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IB Arabic ab initio SL

26 lessons in one SL course: Arabic ab initio is offered at SL only. Five-minute lessons, exam-style questions and timed mock papers.

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Units
7
SL lessons
26
Questions
177
Key terms
88

What you will study

Every lesson follows the current IB guide. The first unit is free.

Identities (الهُوِيّات)5 lessons · free
  1. IdentitiesThe Arabic alphabet: letters and their forms
  2. IdentitiesIntroducing yourself: pronouns and sentences without "to be"
  3. IdentitiesFamily: possessive endings and عِنْدي
  4. IdentitiesFood and drink: ال, sun and moon letters, adjectives
  5. IdentitiesHealth: how you feel and لَيْسَ
Experiences (التَّجارِب)4 lessons
  1. ExperiencesLeisure: present-tense verbs
  2. ExperiencesDaily routine: days of the week and the time
  3. ExperiencesHolidays: the past tense, ما and لَمْ
  4. ExperiencesFestivals and celebrations: months, dates and ordinals
Human ingenuity (الإبْداعُ الإنْسانِيّ)3 lessons
  1. Human ingenuityTechnology: asking questions
  2. Human ingenuityEntertainment and media: comparing with أَفْعَل
  3. Human ingenuityTransport and travel: prepositions and بِـ
Social organization (التَّنْظيمُ الاجْتِماعِيّ)4 lessons
  1. Social organizationAt home: هُناكَ and words of place
  2. Social organizationThe neighbourhood: places, هذا and هذه, directions
  3. Social organizationShopping: numbers, prices and colours
  4. Social organizationSchool and work: the dual and plurals
Sharing the planet (مُشارَكةُ الكَوْكَب)3 lessons
  1. Sharing the planetWeather and seasons: كانَ and the future
  2. Sharing the planetLandscapes and animals: the superlative
  3. Sharing the planetThe environment: يَجِبُ أَنْ and "don’t"
Text types: emails, postcards, blogs and notices3 lessons
  1. Text typesInformal texts: emails and postcards
  2. Text typesThe diary and the blog
  3. Text typesNotices and formal letters
Assessment: papers and the individual oral4 lessons
  1. Paper 1Paper 1: productive writing
  2. Paper 2Paper 2: listening
  3. Paper 2Paper 2: reading
  4. Individual oralThe individual oral

Try a question

From “The Arabic alphabet: letters and their forms”.

Questions are in Arabic, like the exam. Every answer comes with an explanation.

ما الحرفُ الأوَّلُ في كلمة «بَيْت»؟

  1. Aي
  2. Bن
  3. Cب
  4. Dت
Show the answer

C. ب

Arabic reads right to left, so the first letter is the one on the right: ب (b). بَيْت (bayt) means "house"; ت is the last letter.

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The first unit is free. No card needed.

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