About the Book
"Assalamu 'Alykum textbook series.. - Follows the latest global standards of learning and teaching a foreign language, adopting the communicative method to achieve the 5 Cs (communication, connection, culture, comparison, and community), choosing authentic materials for task-based practical activities, and based on the latest studies as the 21st Century Skills Map prepared under the supervision of ACTFL. - Equally integrates language skills to achieve competencies identified for each level. -Prepared by authors possessing accumulated practical experience of teaching Arabic as a foreign language to students of different cultures. - Contains regular assessments and teaching guidelines. After completing this textbook, the learners will be able to: 1. Participate in discussions and debates on cultural topics/issues, and abstract values of Arab & international cultures. They can explain their points of views on the issues presented in this textbook including: some aspect of Islamic and Arab culture, education, organizations, natural resources, outstanding scholars /figures, journalism, tourism, prose, and literary signatures. 2. Define the author's point of view, criticize it, agree or disagree with the author and can support their opinions with logical arguments. 3. Comprehend authentic texts they hear without modifying them. 4. Express orally or in written their opinion on the issues and topics presented through the book, making use of the internet environment to prepare oral and written summaries and presentations . 5. Exercise morphological rules including: Derivations of Verbs with hamzah, Al - Majmo'e, Allafeef al-mafrooq, derivations of (Sawa, wassa, sawwa), Derivations of (Arada, Alqa, Akhfa), Derivations of (tasawa, ta'ala, tawwla, tabanna), Derivations of (ikhtara, iqtada, intawa, iHtawa), derivations of (istaTa'a, istawHa, istaghna). 6.Comprehend new grammatical rules including: past simple, past perfect, past continuous, and future of the past. 7. Practice writing articles according to the article outline, and using appropriate connectors. 8. Form formal contracts between two parties. 9. Write attention notices and alerts that are given to employees. 10. Master writing a written announcement about religious and social occasions fulfilling the necessary components. 11. Practice writing official letters to apply for a job, and informal letters among family members and friends. 12. Realize cultural aspects in accordance with the themes presented in the textbook such as: the occasion of the prophet's birthday, Hijra, agreements after Hudaibiyah, the wealth of salt in Mali, gold, agriculture and dams in Yemen, coming occasions into Arab culture, Queen of Sheba, Shura'a as mentioned in Quran, the high position of poets and poetry in the Arab culture, famous literary speeches. 13. Practice new learning strategies such as: a) searching the internet to get specific information from the original source, then sharing such information with friends on media sites, b) gathering detailed information about religious and social occasions of Arab culture and comparing them to occasions from the learners' culture, c) summarizing short authentic videos and prepare presentations in the classroom, d) familiarizing themselves with several types of formal and informal letters, and e) active participation in the debates organized under the teacher's supervision."
About the Author: Mr. Jameel Al Bazili, born in Yemen, 1976, and a graduate from Sana'a university with a BE of English in 1998. He had started his career teaching English in a public secondary schools in Sana'a. In 2000, he started teaching Arabic language to non-native speakers from different countries who came to Sana'a to study Arabic. And soon he excelled in his job and was appointed in 2001 the manger of Center for Arabic Language and Eastern Studies, a branch of University of Science and Technology, Sana'a, Yemen. Then, in 2006, he formed a team of Arabic teachers and devoted themselves to teaching Arabic and developing teaching textbooks to this purpose. In 2007, the team started their private institution "Yemen Institute for Arabic Language" known as YIAL. The institute flourished quickly, and developed several Arabic programs including: Modern Standard Arabic, Yemeni Arabic program, Media Arabic Program, Advanced Arabic courses program, and GPA Arabic program. In 2008, YIAL started its online program to teach Arabic for people worldwide. Fortunately, the program has been increasing rapidly as well as the teachers' experience. In 2010, Jameel completed his MA from Open University Malaysia which contributed very much to YIAL and influenced YIAL staff think globally. Now, beside their specialization in teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, Jameel Al Bazili, with YIAL team are offering training courses to organizations and schools that are offering the same job either in Yemen or abroad.
