AT-TaKallum Pre-Intermediate B1 (SB + WB)-QR CODE

About This Book

This book is the first stage of the intermediate level. Learners will notice more vocabulary, a broader treatment of grammar and morphology, and more developed dialogues and language skills suited to intermediate learners. The book contains eight units, each in two parts.

Units: 1. Travelling through Cairo 2. Housing 3. Health 4. Shopping 5. Work 6. Places to visit 7. Sports 8. Memories

Part one: vocabulary, dialogue, grammar, listening and comprehension, conversation.
Part two: vocabulary, dialogue, grammar, reading and comprehension, writing.

Vocabulary
60 to 80 words across the two parts. The Student's Book includes a few exercises on using them; most of the practice is in the Workbook.

Dialogue
A natural situation that uses the lesson's vocabulary in a dialogue, showing how the words are used in everyday life so learners can model their own speaking and writing on it. Each dialogue is followed by a focus on common structures and expressions, presented in varied examples so learners can imitate them, plus key morphological and linguistic notes.

Grammar
Based on two main criteria – the most common grammar topics in Arabic, and an analysis of learners' grammatical and morphological errors. From this book onward, morphology is taught systematically in separate lessons alongside syntax, with the Workbook providing rich and varied practice.

Language skills
The four core skills are spread across each unit, two per part: listening and speaking in part one, reading and writing in part two.

Listening
Helps learners recognize the vocabulary studied and how it is used in different structures, understand it within narrative or dialogue texts, and grasp new words from context.

Speaking
Builds motivation and aims to give learners control of new structures and expressions, use them effectively, and manage a discussion on the unit's topic.

Reading and comprehension
Carefully chosen texts are preceded by warm-up questions and pictures and followed by comprehension and true/false questions, with reading aloud used to improve pronunciation and intonation. Reading is expanded in this book: learners give titles to texts, discuss their ideas and identify the grammar they have learned.

Writing
Writing at this stage reflects how well learners have absorbed the unit's vocabulary and structures. It includes:

• Functional writing: a special focus at this stage – filling in airport arrival cards and hotel booking forms, writing short ads and signs, filling in lists and CVs, and writing trip reports.
• Creative writing: guided writing on the unit's topic following set steps, using linking words correctly.
• Spelling: regular lessons at the end of each unit on the main spelling rules, with short exercises.
• Calligraphy: the rules of Ruq'a script, with beautiful models linked to the unit's topic, to help learners master Ruq'a – one of the most widely used handwriting styles after Naskh.

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