Welcome to Arabic words in the news .This authentic listening materials provide an opportunity to sharpen your phonological skills Listening should be the first and foremost skill to be acquired in learning a new language. Understanding spoken words is prerequisite to speaking, reading, and writing; comprehension should precede reproduction. Research has shown strong evidence that listening comprehension and language acquisition are closely related. Further, listening skill transfers to other skills, and promoting listening skills before focusing on oral skills results in increased second language acquisition. http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED512082.pdf
Welcome to Phone Conversations in Egyptian, Iraqi, and Levantine
•One of the greatest identified needs of MSA learners is to be familiar with dialects.
•This site contains over 300 casual phone conversations in non-standard dialect and lesson plans with support materials for classroom use.
The lesson plans are organized around:
•General Listening Skills (Suggested for Semester One)
•FLO Topics (Suggested for Semester Two)
•Cultural, Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociolinguistic Competence
http://phone.dliflc.edu/default_arabic.asp
