UCL LANGUAGE CENTRE
Evening Courses
Arabic Level 1+
Prerequisite for entry
For beginners who had 10 weeks experience learning Arabic.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to develop competence in the Arabic Language
at a beginner continuation level. The course if for students who had some experience
learning the language. It is designed as part of a sequence that will enable students to
understand, speak, read and write Modern Standard Arabic.
Course Content:
1-Main topics
What did you do yesterday?
Numbers 10-1000
Currency
Coloures
At the shop
At the restaurant
The daily routine
Hobbies
Days of the week
Telling the time
2-Functions:
Talking about the past holidays
Shopping for food
Shopping for clothes
Ordering a meal at a restaurant
Booking a table at a restaurant
Talking about the daily routine and habits
3-Grammar
The dual form ‫المثنى‬
Sound feminine plural .
Sound masculine plurals .
Broken plurals patterns 1,2 & 3,4 & 5 .
Plural & numbers
Plural demonstrative articles ‫ھؤالء‬
The past tense of ‫الفعل الصحيح الثالثي‬+ singular and plural pronouns
The present tense
Question words
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Learning Resources
Books
Mastering Arabic. By J. Wightwick. Macmillan Press.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Arabic-Palgrave-Master-Languages/dp/0230013104
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