thinking in arabic to write authentic english - margot arthur

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Thinking in Arabic to write

authentic English

Margot Arthurmargot.arthur@britishcouncil.org.uk

• What do you think about using and/or allowing Arabic in the classroom?

• How much do you use and/or allow it and why?

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What mistakes do your students make?

• Verb ‘to be’

• He/she/it Present Simple –s

• Relative clauses – unnecessary pronoun

• Letter formation

• Punctuation

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My Ideas• Capital letters

• The idāfa construction vs. the possessive ‘s’

• Contractions

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Capital Letters

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Capital Letters

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Capital Letters

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Capital Letters

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Capital Letters

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Capital Letters

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Capital Letters

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The idāfa construction vs. the possessive ‘s’• Michael Swan – compound noun ‘of’ structure

• “This is one of the most difficult areas of English grammar”.

• Swan, Michael (1995), Practical English in Usage (2nd edition), Oxford University Press, p. 377

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Teaching the possessive ‘s’ to low levels• The house of my father.

• My father’s house.

• In one of them, you’re thinking in Arabic and the other, in English. Which one is which?

• Practice exercises

• Reminder during error correction

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Contractions

• “I no understand. Why important?” Mohammed, Elementary.

الطاولة على الكتاب

عترابيزة الكتاب

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Students’ reaction to my Arabic

• “It is good for me. Today you have a cold and I want to say ‘get well soon’ so you teach me.” Ahmed, Elementary.

• "My teachers at the British Council always are telling me to revise capital letters but I don’t think it is important. Now I understand.” Mona, Pre-Intermediate.

• “When you tell me I am thinking in Arabic, I see my mistake. Insha'Allah, I will start telling myself this soon.” Yasser, Upper-Intermediate.

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My research• Jack C. Richards and Theodore S. Rodgers (2001), Approaches and

Methods in Language Teaching, (2nd edition) Cambridge University Press.

• Fiona Copland and Georgios Neokleous (2010) L1 to teach L2: complexities and contradictions, ELT Journal Volume 65.3, Oxford University Press

• Guy Cook (2007), A thing of the future: translations in language teaching, International Journal of Applied Linguistics Vol. 17 No. 3, Blackwell Publishing

• Timothy Mason, Interlanguage http://www.timothyjpmason.com/WebPages/LangTeach/Licence/CM/OldLectures/L7_Interlanguage.htm

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Margot Arthur

margot.arthur@britishcouncil.org.uk

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Thinking in Arabic to write

authentic English

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What mistakes do your students make?

• Verb ‘to be’

• He/she/it Present Simple –s

• Relative clauses – unnecessary pronoun

• Letter formation

• Punctuation

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