At KMCA, our Arabic Language program suits wide range of students of different background, from non-Arab to native Arabs. Our teachers are native Arabs trained to tutor non-Arab students and pitch the lesson to their suitability.
In Arabic Language lessons pupils learn to read Arabic words and phrases which supplements Quran lessons. Students learn to write letters, words, and sentences. This helps them understand how the words of the Quran are formed. They also learn vocabulary related to the theme and topic they are learning. In higher classes pupils learn grammar that gives them deeper dive into the lesson. The idea is to give students exposure to the language and hope one day they will uncover their interest in the language and engage more with the book of Allah which is in Arabic. Students are placed in the class according to their age. A five-year-old is enrolled in reception class.
We use KITAABI (My Book) Series a complete program for young learners.
· First encounters with the Arabic alphabet
· Reading the alphabet and simple words; and reading and responding by drawing lines, circles or squares, colouring etc
· Listening; and listening and responding by repetition, identifying or using physical gestures
· Practising writing the alphabet.
· The first thirteen letters of the Arabic alphabet, alif - sheen
· Reading and learning the alphabet and simple words, including some numbers and colours; and reading and responding by drawing lines, circles or squares, colouring, matching and writing
· Listening; and listening and responding by repetition, identifying or using physical gestures
· Practising writing the alphabet and taught words. It has its own writing book supplementing this skills.
· The Arabic alphabet saad – yaa’ (completing the Arabic alphabet from Kitabi 1)
· Reading and learning the alphabet and simple words, and more numbers and colours; and reading and responding by drawing lines, circles or squares, colouring, matching and writing
· Listening; and listening and responding by repetition, identifying or using physical gestures
· Practising writing the alphabet and taught words. Accompanied by it own handwriting book.
· Using an alphabet-topic framework to cover different topics in the student’s life Introducing narrative and conversation text, with progressively more complex structures
· Reading and learning more words and formulating simple, short sentences; and reading and responding by drawing lines, circles or squares, colouring, matching and writing
· Listening (all text on CD); and listening and responding to exercises (CD-based)
· Practising writing the taught words and sentences. Accompanied by its own practising book for writing the words and sentences taught in Kitabi 3.
Units 1-3 are for Group 4 and Units 4-6 are for Group 5
· Topics that the students encounter in their everyday life, using all of the Arabic alphabet
· Narratives and conversations, with progressively more complex structures Reading and learning more words and sentences; more on opposites – nouns, verbs and sentences
· Reading and responding by speech; also by matching, choosing and writing Formulating, and writing, sentences with the help of pictures that relate to the lesson’s topic Listening (all text on CD); and listening and responding to exercises (CD-based)
· Practising writing the taught words and sentences.
· Grammar Book accompanied with this book for learning the basic Arabic grammar topics that assist the students in learning sentences and enable them to use them correctly
· Writing exercise that assist students in understanding the Arabic grammar, at the same time enhancing their understanding of the vocabulary used taught in the related topics in Kitabi 4.
· Coverage of different topics in the student’s life Introducing narrative and conversation text, with progressively more complex structures
· Reading and learning more words and formulating simple, short sentences; and reading and responding by drawing lines, circles or squares, colouring, matching and writing
· Practising writing the taught words and sentences utilising the grammar Learning the basic
· Arabic grammar topics that assist the students in learning sentences and enable them to use them correctly
· Writing exercise that assist students in understanding the Arabic grammar, at the same time enhancing their understanding of the vocabulary used taught in the related topics in Kitabi 5
