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IGCSE Arabic – Cambridge International (0493)

Aims

The aims are to enable students to:

offer insights into the culture and society of countries and communities where Arabic is spoken.
develop awareness of the nature of language and language learning.
form a sound base of the skills, language and attitudes required for progression to work or further study, either in Arabic or another subject area.

Content Summary

The subject content is organised in five broad topic areas (A–E below). These provide contexts for the acquisition of vocabulary and the study of grammar and structures.
The five topic areas are:
A Everyday activities
B Personal and social life
C The world around us
D The world of work
E The international world
Candidates will be expected to read and understand a variety of written and spoken texts on familiar topics.
Candidates will be required to demonstrate understanding of the main ideas, opinions and attitudes, as well as select and extract relevant details and deduce the meaning of occasional unknown words from context.
They will also have opportunities to write in Arabic on familiar, everyday topics, and to speak the language by taking part in everyday conversations.