ARABIC

Statement of Intent:

To ensure that all students are well-prepared for their next stage of Arabic and that they leave Iqra Academy with an Arabic level/qualification that reflects the best of their ability.
To create an appropriate working environment for learning that nourishes the Arabic development of students.
To promote techniques in pedagogy that motivates and engages students, encouraging them to take ownership of their learning.
To provide students with the transferable core knowledge, which they can articulate effectively, drawing upon a wide vocabulary in English and Arabic.
To provide the techniques required to investigate, critically think, Converse, Listen, read, write and translate to Arabic.
To develop and extend oral, written and practical skills, which allow students to express themselves with clarity and to reason logically.
To enable Students to successfully gain good grades in GCSE Arabic

he curriculum is the GCSE Arabic Scheme of Work, which includes the knowledge and understanding to be gained at each stage.
for translating that framework over time into a structure and narrative, so as to progress on to GCSE Arabic. (Leadership, knowledge, delivery, progression, breadth and depth, assessment).
A structured assessment schedule on Conversation, Grammar, Listening, pronunciation and reading.

Evaluating what knowledge and skills pupils have gained against expectations, see Language levels (impact/achievement), so as to undertake a full GCSE programme of study.
Time built in to allow for relearning. Assessment having impact on learning
Assessment of teaching. What worked/didn’t work? What do we need to amend to have a greater impact on student’s progress and integration into mainstream classes.
Spiral assessment which counters the forgetting curve. Regularly re-visiting previous material
Students undertake the GCSE Arabic programme of study.