First couple of weeks of Arabic

Arabic class has been great! It is definitely challenging to try to reset my thinking into writing in the opposite direction of what I am used to. Learning the  characters and how the characters change depending on if they're at the beginning of the word, the middle, or the end has been tricky. My professor is really good and has a passion for the language. I look forward to learning from him.

I had to miss class last week due to an out of town work event. Missing one day of class set me back quite a bit. I walked in to class after having missed a day and found out we were having a quiz on the materials covered during the class I missed. I got a 0. I have not gotten a 0 on a quiz since I moved to America and started learning English. I know I would've done better had I not missed the class or if I had been able to have an alphabet chart or some type of anchor chart to use as a scaffold. It was a learning experience that is helping me see ways to help support my students and is allowing me see things from a newcomer's point-of-veiw.

I signed up to join the Arabic Club at school. I hope that being around the language more, being able to hear it spoken, and having the opportunity to speak

in a non-classroom setting will help me along my journey to learning the language.