Summary

• Description:

  The document comprises Grade 11 Arabic Curriculum Design 2025 PDF, a Senior School curriculum document published by Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) in October 2025. It provides the Grade 11 framework for learning Arabic within the Senior School Competency Based Curriculum.

  • Document Type: Senior School Curriculum Design
  • Education Level: Senior School
  • Grade: Grade 11
  • Subject: Arabic
  • Publication Date: October 2025
  • First Published: 2025
  • Publisher: Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development
  • ISBN: 978-9914-43-078-3

  This Grade 11 Arabic Curriculum Design PDF provides teachers with a structured reference for developing learners' Arabic language proficiency, communication skills, reading and writing abilities, grammatical knowledge, intercultural understanding, and appreciation of Arabic culture and heritage. It is useful for educators looking for a downloadable Arabic Curriculum Design for lesson preparation, curriculum implementation, language activities, and assessment planning.

  The document explains the essence of Arabic at Senior School level and provides subject general learning outcomes, strands and sub-strands, Specific Learning Outcomes, suggested learning experiences, key inquiry questions, core competencies, values, Pertinent and Contemporary Issues, assessment methods, learning resources, and non-formal activities. Arabic learning builds on skills developed in Junior School and is intended to develop intermediate proficiency and competence in the language.

  It covers the following strands and sub-strands:

  • Listening and Speaking
    • Active Listening
    • Phonological awareness
    • Speaking Fluency
    • Imitative Speaking
    • Conversational skills
    • Selective Listening
  • Reading
    • Reading for Comprehension
    • Reading Fluency
    • Reading for Comprehension
    • Intensive reading: Short Arabic Stories
    • Reading for Comprehension
    • Independent Reading
  • Writing
    • Guided Writing: Sequence and Coherence
    • The Writing Process
    • Mechanics of Writing: Spelling and Punctuation
    • Social Writing: Email, Recipes, Advertisement, Poster
    • Creative Writing: Imaginative composition
    • Functional Writing: Formal Letters
  • Grammar
    • Nawasikh (kaana wa akhwatuha and inna wa akhwatuha)
    • Subjunctives (An-nawaasib) and Jussives (Al-jawaazim)
    • Negative Articles (Adawatu nnafyi)
    • Five Special Nouns (Asmaa ul Khamsa)
    • Five special verbs (Af’ aal al Khamsa)
    • Numbers and Quantity (Al- ‘adad wal Ma‘duud)

  The subject general learning outcomes focus on using Arabic through listening, speaking, reading, and writing for basic and practical communication; developing fluency and accuracy; reading for information and pleasure; generating, selecting, developing, and organizing ideas in writing; applying grammatical structures and linguistic functions in real-life contexts; understanding values and Pertinent and Contemporary Issues; and appreciating Arabic culture, heritage, and its contribution to world knowledge.

  The Specific Learning Outcomes develop learners' ability to understand and produce spoken and written Arabic, extract information from texts, communicate in different situations, apply language structures, read with appropriate fluency and comprehension, and produce different forms of written communication. The curriculum uses thematic and communicative activities to connect language learning with practical situations.

  Suggested learning experiences include listening to audio presentations, role play, discussions, asking and answering questions, reading dialogues and short texts aloud, reader's theatre, peer assessment, writing exercises, sentence construction, designing brochures and games, matching activities, presentations, and other language-based activities. Key inquiry questions encourage learners to investigate communication, reading, writing, language structures, and cultural contexts.

  The Curriculum Design integrates competencies such as digital literacy, learning to learn, and critical thinking and problem solving, together with values including integrity and unity. Pertinent and Contemporary Issues include themes such as healthy interpersonal relationships, which are connected to language activities and thematic contexts.

  Assessment guidance includes portfolios, reading-for-fluency activities, role play, learning logs, peer assessment, checklists, observations, writing texts, sentence construction, discussions, quizzes, and other language-performance activities. Suggested resources include course books, internet resources, charts, posters, audio and video recordings, drawings, magazines, photographs, newspapers, flashcards, illustrations, journals, recording devices, libraries, projectors, maps, and resource persons.

  The document can help Arabic teachers plan lessons, organize language activities, develop schemes of work and lesson plans, align instruction with Specific Learning Outcomes, select appropriate language resources, integrate competencies and values, and plan assessment. It also provides a structured reference for schools supporting Arabic language development and intercultural learning.

  The PDF is relevant to Arabic teachers, heads of department, language curriculum coordinators, teacher trainers, instructional-material developers, education researchers, and learners. It provides a downloadable Grade 11 Arabic Curriculum Design PDF for curriculum planning, teaching, learning, and assessment reference.

  Its suggested non-formal activities include Arabic language clubs, Language Days, school open days, Kenya Music Festival activities, exchange programmes, tandem and intercultural learning, inter-house competitions, inter-class competitions, and inter-school contests.

• File Size:

  17.48 MB
• Length:

  34 pages
• Category:

  Curriculum Designs
• Level:

  Grade 11
• Subject:

  Arabic
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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