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Arabic · Grade 10

Revise for Register, Precision and Cohesion

Learners take a report to a municipal youth council that is correct but too conversational and vague, and turn it into polished formal Arabic. They shift register (removing fillers and colloquial words, using verbal nouns and formal structures), choose precise vocabulary instead of vague words and repeated verbs, strengthen cohesion across paragraphs with transitions and reference chains, and write a revision memo that justifies their choices.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 120 minutes
  • Register, precision and cohesion check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Shift a conversational text into formal written MSA: remove fillers and colloquial words, and use formal structures such as verbal nouns (الْمَصْدَرُ), the passive and nominal sentences.
  • Replace vague words (شَيْءٌ، أُمُورٌ، جَيِّدٌ) and repeated verbs (قَالَ) with precise vocabulary (أَكَّدَ، أَوْضَحَ، أَشَارَ إِلَى، اعْتَرَفَ، نَفَى).
  • Strengthen cohesion across paragraphs with transitions (عِلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ، فِي الْمُقَابِلِ، وَبِنَاءً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ), reference chains (هٰذِهِ الْمُبَادَرَةُ، تِلْكَ الظَّاهِرَةُ) and parallel structure.
  • Revise a complete text for register, precision and cohesion, and justify the main revisions in a short memo.

Lessons

  1. From conversation to formal writing 5 steps3 practiceabout 30 min
  2. The precise word 4 steps3 practiceabout 28 min
  3. Cohesion across paragraphs 5 steps4 practiceabout 30 min
  4. Revise the whole report and justify 3 steps2 practiceabout 32 min
  5. Register, precision and cohesion check 8 questions at the end

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