Ya Hala! My First Steps (Beginner Level)

/pages/elementary-pre-k-6th-level Ya Hala! My First Steps series is intended to teach Arabic as a foreign language to Elementary students. The units and themes of the series were carefully chosen to speak to the interests and be relevant to learners aged 6 to 11 years old. The five books of Ya Hala! My First Steps are intended to move the learners in the Elementary school from Novice Low to Novice High proficiency levels. Unlike Middle and High School learners, Elementary school foreign language learners of Arabic need five years of language instruction to acquire the novice proficiency level due to the fact that they developmentally are still acquiring their foundational native language skills.

At the end of the Elementary years, students who complete the five levels of Ya Hala! My First Steps will be up to joining Arabic "Intermediate Low" class and using Ya Hala 1.B in Middle school. It is important to mention that these five levels of Ya Hala! My First Steps offer the learners the opportunity to learn Arabic as a foreign language any year from Grade 1 to 5. A learner starting to learn Arabic in Grade 3, for example, will use Ya Hala! My First Steps level 1. Ya Hala! My First Steps five levels stand for five proficiency levels and not grade level.

Ya Hala! My First Steps Arabic for Non-Native Speakers Ya Hala! My First Steps is a textbook series teaching Arabic to non-native speakers at Elementary School level. It represents the equivalent of the first level in the levels classification of global systems for teaching foreign language (A1 level in the European CEFR, and Level 1 in AERO American System). The series aims at helping beginner learners acquire basic linguistic skills in Arabic: oral communication, reading comprehension, and writing. Through the topics used in the books, students can first learn how to use common words and expressions in Arabic, and then move onto learning how to use simple sentences spoken in everyday life.

The activities in the Workbook cover four learning domains: the first one is related to the lesson's vocabulary, the second one to the Alphabet learning, writing and dictation, the third one to basic language rules and the last one to personal expression

Click here for Ya Hala Adult Levels