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1.1 Listening for Gist
Arabic · Grade 7 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Listening for gist: the main idea of a short spoken greeting, not every word
- Greetings and self-introduction: السلام عليكم, مرحبا, ما اسمك؟, اسمي...
- Simple questions: أين تسكن؟ ما اسم صديقك؟
What you will be able to do
- identify the main idea in a spoken Arabic greeting
- respond to simple questions on greetings and introduction of self and others
Key questions
“How can you extract the main idea in a given text?”
Lessons
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The gist of a greeting
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizListen once for the main idea of an Arabic greeting, then pick out names.
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Where do you live? Who is your friend?
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizAnswer أين تسكن؟ and ما اسم صديقك؟ after a greeting, including friends of different genders.