AC9LA8EU01

Elaborations

• AC9LA8EU01_E1recognising and pronouncing the 28 sounds of the Arabic sound system
• AC9LA8EU01_E2noticing and practising different mouth and tongue positions to reproduce sounds such as the 4 emphatic consonants, articulated with the tongue in a high position
• AC9LA8EU01_E3<p>recognising that letters are joined in different ways to make words, for example, <bdi>باب، خال، حال، هذا، هي</bdi></p>
• AC9LA8EU01_E4discriminating between short vowels, for example, تْ ت تِ تُ long vowels such as تا تي تو and consonant letters in a syllable block
• AC9LA8EU01_E5recognising the different ways of sounding ا و ي consonants, for example, بي/ بابا، وَلد/ توت
• AC9LA8EU01_E6<p>recognising the double sound and consonants with <em>shadda</em> <bdi>دَرَّسَ، أحبَّ، أحسَّ</bdi></p>
• AC9LA8EU01_E7<p>noticing that vocalisation such as <em>harakat</em> may change the function of the word depending on where it is placed, for example, كَتَبَ، كُتُب، لَعِبَ، لُعَب</p>
• AC9LA8EU01_E8<p>reciting tongue twisters to practise pronunciation <bdi>خيط حرير على حيط خليل</bdi></p>
• AC9LA8EU01_E9<p>understanding how intonation and tone are used to change the meaning of speech, and how the purpose of interactions such as to command or invite, would change the emphasis on words being used, for example, <bdi>!ندى، تعالي! تعالي يا ندى، ضع الكتاب على الطاولة، الكتاب، ضعه على الطاولة الآن</bdi></p>
• AC9LA8EU01_E10understanding that the sounds of the letters depend on the mood of the sentence in Arabic, and the need to memorise the pronunciation of the sun and moon letters
• AC9LA8EU01_E11<p>identifying Arabic sounds that do not exist in spoken English, for example, ح and غ, and articulating reasons why some Arabic sounds may be hard for English speakers to vocalise, such as the rolled <em>r</em> and <em>kh</em> sound</p>