DAVIDSON COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF ARAB STUDIES
Elementary Modern Standard Arabic 102
Course Agenda Spring 2015
Professor Rebecca Joubin
AT: Basma Botros
Class Session: M/W/F: 10:30-11:20 a.m. Chambers 3234
AT Session: T/TH: 10:00-10:50 Chambers 2209 OR
5:00-5:50 p.m. Chambers 2198
Language Table: Weds. 12:30-2:00
Office Hours: M: 11:30-3:30; W: 2:00-3:30; Fr: 11:30-3:30
Office: Chambers 3255
E-mail: rejoubin@davidson.edu
Course Description:
Elementary Arabic 102, the spring semester of a year-long course in first year Modern
Standard Arabic (MSA), is designed for students who have completed one semester of
Arabic 101.
From the commencement of this course, there is a focus on gaining a strong
foundation in the communicative skills of listening and speaking, as well reading and
writing. While the concentration is on classical Arabic, there will be some exposure to
dialect through proverbs and music, which builds up vocabulary as well as encourages
students to learn about the customs and traditions of the Arab world. We will work to
master use of the dictionary with chapters from contemporary Arabic literature.
Student participation and group activities encouraging conversation in Arabic are vital
to the course. Course is conducted entirely in Arabic.
We will meet Monday, Weds, and Friday from 11:30-12:20, and students will have
one hour long AT sessions on Tuesday and Thursday. For every hour of class it is
expected that the student prepares and studies between 2-3 hours on their own. Since
language learning is a cumulative process, students are expected to attend all classes.
If class is missed, the student is responsible for the material. Any student who misses
25% of the course will automatically receive an F.
We will have an Arabic table every Wednesday at 12:30 at Vail Commons. An Arabic
film will be shown every Wednesday night from 7:00-9:00 in 1086 Chambers. There
will be other extracurricular cultural activities, which will be announced throughout
the semester.
Required Textbooks
1. Brustrad, Kristen, Mahmoud Al-Batal, and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Alif Baa with DVDs:
Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, 2nd edition. Washington, D.C.:
Georgetown University Press, 2004.
2. Brustrad, Kristen, Mahmoud Al-Batal, and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Al-Kitaab fii
Ta‘allum al-Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One, 2nd edition.
Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2004.
3. Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Ed. J. Milton Cowan.
4. Song lyrics, short stories, wise sayings, and greetings will be posted on the Arabic
class Blackboard. The link to all music, film, video clips, television serials, and
recordings of short stories can be found on the homepage of the Language Resource
Center.
Course Requirements in Summary:
1. Speak Arabic during class activities and by volunteering answers
2. Come to class prepared: do the homework assigned and go over "content to be
prepared" in the syllabus
3. Use new words from the lesson when you write a composition.
4. Attend all classes. Any unexcused absence will lower your final grade by
0.5%.
5. Do a final presentation
6. Take required written and oral quizzes.
7. Take the final exam (both written and oral)
The Grade System is as Follows:
Attendance and Participation
Quizzes (oral and written)
Compositions and Writing Assignments
Final Presentation
Final Review (oral and written)
20%
20%
30%
10%
20%
Spring Course Schedule
Content to Prepare
Homework Due
Week 1: Chapter 10----------------------------------------------------*All composition and writing assignments are to be handed in on time. Unless
otherwise indicated, all Drills in al-Kitab are self-correct and are not handed in.
* Unless Otherwise stated, there will be a vocab. quiz every Weds.
Mon: Music (Fairuz)
Welcome Back
Review and Practice
Announce: AT Session
Review: Hollow Verbs
Chap. 10 Vocab. DVD
D: 1
New Verbs, p. 168 DVD
Prepare Story: D: 6
AT:
D: 6 Khalid's Story
Khalid's Story Colloquial, 184
Review New Vocab. and Verbs
D: 7 Conversation
Weds: Fairuz: Youtube
Questions with new vocab.
D: 2 Questions
New Verb Conjugation with duals, etc.
Subjunctive, p. 173
D: 8 and 9
(Fill in rest of pronouns for subjunctive)
Before traveling/Before we travel
D:3 Roots and Patterns
D:4 Roots and Patterns
Composition: Holiday
(hollow verbs in comp.)
(and number rule)
Ilyas Kouri
Bring Dictionary Friday
ILyas Khouri Reading
AT:
Watch DVD on Family House
And DVD on Weekend
Discussion on Culture
Hossain Mosque DVD
Listen to DVD, p. 172
Vocab. Drill
D: 15 Composition
Fri:
"ILyas Khouri”
Proverbs
Expressions
Presentation on Fairuz
Case endings
Vocab. review quiz
D: 5
D: 10
Read p. 176
Listen DVD, p. 176
Read Ilyas Khouri
Week 2: Chapter 10 Continued……..………………………….
AT:
Review and Practice
Weds: Prepositions, p. 176
Go over Drill 10
Object Pronouns, p. 177
D: 11
D: 12 (Conversation)
Vocab. Quiz
Prepare D: 16 Reading
Prepare D: 17
AT:
D: 16 Reading
D: 17 Translation
Conversation with vocabulary
Kazem al-Saher video clip
Ilyas Khouri “Abwab
al-Madina”
Read Ilyas Khouri
Fri:
Go over “Abwab al-Madina”
Proverb/Expressions
Kazem al-Saher presentation
Take Home Quiz
Prepare Chapter 11Vocab.
D: 1
Week 3: Chapter 11…….…………..………………………….
Mon: Music
D: 2 Questions with new vocab.
Kazem al-Saher YouTube
“Abwab al-Madina”
D: 4: Roots and Patterns
Case Endings p. 190
D: 3
Prepare D: 5 Story
AT:
D: 8
Read: Jomlat al-Safa, 192
Read: Quantifiers, p. 195
D: 9 Use pronouns
D: 5 Khalids Story Classical, p. 189
Khalid Colloquial, p. 202
Questions with new vocab.
Weds: Case Endings – pres. tense: p. 190
Jomlat Safa p, 192
D: 10 A
Quantifiers, p. 195
D: 13
Vocab. Quiz
D: 10 B Hand in
Prepare D: 18
AT:
D: Drill vocab.
D: 11 Jomlat al-Safa
D: 18 Listening
D: 15 Reading
More practice with Jomlat al-Safa
D: 16 Composition
D: 13 Hand in
D: 17, 21
Fri:
Proverb/Expressions
D: 19 Prepositions
D: 20 Reading
Speaking Activity
“Abwab al-Madina”
D: 12 Jomlat al-Safa
Ilyas Khoury presentation
Take Home Quiz
Chap 12 Vocab.
New verbs, p. 205
D: 2
Week 4: Chapter 12…………..………………………….
Mon: Music
New Vocab –Questions
Review Hollow Verbs
New Defective Verbs (add: Duals/plurals)
D: 5 Questions
Assign Friday presentation
Prepare D: 6
AT:
Read Superlative
Read about Future
Story in Classical, D: 6 p. 208
D: 7 Role Play: Maha’s family discussion
Story in Colloquial, p. 221
Drill defective verbs – use of duals, fem. plural
Weds: The Superlative, p. 209
D: 8
D: 11
Prepare D: 16
Future, p. 211
Negative Future: p. 212
Start D: 11 together
Fortune Teller D: 10 Conversation
Subject-Verb Agreement
D: 4
Vocab. quiz
AT:
D: 14 Reading
D: 15 Reading
D: 16 listening
DVD Fairuz listen, p. 221
Video Clip
Drill vocabulary – new verbs
D: 20
D: 21
Composition:
Future Plans:
will/will not do
Fri:
D: 18 Prepositions
D: 19 Negation
D: 13 Connectors
Proverb
Fortune Teller D: 10 Conversation
Edward Saaid Presentation
Take Home Quiz
Chapter 13 Vocab.
D: 1
Week 5: Chapter 13…………..………………………….
Mon: Music
D: 4 Questions with vocab.
New Verbs (Double Verbs)
Culture: p. 225 Expressions
D: 3 Verbs and Patterns
D: 2
Prepare D: 5
AT:
Read p. 228
Read, p. 231-33
D: 15 Hand in
Questions with new vocab.
D: 5 Chapter story. P. 227 Classical
Story in Colloquial, p. 240
Review new verbs, p. 224
Weds: Negative with Lam, p. 228
D: 7
Review tenses, p. 229
Conversation
Charts with irregular verbs
D:6
Vocab. Quiz
D: 8
D: 14 Prepare
D: 12 Prepare
Grammar 231-33
AT:
Review Jomlat Safa
D: 14 Listening
D: 12 Reading
Review new vocab.
Review negation with Lam
Review Hollow verbs and Defective
D: 16, 17
Fri:
Go over 231-33
“Still”
Review: Lan, Future, Negative
Review: Hollow, Doubled, Defective Verbs
Proverb/Expressions
D: 9
Comp. w/Irreg. Verbs
Dictionary Monday
Week 6: Chapter 13………..……..………………………….
Mon: Music
Review: “Ana and Subjuntive
“Lam, Future, Negative
Review Hollow and Defective Verbs
Double Verbs
Study verbs
Prepare D: 13
AT:
Study Verbs
Regular Verb conjugation quiz
Role Play from Chapter story
Vocab. Practice
Weds: Verb Quiz (Hollow, Defective Verbs)
Group Conversation
Review Irregular Verbs
Read: Abwab al-Madina
Study Verbs
AT:
Quiz on Defective
D: 12 Continued
D: 17
Study Verbs
Fri
Doubled Verb Quiz
Proverb/Expressions
Review Hollow Verbs
Read: Abwab al-Madina
Prepare Chap. 14 Vocab
DVD Vocabulary
New Verb DVD, p. 243
D: 2
Take Home Quiz
Week 7: Chapter 14……………………………………………
ORAL QUIZ
Mon: Music
D: 4 Questions with Vocab.
Go over new verb, p. 243
D: 5 Roots and Patterns
Describing Places
AT:
D: 6 Maha’s Story in Classical
Maha’s story in Colloquial, p. 262
Describing Places Review
D: 7
D:8
Vocab. Review
Prepare D: 6
D: 3 Hand in
Prepare D:8
DVD on Patterns, p.251-5
D: 9
Weds: Definite and Indefinite Idafa
Roots and Patterns, p. 251-54
Dictionary, 255
D: 11 Roots and Patterns
D: 10 Roots and Patterns
Vocab. Quiz
Prepare D: 14 for AT
Prepare D: 16
AT:
D: 14 Focus on Verbs Forms
D:16
D: 17
Fri:
Proverbs and Expressions
ILyas Khouri
Review Irregular Verbs
Take Home Quiz
Prepare Chapter 15 vocab.
D: 1, 2, 3
SPRING BREAK
Week 8: Chapter 15……………………………………………...
Mon: Music
Laysa
Questions with new vocab. p. 265
D: 4 Questions with vocab.
Relative Pronouns
Review Jomlat-Safa (indefinite)
Prepare D: 5
Comp: Holidays
(Using Irregular Verbs,
Past, Future, Neg)
AT:
Composition:
Advice to Maha
D: 5 Story in Classical
Story in Colloquial, p. 284
D: 6 Role Play – Maha’s Problems
D: 9 Relative Pronouns
Weds: Negation p. 172
D: 11
Conditionals p. 274
D: 12
D: 8 (Ma and Man)
Vocab. Quiz
D: 13 Hand in
D: 18 Hand in
Read: 269-70
AT:
D: 16 Listening
Reading Tunis, p. 280
D: 10 Hand in
Read Ilyas Khouri
D: 19
Fri:
“My Problem” p. 277
Discussion
Proverb
Practice Conditionals
Take Home Quiz
Chapter 16 Vocab.
D: 4; New Verbs, p. 287
Week 9: Chapter 16…….……………………………………...
Mon: Music
D: 2 Questions with new vocab.
New verbs
Months of the Year, p. 288
Vocab. and Verb Forms
Prepare D: 5
D: 1 Hand in
D: 3 Hand in
AT:
Read p. 291
Read 294-99
D: 5 Story in Classical
Story in Colloquial, p. 307
Cairo Market on DVD, p. 307
Weds: Comparative, p. 291
D: 7
D: 8 Conversation
p. 294-96 Forms and Patterns
D: 10 Forms and Patterns
It is difficult to, important to..
D:9
Vocab. Quiz
D: 9 Hand in
Comp: Comparatives
AT:
Read on Nizar Qabbani, p. 304
Review: It is difficult to, important to..
Review Comparative/Superlative/conditional
Skits and vocab. practice.
D: 15
D: 15, 16
Fri:
Presentation on Nizar Qabbani
Case Endings, 297-99
Proverb
Review and Practice
Take Home Quiz
Prepare Vocab. chap. 17
D:3
Week 10: Chapter 17.………………………………………...
Mon: Music
Questions with vocab. D: 4
New Verbs
D: 2 Synonyms
Go over verb forms in new verbs
Forms and Patterns p. 314: D: 6
AT:
D: 5: Story in Classical
Story in Colloquial, p. 331
DVD p. 312 on Egyptian Copts
Questions with Vocab.
Weds: Case Endings, p. 316 (my sheets
Group Conversation
Vocab. Quiz
Prepare D: 5
DVD: p. 312 Listen
Read p. 314-318
D: 10
D: 17, 18, 19
AT:
Culture: Holy Quran, p. 323-24
D: 12
D: 14 Reading
Youtube Mosque Prayer
D: 7/9 Case Endings
Prepare D: 16
Fri:
D: 16 Reading
More on Case Endings
D: 17 if time
Proverbs
Composition with endings
Prepare Chap. 18 Vocab.
D: 2
DVD on Body Parts
Take home quiz on all
Irregular verbs, SelfCorrect
Week 11: Chapter 18….………………………………………...
Mon: Review and Practice
AT:
Review and Practice
Weds: D: 4 Questions with Vocab.
Expressions on Body/Colors, p. 341
D: 5 Roots and Patterns
Extra sheet on expressions
Colors p. 339
Music: Abdel Halim Hafez
Assign Presentations
D: 3
Prepare D: 6
Prepare D: 14
AT:
Story in Classical D: 6
D: 14 Reading
D: 7 Discussion
Story in Colloquial – p. 354
Practice Vocab.
Review colors and body parts
Review IrregularVerbs
Um Kulthum Video Clip
Comp. with case endings
Fri:
More Expressions
Culture: p. 338
Duals, p. 343 review
Duals, p. 345: Duals with Idafa
D: 10, 11
Abdel Halim Hafez Video Clip
P. 138 Culture
140 Culture–AL-Mutanabi and Geography
Presentation on Abdel Halim Hafez
Presentation on Um Kulthum
VOCAB QUIZ
D: 11
D: 2 Chapter 19
Study New Vocab.
DVD new verbs
Comp. on Duals/Case
Endings
Week 12: Chapter 19…………………………..………………...
EASTER BREAK
Weds: D: 4 Questions with Vocabulary
New Verbs
Chapter Verb Forms
D: 1 Masdar Practice
D: 3 Connectors
D: 5 Roots and Patterns
Assign Presentations
Review Feminine Plural
Grammar Similarity: p. 362
D:7
Prepare D: 6
AT:
D: 6 Story in Classical
Story in Colloquial, p. 373
Questions with Vocab.
Review Irregular Verbs
D: 14 Naguib Mahfouz Reading
Review and Practice
Discuss Music Culture
Watch video Clip of a modern singer
Review Hollow, Defective, Double Verbs
“Chatter on the Nile”
D: 17, 18
Bring Dictionary Friday
Fri:
Grammar: Similarity: p. 362
D: 7
Study Defective Verbs
Presentation on Naguib Mahfouz
D: 8 Questions
Vocab. Quiz
D: 11 Conversation
Grammar p. 368
Culture: p. 368 Names
“Chat on the Nile”
Proverb
Presentation on Abd al-Nasser
Naguib Mahfouz Video Clip
Prepare D: 14 Reading
“Chatter on the Nile”
Chapter 20 Vocab.
DVD, p. 362
Chapter 20 Vocab.
Take Home Quiz
Feminine Plural Comp.
Week 13: Chapter 20.………………………………………...
Mon: Music
D: 3 Questions
D:1
D: 4
Grammar Review 381
Grammar Review 383
Prepare D: 5
AT:
D:5 Story in Classical
Colloquial p. 393
Grammar: Dates, p. 380
D: 6 Dates
Review
Weds: Grammar Review
Presentations
Vocab. Quiz
Prepare D: 11
D: 7, 10
AT:
Listening: D: 11
Review
Review
Fri:
Review and Practice
Proverbs/Expressions
Start Presentations
Presentations
Week 14: Presentations.………………………………………...
Mon: Presentations
AT:
Review and Practice
Video Clip (Classical singers)
Weds: Presentations
AT:
Review and Practice
Video Clip (new pop singers)
Fri:
Presentations
Week 15: Review and Practice……………………………...
*Final Oral on Monday
Mon: Presentations
AT:
Review and Practice
Weds: Presentations
AT:
Review and Practice
Fri:
Evaluations
Explain Final
Week 16: Review and Practice……………………………...
AT:
Review and Practice