Best+Practices

Click on theicon to the left of each topic for techniques, tips, strategies and activity ideas

Appropriate and Authentic input

 * Guidelines for exposing students to more appropriate and authentic listening activities, reading passages, and opportunity to hear and read outside of class.


 * Teaching and conducting classroom activities in Arabic is essential in providing learners the environment they need to develop their ability to use the language on their own. Tips and ideas for encouraging and maintaining the use of Arabic in the classroom.

Motivating Learners

 * Suggestions and activities for increasing student motivation and building connections that will help students find relevance and purpose in studying Arabic.

**Engaging Students**
 * Effective techniques and activities for engaging students in the Arabic classroom.

Collaboration

 * Ways to encourage students to work together and learn from each other. Examples of activities for partnering and grouping.


 * Suggestions and examples for good classroom management in a language learning environment.

Teaching Learning Techniques

 * Ways to help students understand the process of language skill development and make connections between what they do in the classroom and what they hope to do with Arabic in the future.

Effective Activities

 * Tips for developing and using activities that are engaging, communicative,task-based and effective. Examples of activities that will develop students' skills and guide them toward personalized communicative ability in Arabic.

[[image:link.png width="28" height="28" align="left" link="Visual Aids."]] **Visual Aids**

 * Using a variety of visual aids and electronic equipment to enhance language learning, to engage students and to make teaching more effective.

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