Creative Arabic Language

Learning - 4 Fun Ways to Make

Learning Arabic Easier
You can use your computer as a creative language learning tool to learn Arabic. Here
are some innovative ideas to turn your language education into an entertaining and
memorable Arabic language learning experience.

Language Learning Fun #1 - Mod if y Your Ar abi c A udio Les sons

There are many software packages available that enable you to transform your voice in
any audio. You can cut and paste from one section of the audio to another. You can
play the same section of the audio over as much as you like.

So how will this help you learn to speak Arabic?

Well, many Arabic teachers and courses provide you with audio files. You can take those
audio files and modify them to create other exercises. There are actually 16 different
kinds of Arabic exercises that you can create with an audio file to get more practice. But
we will talk about that in another lesson.

With most audio programs that allow you to edit the file, you can make your voice
sound more feminine, masculine, or even robotic. You can raise it to a higher pitch or
lower bass tones.

Some languages like French and German for example, assign gender to the nouns. So,
when you are learning new vocabulary words, you can modify the feminine nouns to a
woman's voice, masculine nouns in a man's voice, and the neuter nouns in a robotic
voice?

This approach can also be used with other types of vocabulary learning. Perhaps you
could record a list of Arabic verbs in the present tense in a woman's voice and a list of
Arabic verbs in the past tense in a man's voice. You can make your Arabic lessons more
interesting by morphing voices or adding sound effects.

Just do a quick search on the internet for 'voice cloaking' or 'voice modification
software'. This will provide numerous resources to choose from. I personally like using a
program called Audacity, especially since it is free.
Language Learning Fun #2 - Color Code Your Ar ab ic Language Le sson s

You can also spice up your Arabic vocabulary lists with bursts of color on your printer-
perhaps nouns in red, verbs in blue, and prepositions in green. You might want to
highlight irregular verbs in another color - or perhaps apply bold or italics to make them
stand out on the page. Experiment with different fonts and weights.

Language Learning Fun #3 - S urf Ar ab ic W ebsites and Online Sources

There are several tools that every Arabic student should have. And one of those is at
least one online Arabic dictionary bookmarked in your browser (preferably several).
Every dictionary works a little bit differently. Some provide sound clips with the
pronunciation. Others allow you to submit new words and expressions. (Just remember
that not all user submissions will be 100% accurate.) The best dictionaries will clearly
indicate which ones are 'verified' user submissions and which ones aren't. They will also
indicate colloquial and dialect expressions appropriately.

If you are a poet, then help is as close as your computer. Online language resources
also include helpful rhyming dictionaries. An internet search for 'rhyming dictionary
Arabic, 'rhyming dictionary German', 'rhyming dictionary Spanish', and so on will give
you good results.

It's best to rely on accredited educational sites (domains ending in .edu) when doing
Arabic grammar research. For instance, if you are looking for Arabic verb conjugations,
try a search like 'Arabic verb conjugations site:.edu'. Although at the time of writing the
previous search doesn't work at MSN, it does work at Google, Yahoo!, Ask.c om , and
many others. The 'site:edu' portion of the search restricts results to domains ending in
'.edu' - which are usually universities and other similar educational institutions.

Language Learning Fun #4 - O nl ine Ar abi c Chat ting and Video

Conf erenc ing

You can also use webcams, VOIP, microphones and put them all together to talk with
foreign friends and native Arabic speakers from all over the world. Using the Arabic
language in conversation is probably the quickest way to learn it.

But just remember that whatever you do, the more senses you can stimulate during the
language learning process, the more firmly imprinted the learning becomes. Turn your
Arabic language education into a fun-filled sensory experience and you will probably
stick with it. If it becomes monotonous, you will probably begin to lose interest.

About the Autho r (HTML)

David A. Bailey, Jr. shares his best, top-secret, and little-known tips and tricks to learn
Arabic and other languages fast (based on 10+ years of experience) at
http://exlsite.com/languagelearning/arabic/learningarabic.html