Across Cultures 2

2. Across Cultures 2 The Arabic Language

3. Warm - up 1-Look at the photos Guess if the sentences are true (T) or false (F): 1-Arabic is one of the ten most widely- spoken languages in the world 2- There are about 190 million speakers of Arabic in the world today 3- Written Arabic has been in existence for more than 2000 years. 4- Arabic is one of the official language of the united nations 5- Colloquial Arabic is more informal spoken Arabic.

4. Reading 2- Read the text and check your guesses from Exercise1. 3- work in Paris. Write one question about each paragraph . 4-Work with another pair Close your books and ask each other your questions. 5- What are the advantages and disadvantage of having both msa and different dialects of Arabic ?.

5. 6- Look at the word Builder Complete it with the words in yellow from the text with the opposite meaning : Word Builder

6. 7- Write sentences about four of these things using words from the word builder - A discussion . – a maths problem . – an example . – a teacher . – a copy of a book . – an influence . – a letter . Example Yester in class we had a very long discussion about the environment .

7. 8- Adjective Quiz Work in pairs . Test your partner on the opposites of the words in the box : Example A : What's the opposite of correct ? B : Incorrect What's the opposite of ….?

8. 9- work in pairs Ask and answer these questions :

9. Good bay

10. عمل الطالبة : بشائر منيف المحمادي 1/2ع