Place

EDEP

Attendees

EDEP Staff

Workshop Themes: Foundations of Novice Arabic Instruction

• Focus on the **alphabet book** authored by Dr. Abu Amsha, emphasizing its importance in establishing the correct **writing and reading logic** for novice foreign learners.
• Demonstration of the book's pedagogical approach: using words composed **only of letters the student has already learned**, and avoiding words with unstudied letters.
• Emphasis on the importance of **correct letter writing** at this level as it is the foundational basis for the entire language learning process.
• Understanding the **meaning of the word is not influential** at this level; the focus is on practical skills: connecting letters, identifying letters in different shapes, reading them, and differentiating between long vowels and short vowels in listening and speaking.
• The critical importance of the first session, ensuring that learners are empowered by knowing they will be able to **produce complete and correct sentences** by its end.