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Arabic / Year 5 and 6 / Understanding / Systems of language
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Understand patterns of intonation and pronunciation, including the way vowels soften and extend sounds, and apply appropriate conventions to their writing
[Key concepts: sound systems, application, writing systems; Key processes: analysing, applying]
(ACLARU148)
Elaborations
- understanding that vowel marks influence the way words are pronounced, for example,
أكلتُ التفاحة؟ أكلتِ التفاحة؛ المدرسةُ واسعة/في المدرسةِ
- discriminating between the use of alif, waaw and yih as either consonants or long vowels in words, for example,
سال الدم من يد سعاد/سأل الولد المعلمة
- applying pronunciation rules when speaking and reading aloud, for example,
؛ المدة والشدة؛ والتنوين ؛ والياء المقصورة والتاء المربوطة والطويلة مُ/عَ/لِّ/مة؛ تِ/ل/ميذ…
- recognising the different ways of pronouncing the long vowel ا, for example, ندا؛ ندى؛ لذا؛ لدى؛ متى؛ فتى, and writing the long vowel ء
, for example, شيء؛ قراءة؛ مسؤول - applying phonic knowledge to spell unfamiliar words, for example,
جِئتُ؛ آكل؛ شيء
- applying accurate spelling in familiar words, phrases, sentences and texts
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Pronunciation, Arabic language, Intonation