ARABIC
Arabic is one of the world’s great languages. Spoken by more than 400 million people, it has been the vehicle of many significant contributions to the development of science and culture, from the earliest odes of the pre-Islamic poets through to the cutting-edge research of the philosophers and mathematicians of Islam’s golden age, to the novels of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz. MR CHARLIE DAVIES Head of Modern Foreign Languages
It is also one of the official languages of the United Nations and was recently identified as one of the ten most important languages for the UK's future. cdavies@britishschool.sch.ae
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COURSE CONTENT Arabic GCSE is now an optional GCSE subject at BSAK. By choosing GCSE Arabic, students are choosing a two year Edexcel GCSE course. Many of our students are excellent Arabic learners, and for many, it will be their best language option for GCSE. For students who are hoping to achieve the UAE High School Equivalency Certificate as a non Arab League passport holder, Arabic GCSE is compulsory as it will also prepare students for the MOE exam in the Sixth Form. Term 1 Theme: School ● Talk about your school ( subjects, rules, uniform and clubs) expressing likes/dislikes. ● Describe an ideal day for you at BSAK. ● School trips ● Use conditional statements, negation, demonstratives and plurals Theme: Future Aspirations, Study and Work ● Talk about careers & places of work ● Future work and study plans ● How to apply for jobs ● Using personal qualities for self-promotion Term 2 Theme: International and Global Dimension ● Talk about environmental problems and solutions.opinions and reasons ● Listen to and read texts for gist/details about environmental problems and solutions ● Give arguments for and against different global issues and big events.