Advanced Arabic

In Advanced Arabic, students spend the first term reviewing Modern Standard Arabic, and they use it in real life situations. In the second and third terms, students choose an Arabic dialect and they spend the rest of the year learning that dialect. In the past, students have focused on Egyptian or Levantine for example but they can choose any Arabic dialect that interests them. Students look at real life examples of the dialect: websites, movies, series, and other authentic sources. When learning the dialect, the students focus on speaking and using the dialect in class as much as possible. They work on skits to continue to challenge themselves with Arabic stories, and they create their own plot twists and presentations based on movies and series. Unlike our other languages, we do not offer a full 3-year program in Arabic. This means that Intermediate Arabic is open to any student, but only students who have fulfilled their language requirement may take Arabic as their only language class. Other students must also be enrolled in Spanish, French or Chinese in order to fulfill their graduation requirements. Arabic classes will meet twice a week during G-block throughout the school year. Foundations and Intermediate Arabic are 5-credit classes.

• Interests: None
• Grades: 11th, 12th
• Subjects: Modern Languages