Kerala SSLC Arabic Oriental case studies
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The Kerala SSLC Arabic Oriental paper is a subject paper within the SSLC examination family administered by Kerala Pareeksha Bhavan, the state examination board. Candidates taking SSLC Arabic (Oriental) sit it as one pen-and-paper subject paper alongside their other SSLC subjects; it suits Malayalam-medium and other SSLC candidates who have studied Arabic as an optional/oriental language rather than as a first language. The Kerala SSLC Arabic Oriental case studies are 5 cases and about 2,697 words.
1The Wall-Magazine Proofreading Dispute
At a higher-secondary school in Kozhikode, the Arabic Club is finalising a wall magazine for Arabic Day. The teacher gives the three-member editorial team a 20-minute slot to proofread three lines before the printer closes.
579 words, about 3 min2The Comprehension Key and the Polysemous 'عين'
An Arabic teacher is moderating the 10-mark comprehension section of a monthly test. The unseen passage is: 'زرتُ قريةَ جدّي بعد عشرين سنةً.
498 words, about 2 min3The Unseen Passage That Could Be Maqāma or Riḥla
An item writer for the literature section drafts an unseen prose excerpt for a 5-mark genre-identification question. The excerpt reads: 'حكى سالمٌ قال: خرجتُ من بلدتي طلبًا للرزقِ، فنزلتُ بقومٍ فيهم شيخٌ يتكلّمُ فيجمعُ بين الحكمةِ والطَّرَبِ.
521 words, about 3 min4The Bilingual Welcome Card for a Gulf Delegation
A school in Thrissur is preparing a bilingual welcome card for a visiting Gulf delegation. The English line is: 'We are happy to welcome our guests who have come from far away to share with us this day of celebration.' Two drafts are on the table.
516 words, about 3 min5The Proverbs Panel and Three Misleading Renderings
The cultural club is designing a trilingual panel on Arabic proverbs for a school heritage week. The draft placard gives three proverbs with literal English renderings: (1) 'الصيف ضيّعتِ اللبن' - 'Summer lost the milk', with the note 'drink milk in summer'; (2) 'الجار قبل الدار' - 'The neighbour before the house', with the note 'choose a good neighbour before buying a house'; (3) 'رُبّ رميةٍ من غير رامٍ' - 'A shot from a non-shooter', with the note 'do not try archery without training'.
583 words, about 3 min