Friday, August 1, 2014

Arabic Lessons Day 24

I came to Morocco to learn Arabic and the about the culture here.  Initially I though learning Arabic would be a breeze.  I was mistaken.  The Arabic I learned at AUI was taught to us in a method where we learned Arabic words using the western alphabet.  Basically it was just to teach us the pronunciation of words. Our teacher infused culture and historical context into our instruction which made learning interesting. We also learned greetings in context.  At AUI we also listened to music to learn about political movements in Morocco.

At INLAC we learned how to write in Arabic and also to read it as well.  I feel like I can look at street signs now and read the letters.  Last night I tried to read the newspaper.  However, I still have no clue what the letters mean when you put them together for most of the words. Overall I think trying to learn Arabic here was a challenge because Moroccans do not speak the same Arabic we learned.   All in all we had two excellent teachers and I was pleased with their efforts to teach us!

Massalama!

The Traveling Educator






1 comment:

  1. I admire your efforts. Arabic looks very difficult. You learned so much in a short amount of time. What a marvelous experience you had!

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