{"id":272,"date":"2020-03-23T12:23:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T16:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/arabic\/?p=272"},"modified":"2020-03-23T13:35:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:35:02","slug":"distance-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/arabic\/2020\/03\/23\/distance-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Distance Learning: How to Study Arabic at Home!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right\">!\u0627\u0647\u0644\u0627<\/p>\n<p>Since Dickinson College, like many institutions in the world, has gone online for the rest of the semester, we have compiled a list of resources to help YOU maintain and improve your Arabic during this time of transition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learning.aljazeera.net\/en\"><strong>al-Jazeera Learning Arabic<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Includes a variety of free lessons at various skill levels. Includes news articles and videos with comprehension quizzes and other activities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dickinson.edu\/info\/20158\/writing_program\/796\/mwc_online_appointments\"><strong>Dickinson College Norman Eberly Multilingual Writing Center<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Schedule appointments as you always have (preferably in advance to ensure preparedness on the technical side!), and access online tutoring through the WCOnline system by clicking on your scheduled appointment a few minutes before the scheduled time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Ethan &#8211; <\/strong>Sunday 6:30-8:30pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Grace &#8211; <\/strong>Sunday 8:30-10:30pm; Monday 8:30-10:30pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Yasmin &#8211; <\/strong>Wednesday 8:30-10:30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/madrasa.org\/\">Madrasa<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Online lessons in a variety of subjects, some focusing on just Arabic language. Lessons include videos mostly aimed at children.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mangolanguages.com\/available-languages\/\">Mango Languages<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Online language practice that focuses on practicing pronunciation of words and phrases. FusHa\/MSA as well as the Lebanese, Iraqi and Egyptian dialects are available. This program can be free if your local library subscribes to the service.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.language-exchanges.org\/\">Mixxer<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; This site was created at Dickinson College! Free language exchanges with native speakers. You create an account, find a person to meet with, and establish a time to talk each week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/natakallam.com\/\">NaTakallam<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; This is a paid service, but it offers structured online lessons or conversational practice with native speakers. There is a structured FusHa\/MSA program, or students can connect with native speakers in a variety of dialects.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/quizlet.com\/\">Quizlet<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Search al Kitaab on Quizlet to find vocabulary from the textbook already entered into flashcards. Use the &#8220;Write&#8221; activity to study words Arabic to English first, THEN study them English to Arabic (so that you are typing the words in Arabic).<\/p>\n<p>More to come soon on summer and job opportunities!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">!\u062d\u0638 \u0633\u0639\u064a\u062f \u0644\u0643\u0645<\/p>\n<p>-Grace I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>!\u0627\u0647\u0644\u0627 Since Dickinson College, like many institutions in the world, has gone online for the rest of the semester, we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3989,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204652,10797],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language-learning-activities","category-news","first-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3989"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}