AC9LA2U03 Years 1 to 2 Languages

Content descriptor notice that Arabic has features that may be similar to or different from English

Elaborations

• • Elaboration recognising that the Arabic script is written from right to left and that books and papers are written from back to front and comparing these with equivalent texts in English
• • Elaboration exploring differences in alphabet and writing through play, digital resources and discussions, for example, the number and shape of letters, the way they are written and direction of writing
• • Elaboration understanding that the Arabic alphabet consists of 28 letters that look and sound different from the English (Roman) alphabet which consists of 26 letters
• • Elaboration observing some common features of familiar Arabic and English texts such as stories, nursery rhymes and signs, for example, في يوم من الأيام ، في أحد الأيام ، حزورة فزورة، جدي عنده مزرعة، لاءلئي لاءلئي يا نجمة
• • Elaboration noticing that Arabic has borrowed words from English, for example, إنترنت، كمبيوتر، كاميرا، تلفزيون and that English has borrowed words from Arabic such as زرافة، جمل، قطن، جني، قهوة، ليمون
• • Elaboration observing that some sounds in Arabic do not exist in English, for example, خ ح ع غ ض
• • Elaboration learning some basic differences in word order in simple sentences and phrases, for example, object before the adjective عيد ميلاد سعيد، قلم أحمر، يوم مُشمس