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INTERMEDIATE MODERN STANDARD ARABIC
Arabic 102- Instructor Huda Shanawani
3 hours per week, 3 credits
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic will build on the student’s knowledge of Arabic
101 through the development of the communicative language level via classroom
activities, group interaction and home assignments using an Arabic text book,
computers and the internet. Students will advance their reading and speaking in
various everyday scenarios. There will be an emphasis on audio-oral skills, reading,
and advance grammatical structures—including verb conjugation, pronouns, etc
*Arabic 101 is a prerequisite. However, a student who demonstrates knowledge of the
Arabic alphabet and an ability to read Arabic at a basic level may be allowed to register
in this course.
OBJECTIVES & GOALS:
1: Communication: Students understand and engage in conversations and
correspondence in Arabic to provide and obtain information, express feelings, emotions
and exchange ideas.
2: Cultures: Gain knowledge & demonstrate an understanding of the Cultures of The
Arab World and gain awareness of the various perspectives of the culture.
3: Connections: Use Arabic to connect with other disciplines and acquire information to
further their knowledge of other disciplines through Arabic.
4: Comparisons: Develop insight into the language and culture of the Middle East by
comparisons to their own culture.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Al-Kitaab with DVDs: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic (Part 1) 2nd Edition,
Kristen Brustad, Mohmoud Al- Batal, Abbas Al-Tonsi Press, 2004. ISBN:
1-58901-X
Recommended Texts:
Hans Wehr Dictionary (Arabic to English) ISBN: 0-87950-003-4
Concise Oxford Dictionary (English to Arabic Dictionary) ISBN: 0-19-864321-7
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Al-Kitab al-asasi fi ta’lim al lugha al- ‘arabiya ISBN: 978 977 416 231 2
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
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Attendance: Class attendance and timely arrival is mandatory. Two late
arrivals count as one absence. Two absences during the semester are allowed.
Please note that attendance is part of the overall grade.
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Class Participation and Etiquette: This course requires active and continuous
participation in class. The quality and frequency of your participation will affect
the final grade.
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Assignments: Must be handed on time. Assignments handed late will not
receive full credit. If absent, a student must get the home work-assignment
from either the instructor via email or fellow students.
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Missed Quizzes cannot be made up: the grade for a missed quiz is “O”. The
lowest quiz grade may be dropped, pending overall performance.
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Role playing: it is expected that through this course students will utilize and
improve their speaking, vocabulary, and grammar skills. They will conduct basic
skits representing daily interactions.
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Grading:
Midterm Exam:
Final Exam:
Quizzes:
Homework:
Attendance and Participation:
Group Presentations:
15%
20%
20%
20%
20%
5%
SUGGESTED TEACHING METHODOLOGY:
The language of instruction for this course is Arabic. At the instructor’s discretion,
English may be used to clarify difficult points. Students should expect to engage in
conversation in Arabic. While this might occasionally seem to slow down the pace, it
actually speeds up the actual learning of the foreign language. This course will take
students through the natural pattern of listening, imitating, speaking, reading, and
writing. Students will have plenty of opportunity to interact and practice the concepts
and vocabulary learned in class through small group discussions, role playing, and
games.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES/STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES/ASSESSMENTS:
Objectives
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Comprehend oral and written Arabic in everyday contexts at an
intermediate level
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Learn to read and write about everyday events from newspapers in
Arabic at an intermediate level
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Communicate ideas related to daily events at an intermediate level
Learning Outcomes
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Demonstrate an ability to listen and respond to language typically
used regarding familial relations, seasons/weather, and telling the
time
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Read passages and answer questions based on text, write
grammatically correct sentences and paragraphs
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Demonstrate an ability to speak in Arabic using proper vocabulary,
grammar, and sentence structure.
Assessments
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Dictation exercises, quizzes seeking answers to passages, true
and false statements
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Reading comprehension and writing exercises, essays for
homework assignments and tests
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Oral reports, role-play, discussions, dialogues
WEEK BY WEEK COURSE WORK:
Week 1:
Subject Pronouns, Singular & Plural Human
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Broken, Sound Masculine, Sound Feminine
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Basic Greetings, Long & Short Vowels, Connecting Letters
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Alif- Baa (Unit 1) Drills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
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Al- Kitab al- asasi
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Hand out ( Unit 1) Home Practice
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Week 2:
Personal Referencing
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Basic Sentence Structure
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Alif- Baa (Unit 2) Drills 9 ,10 ,11, 12, 13, 14
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Short Quiz 10 m
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Al- Kitab al- asasi
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Week 3:
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Hand out ( Unit 2) Home Practice
Cultural Family Connections in Arabic
Possessive Pronouns
Alif – Baa (Chapter 3) Drills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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Short Quiz
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Al- Kitab al- asasi
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Week 4:
Hand out ( Unit 3) H.P.
Verbs: Present or Incomplete Tense
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Negation in the Present Tense Form
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Alif- Baa (Unit 4) Drills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
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Review in Class, Exchanging simple personal information.
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Al- Kitab al-asasi
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Week 5:
Hand out (Unit 4) H.P.
Quiz # 2
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Alif- Baa (Unit 4) Drills 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
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Alif- Baa (Unit 5) Drills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Students ask and answer simple questions verbally or in writing.
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Al- Kitab al-asai
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Week 6:
Hand out (Unit 5) h.p.
The Two Different Forms of The Sentence Patterns
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‫ ال جم لة‬،‫ال ف ع ل ية ال جم لة اال سم ية‬
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Alif- Baa
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(Unit 5) Drills 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
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Review
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Al-Kitab al-asasi
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Week 7:
Hand out (Unit 6)
Alif- Baa
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Review, study for Quiz #3
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Watch short video clip focusing on the difference use Modern/Classical.
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Al-Kitab al-asai,
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Week 8:
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Hand out
Quiz # 3
Al-Kitab al-asai
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Hand out
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Using Interrogative Particles and the difference in their use in Arabic
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Drills 7,8,9,10,11
Week 9:
Adverbs & Noun Adjective Phrases
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Alif- Baa (Unit 6)
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Al-Kitab al-asasi
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Hand out(Unit 9)
Week 10:
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Alif- Baa (Unite 7)
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Introducing the Suffix in
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Alif- Baa (Unit 8) Drills 1-11
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Al-Kitab al-asasi
Drills 1-11
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Week 11:
Hand out (Unit 10)
Complex sentences, Grammatical Structure
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Alif- Baa (Unit 9) Drills 1-7
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Introductions to Arabic Cultures and Costumes
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Al-Kitab al-asasi
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Week 12:
Hand out (Unit 11)
Grammatical Markers:
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Prepositions & Possessive Forms
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Alif- Baa (Unit 9)
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Week 13:
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Drills 8- 13
Review, Quiz #4
Using the Past Tense and how to Conjugated with Suffix
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Week 14:
(Exercises 1- 7)
Roots & Pattens of the Arabic Verbs
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Feminine/Masculine
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Al-Kitaab Lesson 1 (Exercises 8-17)
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Reading short newspaper article/ finding new words
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Al- Kitab Lesson 2
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Exercises 1-8
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Review Watch Video
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Role Acting Airport Situation
Week 15: Review/ Preparing for Final Exam
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Al –Kitab Lesson 2 (Exercises 9- 15)
Final Exam