Arabic WAA01/01 January 2021
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1. Section A – Reading (30 marks): topics include healthy fasting in Ramadan, optimal reading lighting, Nakhal Fort in Oman, and cybercrime prevention; tasks involve gap-fill, MCQs, short-answer responses, and vocabulary in context.
2. Section B – Grammar (20 marks): sentence transformation with cue words, grammar-based gap-filling, case endings, tashkeel (diacritics), and cloze tasks focused on syntactic accuracy and verbal structure.
3. Section C – Writing (30 marks): argumentative essay (240–280 words) on the pros and cons of social media among Arab youth, covering platform usage, benefits, harms, and proposed solutions.
4. Core language features: verbal manipulation, sentence restructuring, case agreement, morphological awareness, idiomatic phrasing in Modern Standard Arabic, structured argumentation.
5. Key themes: digital security and ethics, historical heritage (Nakhal Castle), health and lifestyle during Ramadan, youth engagement in tech, social values and community safety.
6. Exam structure: 80 marks total, 2 hours 30 minutes; balance between comprehension, grammar precision, and structured essay writing for academic and cultural contexts.
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