Characters of Arabic… · JHS1 Arabic

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.3.1.1.3 - Demonstrate ability to distinguish between common language sounds and the peculiar Arabic phonics.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least five Arabic consonant sounds that are shared with English or other Ghanaian languages (such as b, t, j, d, m) and give an example Arabic word for each.
Produce at least four Arabic sounds that are peculiar to Arabic (such as th, kh, dh, dad) with their correct articulation and attach them to word components.
Compare a shared sound with a peculiar Arabic sound in a given pair of words and explain the difference in how each is pronounced.
Read aloud short Arabic words containing both shared and peculiar sounds with acceptable pronunciation, as demonstrated in the lesson.
Classify a list of given Arabic words into two groups: those containing common shared sounds and those containing peculiar Arabic sounds.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Reading (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Characters of Arabic Language/Textual Features and Symbols (3.1)
Content standard: B7.3.1.1 - Learner shows ability to read Arabic syllables, words and phrases.
Indicator: B7.3.1.1.3 - Demonstrate ability to distinguish between common language sounds and the peculiar Arabic phonics.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 1 (Week 25 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

exemplars - p.22: 1 glyph(s) in this cell have no entry in the PDF's character map, and are stored as U+FFFD. They print as ordinary Arabic letters, but the file does not say which letters, so they are not guessed. See REPORT-arabic.md section 9 item 4
Curriculum reference: Arabic, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 22
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Produce and compare common shared sounds of Arabic and that of other languages.
ب   الابب واسع . " الباب "
"ت   ىذه مكتبة ادلعهد . "مكتبة
" ج   ا ْ  لهل مذموم . " ا ْ  لهل مذموم
د   ص� ح الديك مرتنع "الديك " "د
م   القلم يف احلقيبة . " القلم" "م
2. Produce peculiar Arabic sounds with their word components.
ب ث =. "الثوب
ت   ح = احلقيبة
ج   ذ = ىذاكاتبك
د   خ = أخوك
م   ض = ضخم