Bridges to the University: Arabic Lessons
Raed Al Azzam, in the centre, was interested in doing something more than studying, playing soccer, and visiting with friends. " I'd like to do something; my friends are all working; but restaurant work doesn't appeal to me -- I'd like to give Arabic lessons, but I am not sure where to start..." Two weeks later, Raed and Nawaf Alqahtani gave their first Arabic lesson at the University, and proceeded to give another four after that, once a week. They showed an amazing flair for teaching; not surprising, considering their mothers are teachers and they come by it naturally. They began by teaching the alphabet, then continuing on to simple verb conjugations, and practising with simple sentences, questions and answers. Their students didn't want the lessons to end. "It is an absolutely fascinating language," said one. "The way the guys teach, it's not a hard language at all
With exams starting, the lessons were suspended temporarily, but not before students, staff, and faculty were begging the guys to teach five days a week. They could have spent all their time teaching and not studying! One of the highlights of the lessons? Teaching Arabic to theTeaching English as a Second Language Student Association! The prospective ESL teachers had a wonderful refresher in what it is like to have to learn a new script, pronunciation and grammar system! They felt it was one of the best lessons they had ever learned. Thanks, guys, for teaching more than just a language!
Raed Al Azzam, in the centre, was interested in doing something more than studying, playing soccer, and visiting with friends. " I'd like to do something; my friends are all working; but restaurant work doesn't appeal to me -- I'd like to give Arabic lessons, but I am not sure where to start..." Two weeks later, Raed and Nawaf Alqahtani gave their first Arabic lesson at the University, and proceeded to give another four after that, once a week. They showed an amazing flair for teaching; not surprising, considering their mothers are teachers and they come by it naturally. They began by teaching the alphabet, then continuing on to simple verb conjugations, and practising with simple sentences, questions and answers. Their students didn't want the lessons to end. "It is an absolutely fascinating language," said one. "The way the guys teach, it's not a hard language at all
With exams starting, the lessons were suspended temporarily, but not before students, staff, and faculty were begging the guys to teach five days a week. They could have spent all their time teaching and not studying! One of the highlights of the lessons? Teaching Arabic to theTeaching English as a Second Language Student Association! The prospective ESL teachers had a wonderful refresher in what it is like to have to learn a new script, pronunciation and grammar system! They felt it was one of the best lessons they had ever learned. Thanks, guys, for teaching more than just a language!
you are the best guys
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