• Media type: E-Book; Video
  • Title: Teaching Arabic
  • Corporation: Libra Television
  • Published: [London]: Teachers TV/UK Department of Education, 2009
    Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street Press, 2012
  • Published in: Secondary MFL ; 2
    Education in Video: Volumes I + II
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (16 min)
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: Teachers' assistants Great Britain ; Multicultural education Great Britain ; Arabic language Study and teaching Foreign speakers ; Instructional television programs ; Film
  • Reproduction series: VAST: Academic Video Online
  • Place of reproduction: Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street Press, 2012
  • Reproduction note: Previously released as DVD
    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012)
    This edition in English
  • Description: Said Benchama is a class teacher at Bristol Metropolitan Academy, teaching French and Arabic languages. We see him teach an Arabic lesson to a Year 8 class which includes students from Britain, Somali, India, Albania and the Philippines. Said shares with us some strategies for teaching diverse classes where the pupils English language capability might not be so good, and offers helpful advice to teachers in similar circumstances. The role of the support teacher in the lesson is crucial in helping a section of Somali children who speak almost no English