Course Highlights: 

•  Pronunciation: silent letter, hidden consonants, double letters, spelling changes, words with the same vowel but different pronunciation and words with different vowels but same pronunciation, syllabication and stress.
• Spelling changes and spelling variants.
• Part of speech, count/non-count, singular & plural forms
• American vs British usage
• Word synonyms and antonyms
• English and Arabic meanings
• Word formation: prefixes, suffixes, derivatives and compounds
• Idioms and collocations.
• Word families

Teaching Techniqs

• Book design and chapter design are explained.
• One or two lesson can be covered per class session. A total of 3-6 lessons can be covered per week.
• I go through Each Lesson Section By Section Reading And Explaining And Giving Extra Examples And Extra Information About Pronunciation: Silent Letter, Hidden Consonants, Double Letters, Spelling Changes, Words With The Same Vowel But Different Pronunciation And Words With Different Vowels But Same Pronunciation, Syllabication And Stress; Spelling Changes And Spelling Variants; Part Of Speech, Count/Non-Count, Singular & Plural Forms; American Vs British Usage; Word Synonyms And Antonyms; English And Arabic Meanings; Word Formation; Idioms And Collocations; Word Families

Study skills Instruction:

• Vocabulary textbook design and lesson format.
• Using the dictionary.
• Divide notebook into sections: words with silent letters, words with double letters, words hidden sounds, words with 2 spellings, word derivatives, word synonyms, word antonyms, prefixes, suffixes, compounds, American and British variants …etc.
• Preparing vocabulary cards.
• How to practice, review, concept maps, word families.
• Mnemonic devices.
• Building a daily, weekly and monthly study schedule.

How to Study:

• When you take a lesson, study that lesson the same day.
• For each new word, try to identify the following: Part of speech, whether the noun is count or non-count, what the plural form is, does it contain silent letters, double letters, hidden sounds, is it a compound, what is its synonym or antonym, what does it mean in English and Arabic,
• Reorganize the new words according to the categories in your notebook.
• Make vocabulary cards every time you take a new lesson.
• Memorize the new words, and test yourself. 
• Review the new words using the vocabulary cards 3 times (3 days in a row).
• When you study idioms, read each idiom in the lesson and figure out the meaning from the example and context. Figure out the meaning in Arabia. Use each idiom 3 sentences of your own. Make vocabulary cards with an idiom on one side and the English/Arabic meaning on the other. Review idioms 3 days in a row.
• At the end of the week, quickly review all the lessons that you have taken throughout the week.
• Do the exercises in the book and check your answers in the anwer key at the end of the book.

Vocabulary 1 Tests:

• Each test will consist of several questions that will test the students knowledge of the following:
• Recognizing  silent letter,
• Recognizing hidden consonants,
• Recognizing double letters;
• Recognizing words with the same vowel but different pronunciation and words with different vowels but same pronunciation, syllabication and stress.
• Identifying the part of speech,
• count/non-count,
• Recognizing  singular & plural forms
• American vs British usage
• Word synonyms and antonyms
• English and Arabic meanings
• Adding  prefixes, suffixes,
• Recognizing derivatives and compounds
• Idioms and collocations
• Capitalization
• Giving the English definition
• Giving the Arabic meaning of some words.
• The words covered on each in-term should consist of a random sample of 75-100 words.

Sample Test Questions

• How are the underlined letters pronounced:
• Write the silent letters in each word on the lines.
• Circle one word in which the underlined letters are pronounced differently:
• Write the part of speech of each word (use N, V, Adj, Adv).                  
• Circle the words in which -er is not a suffix:
• Circle the word in which -ed is pronounced [t]:
• Circle the word in which the plural -s or -es is pronounced [iz]:
• Circle the words that can only be used in the plural: 
• Write a group noun for each word:
• Underline the words that have no singular form:
• Give the singular form of the following.
• What is the opposite of each word (one word only):
• For each word give a synonym (one word only):
• Give the Past Tense of the following verbs:
• Write the Past Participle next to each verb:
• Write the type of noun to the right (A, P, Com, Col):
• Give the meaning of each word in Arabic:
• What is the American expression for the following:
• Fill in the blanks with a preposition:
• In each row, circle the word that is different:
• Show the difference between each pair by giving the Arabic meaning:
• Fill in the blank before the word with a verb:
• Use each word in a complete correct sentence.
• For each underline phrase, which idom / collocation can be used?
• Break the following words into their component parts using dashes.
• Add one or more suffixes to each of the following words.
• For each situation, use an expression of apology….etc.
• For each word or phrase in column A, choose a matching one in Column B.