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slaqdog
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 Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:39 am Post subject: arabic students reading and writing recommended textbooks |
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I am teaching reading and writing to Arabic students at foundation level; two of the classes are Elementary. Which textbooks can you recommend?
I am looking for something that is aimed at students who don't know where Toronto is and couldnt give a monkeys about ist average rainfall. ie dont tell me to use headway or i'll scweem and scweem. |
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:56 am Post subject: Re: arabic students reading and writing recommended textbook |
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| slaqdog wrote: |
I am teaching reading and writing to Arabic students at foundation level; two of the classes are Elementary. Which textbooks can you recommend?
I am looking for something that is aimed at students who don't know where Toronto is and couldnt give a monkeys about ist average rainfall. ie dont tell me to use headway or i'll scweem and scweem. |
Have you considered NEW Headway? Scweem away!!!  ...  ...
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slaqdog
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:18 am Post subject: Yes thats the ****** we are using! |
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Thats the piece of **** students are using as doorstops(not thick enough-the books I mean not the oh forget it)
Example student questions What is Moscow? When is Toronto? I dont know the answers to thes devilish questions.
Help me. |
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scot47
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I know a place where they use one that discusses what colour of lipstick you should choose. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| scot47 wrote: |
| I know a place where they use one that discusses what colour of lipstick you should choose. |
That would work fine in a woman's college...
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Dedicated
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:05 pm Post subject: Writing materials for Arab students |
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Slaqdog,
If the students are elementary, you could try :
"Keep Writing : a writing course for Arab students " by Richard Harrison (publisher Longman). Books 1 and 2.
These books take the students from sentence level to paragraphs, and only use examples from Arab countries (eg. Oman, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait) which the students seem to be able to equate to. There are error correction exercises + spelling practice and short reading passages.
Elementary students at HCT use these. |
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basiltherat
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| "Keep Writing : a writing course for Arab students " by Richard Harrison (publisher Longman). Books 1 and 2 |
seconded. this is just about as good as you're going to get. we are planning to use it. we did a pilot class and it worked very well.
best
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