The New GCSE Arabic Companion (9-1): Index

 

Topic Objectives Skills Page
1. Me & My Family
  • Talk about family relationships.
  • Use description (Physical – character)
  • Adjective agreement
  • Possessive endings
  • Connectives
  • To have – Dual forms
8
2. A Friend In Need
  • Talk about friends and what makes a good friend
  • Use adjectives & nouns
  • Relative pronouns
  • Plural
  • Noun vs adjective forms
16
3. Katara Cultural Village
  • Make arrangements to go out
  • Use the future tense
  • Future tense
  • With me/you etc…
22
4. My Role Model
  • Talk about role models
  • Use the past tense
  • Past tense
26
5-6. Unit Assessment
  • To consolidate previous knowledge
  • Speaking
  • Writing
30
7. My Interests
  • Revise hobbies & interests
  • Use verbs
  • Use adverbs of frequency
  • Adverbs of frequency
  • Gerunds
34
8. My Sport
  • Talk about sport
  • Use the present perfect in Arabic
  • The present perfect
40
9. Sinbad of The  Net
  • Talk about your online activities
  • Build internet-related vocabulary
  • Consolidate personal pronouns
  • Personal pronouns
44
10. TV, Cinema & Films
  • Talk about the media
  • Use the comparative
  • The comparative
48
11. Music
  • Talk about my favourite type of music
  • Express preference
  • Give opinions and reasons
  • Preference
54
12-14. Unit assessment
  • To consolidate previous knowledge
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Speaking
58
15. My Daily Sustenance
  • Learn about food, sizes & quantities
  • Learn types of food
  • Use the imperative mood
  • Reading
66
16. Clothes
  • Discuss clothes
  • Shop for clothes
  • Reading
70
17. My Daily Life
  • Talk about your routine
  • Use a combination of tenses
  • Connectives
  • Past, present and future tenses
72
18. Eid Mubarak!
  • Describe festivals and traditions
  • Use the plural
  • The plural
76

 

Topic Objectives Skills Page
19. Unit Assessment
  • Consolidate previous knowledge
  • Writing
  • Speaking
82
20. What’s The Weather Like Today?
  • Talk about the weather
  • Use ‘to be’ [kaana]
  • To be in the past tense
84
21. My Beautiful Country
  • Describe a town
  • Use ‘lots of’
  • Use of irregular verbs
  • ‘Lots of’
  • Irregular verbs
88
22. How Do I Get To..?
  • Give directions
  • Use the imperative mood
  • Imperative
94
23. Problems In My Town
  • Talk about problems in my town
  • Reading
96
24. The Countryside
  • Talk about living in the countryside
  • Reading
98
25. Transport
  • Talk about modes of transport
  • Say why you prefer a certain mode of transport
  • ‘Because..’
  • Using [بِـ]
100
26. Community Action
  • Describe community projects
  • Use time expressions
  • Time expressions
102
27-28. Unit Assessment
  • Consolidate previous knowledge
  • Reading
104
29. Grammar Focus
  • Consolidate previous knowledge
  • Pronouns
  • Past tense
108
30. Countries & Capitals
  • Talk about different countries
  • Reading
110
31. My Holiday
  • Talk about a holiday experience
  • Use participles
  • Participles/Gerunds
114
32. Activities & Places
  • Talk about a holiday activities
  • Past tense
118
33. At The Hotel
  • Book and review hotels
  • Write a complaint
  • Reading
122
34. At The Souq
  • Use shopping vocabulary
  • Reading
126
35. Eating Out
  • Order in a restaurant
  • Use polite expressions
  • Reading
130
36-37. Unit Assessments
  • Consolidate previous knowledge
  • Speaking
  • Reading
132
38. At School
  • Talk about my school
  • Learn about school subjects
  • Express likes/dislikes
136
39. Life At School
  • Talk about school day
  • Talk about uniform
  • Reading
140

 

 

Topic Objectives Skills Page
40. The School Trip
  • Talk about school trips
  • Use the conditional
  • Conditional statements
144
41. Grammar Focus
  • Consolidate previous knowledge
  • Conditional statements
  • Negation
  • Demonstratives
  • Plurals – Numbers
146
42. Unit Assessments
  • Consolidate previous knowledge
  • Speaking
  • Writing
148
43. Work
  • Talk about work
  • Talk about work places
  • Talk about future plans
  • ‘work..as..’
150
44. My Temporary Job
  • Talk about part-time jobs
  • Express purpose
  • Use of ‘every..’
154
45. Job Application
  • Apply for a job
  • Write a cover letter
  • Describe personal qualities
  • Adjectives
156
46. Job Requirements
  • Talk about job requirements
  • Talk about professional profile
  • Reading
160
47. Writing Letters
  • Learn about writing formal letters
  • Reading
  • Writing
162
48. Grammar Focus
  • Consolidate previous knowledge
  • Use of ‘either..or..’
  • Participles’
  • In order to..’
164
49. Unit Assessments
  • Consolidate previous knowledge
  • Speaking
  • Writing
  • Reading
166
50. Our World
  • To be able to recognise world issues
  • Suggest solutions
  • Reading
  • Writing
168
51. Our Environment
  • Discuss environmental problems
  • Reading
  • Writing
170
52. Act Green
  • Protect the environment
  • Use the imperative
  • Imperative
172
53. Volunteering
  • Talk about volunteering
  • Reading
  • Writing
174
54. Events Around US
  • Discuss big events
  • Give arguments for and against
  • Reading
  • Writing
176
55. Grammar Focus
  • Consolidate previous knowledge
  • Imperative
  • Relative pronouns
178
56. Unit Assessments
  • Consolidate previous knowledge
  • Writing
  • Speaking
180