Microlesson Development

LDT400x

Week 3: Enabling objectives and Content

Enabling objectives and related content necessary for learners to successfully complete the assessment.

1 - Hello you! Hello Arabic!

Objectives

Module 1: Learners introduce themselves, get to know the instructors and are introduced to how to use the instructional platform.
Module 2: Learners are introduced to numerical Arabic facts and modern important Arabic figures and others from history.
Module 3: Learners are welcome to explore and watch modern Arabic related art.

Content

Module 1: Let's meet (Introductions), who are the instructors. How to (Text,Discussion forum)
Module 2: Did you know? facts and figures / Arabic in history (infographics, videos, text)
Module 3: Arabic and Art (videos, images, text)
Activity

2 - My Arabic helpers

Objectives

Module 4: Introduce and tell stories of real people who are in the same situation of the learners.
Module 5: Show learners tips on how to use Arabic dictionaries.
Module 6: Learners are introduced to a few Arabic words that other languages are using or sharing.
Module 7: Learners are introduced to some few examples of tools and resources supporting Arabic language.

Content

Module 4: People are your best resource (podcast)
Module 5: Dictionaries
Module 6: Language inspirations
Module 7: Online tools and resources
Activity

3 - Let's wrap it up!

Objectives

Module 8: Wrapping-up the course with a fun project that involves practicing some of the acquired knowledge and encourage the learner to confidently practice a little bit of Arabic language with peers, friends or family. in addition to using this opportunity to learn more information from an external individual.
Module 9: Assessing the level of engagement and to what extent the learner is willing to proceed to more profound courses on the topic.

Content

Module 8: Summative assessment (Conduct and post an interview with an Arabic speaker)
Module 9: Feedback survey

Concept map of course content

Summative assessment

Create and post a 3 minutes interview with an Arabic speaker using some key topics and keywords that have been covered during the course.

As a conclusion to the course, the learner is asked to interview an Arabic speaker. This person can be a family member, a neighbour or a friend who can speak Arabic. It's OK if the interview is not conducted 100% in Arabic language but at least one of the questions should be fully asked and answered in Arabic (any dialect will be accepted).

The interview can be conducted face-to-face, over the phone or through the internet, and should cover the following items:

Introduce yourself
Explain how you know the interviewee
Ask the interviewee to introduce him/herself (Name, country of birth, country of residence, nationality, spoken languages)
Ask the interviewee to explain his/her level of Arabic language knowledge
Ask the interviewee to mention if he/she has any challenges in learning/speaking Arabic and why.
Ask what id the best thing(s) they like about Arabic.
Does they know any interesting Arabic inventions, achievements, or facts?
Share with the interviewee one interesting fact about Arabic you learned from the course

The interview should fulfill the following requirements:

At least one question is asked and answered fully in Arabic.
The interview does not exceed 3-5 minutes.
A transcript of the interview should be provided.

The learner should post a link /upload the audio/video of the interview and a full transcript (typed or hand-written).

Taking in to consideration the young age of the learners, technical support and facilitation will be always integrated in the course activities' design. A shared cloud-based space with dedicated folders/profiles can be provided to the learners to upload their material. Other available user-friendly free online tools that can serve this purpose are currently being investigated.

Scoring rubric

Summative assessment scoring rubric

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