 122)/ Fall 2024)…Continue Reading Elementary Heritage Students Create E-Books

Travel, Plan, Create and Share

Planning skills, and video creation, all in the context of an exciting cultural event. This task encourages research, planning, and expression of interests while learning more about the Dubai Shopping Festival. This is Basma Elbarory’s plan to visit the festival (Intermediate Arabic I, Section one, Fall 2024) This is Angelina Girgis’ plan to visit the…Continue Reading Travel, Plan, Create and Share

Role-play assignments where reality meets imagination

In a role-play task, students imagine they are a real estate agent السمسار and create a video advertisement for the house in Arabic. Below is the video Ethan Chen created for this assignment (Intermediate Arabic I, section one, Fall 2024)….Continue Reading Role-play assignments where reality meets imagination

Immigration story inspires poetry

This task creatively combines listening comprehension, empathy building, and writing skills with artistic expression, all in Modern Standard Arabic. After listening to an Arab immigrant’s story, students were tasked with writing a concise and impactful poem in Arabic, inspired by the immigrant’s experience. Students could write the poem in any form they choose. Below is…Continue Reading Immigration story inspires poetry

karaoke; Preparing for travels

This karaoke activity combines listening comprehension, pronunciation practice, and cultural exploration through a catchy song about travel preparations! Below are some songs from students of Intermediate Arabic I, section one, in Fall 2024. Kamile Makselyte (Intermediate Arabic I, Section one, Fall 2024) Aurelia Keberle (Intermediate Arabic I, Section one, Fall 2024) Hannah Nashed (Intermediate Arabic…Continue Reading karaoke; Preparing for travels

Text messages between friends

This task requires the participant to create a text messaging interaction. The video depicts a conversation between two friends who haven’t seen each other in months. This assignment allows the participant to practice conversational Arabic creatively and realistically. This assignment was completed by Angelina Guigis from Intermediate Arabic I (section 1) in Fall 2024….Continue Reading Text messages between friends

Language Tasting: A Flavorful Exploration of Egyptian Arabic

The Yale Purvoo Center and the Yale Center on Language Study hosted a student-centered event, Language Tasting, on Friday, October 25th. The Yale Arabic Program was delighted to participate. The Egyptian Dialect session was a huge hit, drawing over 20 eager students. Led by Professor Randa Muhammed, the session explored the importance and significance of…Continue Reading Language Tasting: A Flavorful Exploration of Egyptian Arabic

Arabic Shadow Puppetry Lecture and Workshop

On October 10th, students in the Arabic language program and their invited guests enjoyed two engaging sessions focused on Arabic shadow puppetry. A lecture explored the history, role, and significance of this art form, followed by a hands-on workshop where participants learned to bring these puppets to life through voice and movement. Nabil Ahmed, a…Continue Reading Arabic Shadow Puppetry Lecture and Workshop