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<p class="header1">About AWW</p>
<p align="right"><a href="credits.html"><large>credits</large></a> </p>
<p>
Arabic Without Walls consists of three complementary web-based components
that can be accessed either through Syllabus (chronological breakdown of daily
activities) or Course Content (materials organized into Al-Kitaab, Interviews,
and Culture). AWW is designed around two textbooks with accompanying DVDs:
<em>Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Sounds and Letters</em> and <em>Al-Kitaab Fii Ta’allum
Al-’arabiyya Part 1</em> by Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal and Abbas Al-Tonsi. </p>
<p> Make sure that you have in your possession a 2004 edition of both textbooks.
Earlier editions are not compatible with AWW materials. The three web based
categories are as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Al-Kitaab:</strong><a name="k"></a> Al-Kitaab refers to computer-based
activities designed specifically for the distance learner to facilitate use of
the assigned textbooks (<em>Alif-Baa</em> and <em>Al-KitaabPart 1</em>) used in traditional
classrooms in most U.S. college programs. Both textbooks are essential for AWW
and are currently used by regular UC Berkeley Arabic students. Using the
Syllabus button allows you to navigate your way through both textbooks and the
computer assisted activities presented under Al-Kitaab (navigation button on <br>
the left hand side of the screen). These activities were carefully designed to <br>
address questions that the regular student usually sees answered in class by <br>
the teacher and to cover the additional materials that Berkeley students <br>
usually receive. In the syllabus, the textbooks are referred to as AB and AK <br>
for short. The Al-Kitaab section of AWW is divided into seven main areas of <br>
study:
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<li> Vocabulary
<span class="arabic_lg"> المفردات</span> </li>
<li> Video
<span class="arabic_lg"> الشريط </span> </li>
<li> Grammar
<span class="arabic_lg"> القواعد</span> </li>
<li>Pronunciation
<span class="arabic_lg"> النطق</span> </li>
<li>Reading
<span class="arabic_lg"> القراءة</span> </li>
<li>Chat
<span class="arabic_lg"> المحادثة</span> </li>
<li>Writing<span class="arabic_lg"> الكتابة </span></li>
<li>Quizzes <span class="arabic_lg"> الامتحانات</span> <br>
</li>
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</li>
<li><strong>Interviews:</strong><a name="I"></a> Video interviews with Arabic speakers offering further
listening and cultural input. The interviews expand the distant learner's
opportunity to hear Modern Standard Arabic spoken in a sociolinguistic context
that warrants the use of this, mainly, written variety of Arabic and get
acquainted with a diverse group of individuals from the Arab world. The
activities in this section (Interviews button on left hand side menu) focus
particularly on strengthening the distant learner's listening and speaking
skills by offering further opportunity to hear materials presented in the
Al-Kitaab section used by fluent speakers of Modern Standard Arabic. The
video interviews serve as models of the language that the student may use in
conversation with the instructor or with distant peers in the Chat activity.<br>
</li>
<li> <strong>Culture:<a name="C"></a> </strong>This cultural-linguistic section (third button on the left) is
intended to provide an informative and engaging context for learning Arabic.
This thematically organized section contextualizes the language for the
distant learners and raises their awareness of various, selected, cultural
aspects of the Arab world that regular Berkeley students may access when <br>
attending classes or lectures in Near Eastern studies, history, literature,
linguistics or anthropology. In addition, this section enriches the distant
learners' Arabic vocabulary by introducing key contextualized Arabic words of
relevance to the topics addressed. in the specific fields presented by
offering them the opportunity to do activities in these subjects in Arabic. </li>
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