!اهلً وساهلً First of all, I just want to highlight the fact that I officially only have 45 days left until I get on a plane to head to Pre-Departure Orientation in Washington DC!!!! That's less than 2 months which is kind of blowing my mind. Especially considering that I only have 30 school days left of freshman year! Anyway, this is the 4th week of Arabic study so I thought I would keep you guys updated. We are working through the Alif Baa textbook series and every week we do a different unit. We learn new letters, new vocab and about cultural things like etiquette and how to interact with others. Even though I had an informal understanding of how to read and write letters from religious school and learning how to read the Quran, there is so much more nuance to all the sounds and pronunciations of the letters and how they interact with each other than I expected. It does mean that I don't have to alliterate anything when learning vocab which is really nice. The Arabic language is truly beautiful to write and listen to and if you are interested, take a look at this fun alphabet song below- As far as vocab, it has been challenging since I am so used to learning Spanish, in which there are so many cognates that it is relatively easy to learn lots of vocab and make connections between words. Quizlet has helped a ton with this and I hope to really get a solid understanding so that I can start using it as soon as I arrive.
That's all for now! صُفِيا وهانوتي
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Kenneth Stretcher
6/2/2016 06:56:00 pm
Good Luck
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We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. !أهلا و ساهلاHi! I'm Sophia, a high schooler from the San Francisco Bay Area. I received a scholarship through the State Dept. to study Arabic in Jordan in the summer of 2016. Categories
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