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كتبهاأ.د. ريما الجرف ، في 29 مايو 2007 الساعة: 15:24 م

My Thesaurus

When I was in school, I was blessed with my Arabic language teacher. I grade 4, my Arabic teacher was the school principal and she was a poet. She taught me the basic of Arabic grammar and spelling through stories and dramatization. When I was in grade 6, my Arabic teacher required that we read Arabic texts paying attention to word endings. I grade 7, my Arabic teacher was a journalist and she made Arabic lessons interesting by telling us about her work at the newspaper. In grade 8, my Arabic teacher used to tell us about recreational reading and how she used finish 2 books per week by reading for 30 minutes a day. These 30 minutes were her break time from housework and taking care of her 3 little kids. In Grade 9, I was studying about pre-Islamic literature and the poets of Mu’allaqaat. She always recited poems with good expression and made me visualize that age. In the summer holiday I used to read about Arabic literature and collections of poems. I was fascinated by the richness of the Arabic vocabulary and the many names the Arabic language has for the camel, horse, sword, lion..etc. I thought about collecting word synonyms. So I started to compile the words that refer to the camel, horse, lion, sword…etc. Something similar to Rogets thesaurus. When I told my uncle about that he bought me an Arabic dictionary (Al-munjed). I used to read and search for words that I could add to my dictionary. My dictionary consisted of chapters each of which has a topic. Topics are in alphabetical order and words in my dictionary are also in alphabetical order. I used to work on my dictionary in the summer holiday (between grade 10 and freshman years). My dictionary is hand-written and I still have it.

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