Ahoula Unrecognized

Upcoming Meetings
Hey all! New semester is about to start - Ahoula is ready to go - this semester our meetings will be from 6pm to 7pm on Wednesdays AND exciting new deal - from October 12th to November 30th (including those two days) we will have MOVIE NIGHTS from 7 to 9pm in the ELH (after our regular meetings) open to the public with free pizza and other snacks! The movies will be chosen at our first public meeting September 21st!

First meeting is September 21st in FPH 106 (with free cheese pizza)! - Please e-mail ljp08@hampshire.edu for information.

At this first meeting we will do introductions, find out where everyone is at in their language learning careers, go over our 8-week movie festival, plan open Arabic chats - both in person and some special skype dates ;) and start to teach a few things to any new members. We will also discuss logistics, goals for the semester, and assign some small tasks (like posters for the movie festivals, or tracking down DVD copies of the films we choose for the dates we select).

Feel free to print any of the attachments and start or continue practicing!

Previous Events

 * First Meeting Ever! Sunday February 14th 2010, at Noon in FPH 108


 * Meeting - Sunday February 21st 2010, at Noon in FPH 107 At our upcoming meeting we will spend 30-45 minutes in active dialogue. We will reiterate things learned at the last meeting (As always!), Hello, Welcome, How are you?, I am fine, and we will also learn some new vocabulary: My name is I study (at Hampshire College) I am from Good bye

The next 30 minutes - 45 minutes will be learning, formally, the first 4 letters of the alphabet: ا ب ت ث and what they look like in their other forms: ابتث اتثب اثبت تباث بثتا

Feel free to print any of the attachments and start or continue practicing!


 * Meeting - Monday March 1st 2010, at 7:00pm in FPH 108 At our upcoming meeting we will spend 30-45 minutes in active dialogue reiterating things learned at the earlier meetings (As always!) and start learning some new vocabulary for dialogue about ones hobbies: I like dancing, singing, running etc.

The next 30 minutes - 45 minutes will be learning, formally, the 5th 6th and 7th letters of the alphabet: ج ح خ and what they look like in their other forms: جحخ خحج حخح


 * Meeting - Monday March 8th, 2010, at 7:15pm in FPH 102 - At our upcoming meeting we will spend 30-45 minutes in active dialogue reiterating things learned at the earlier meetings (As always!) and start learning some new vocabulary for dialogue. We will be doing subject pronouns and a massive review!

The next 30 minutes - 45 minutes will be learning, formally, the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th letters of the alphabet: د ذ ر ز what they look like in their "other forms" and how they all work as non-connecting letters. To start this lesson we will review alif!

Feel free to print any of the attachments and start or continue practicing!

Mission Statement
Ahoula (lit. First) is made to be individuals first glance at Arabic. Hampshire College currently doesn't offer Arabic courses (although they can be taken through the Five College Consortium or the Mentored Language Program). For that reason, there are few, if any resources for learning Arabic on campus. Together we will do many collaborative events to make sure that students start to learn the basics of the language. Whether hello or goodbye or the alphabet, or how to transliterate. This will be a perfect resource for students who just do not have enough time to learn Arabic. Hopefully this will evolve into something incredible as we have five professors come give bilingual presentations, bilingual movies, bilingual books, and discussion. We will also be incorporating cultures from various Arabic speaking-countries.

Notes From Meetings
[[Media:Feb_14th_PDF.pdf|February 14th, 2010]] [[Media:Feb_21st_PDF.pdf|February 21st, 2010]] [[Media:March_1st_PDF.pdf|March 1st, 2010]] [[Media:Mar_8th_PDF.pdf|March 8th, 2010]] [[Media:March_31st_PDF.pdf|March 31st 2010]]

Alphabet Practice
All these files are originals created by Leanna Pohevitz [[Media:Ahoula002.pdf|a]] [[Media:Ahoula003.pdf|b]] [[Media:Ahoula004.pdf|t]] [[Media:Ahoula005.pdf|th]] [[Media:Ahoula006.pdf|ja/ga]] [[Media:Ahoula007.pdf|heh]] [[Media:Ahoula008.pdf|kh]] [[Media:Ahoula009.pdf|de]] [[Media:Ahoula010.pdf|the]] [[Media:Ahoula011.pdf|r]] [[Media:Ahoula012.pdf|z]] [[Media:Ahoula013.pdf|s]] [[Media:Ahoula014.pdf|sh]] [[Media:Ahoula015.pdf|so]] [[Media:Ahoula016.pdf|dho]]

Equipment Inventory
12 EXPO Markers of Various Colors! Alif Baa - Arabic Alphabet 1st Textbook Alif Baa - Answer Key