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From the Ted Talk by Ghada Wali: How I'm using LEGO to teach Arabic

Unscramble the Blue Letters


It was precisely this political and social suppression, coupled with deaecds of colonialism and miseducation that slowly eroded the significance of the Arabic script in the rogien. All of these countries once used Arabic. Now it's just the green and the blue. To put it simply, the Arabic script is dying. In postcolonial Arab countries functioning in an increasingly globalized world, it is a growing aalrm that less and less people are using the Arabic sicrpt to cmnucaotmie.

As I was syndtuig my master's in Italy, I noticed myself missing Arabic. I missed looking at the letters, digesting their meaning. So one day, I walked into one of the biggest laerbiirs in Italy in search of an aabirc book. I was surprised to find that this is what they had under the category of "Arabic/Middle Eastern books."

Open Cloze


It was precisely this political and social suppression, coupled with _______ of colonialism and miseducation that slowly eroded the significance of the Arabic script in the ______. All of these countries once used Arabic. Now it's just the green and the blue. To put it simply, the Arabic script is dying. In postcolonial Arab countries functioning in an increasingly globalized world, it is a growing _____ that less and less people are using the Arabic ______ to ___________.

As I was ________ my master's in Italy, I noticed myself missing Arabic. I missed looking at the letters, digesting their meaning. So one day, I walked into one of the biggest _________ in Italy in search of an ______ book. I was surprised to find that this is what they had under the category of "Arabic/Middle Eastern books."

Solution


  1. region
  2. studying
  3. script
  4. arabic
  5. decades
  6. communicate
  7. alarm
  8. libraries

Original Text


It was precisely this political and social suppression, coupled with decades of colonialism and miseducation that slowly eroded the significance of the Arabic script in the region. All of these countries once used Arabic. Now it's just the green and the blue. To put it simply, the Arabic script is dying. In postcolonial Arab countries functioning in an increasingly globalized world, it is a growing alarm that less and less people are using the Arabic script to communicate.

As I was studying my master's in Italy, I noticed myself missing Arabic. I missed looking at the letters, digesting their meaning. So one day, I walked into one of the biggest libraries in Italy in search of an Arabic book. I was surprised to find that this is what they had under the category of "Arabic/Middle Eastern books."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
graphic design 4
arabic script 4
arabic language 2
cultural products 2
entire region 2


Important Words


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  28. meaning
  29. miseducation
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  48. walked
  49. world