These lessons are devised for advanced level students who possess a fair amount of knowledge of the Arabic language in terms of vocabulary, styles, structures, spoken language, grammatical rules and conjugation. Thus, the Arabic lesson seeks to improve students’ level at various modes of communication, writing, reading, listening, and speaking.
This course assumes that the student can recognize basic grammatical structures covered in Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya 1 and 2 and is able to conduct a conversation in Arabic in situations like hotel reservations, buying a ticket at the train station, and inquiring about flights at the airport etc.
The course is designed to enable students to increase their communicative competence in Arabic. It focuses on the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing with more focus on Speaking and Reading. Students will read and discuss authentic Arabic materiel such as articles from daily newspapers/ magazines, and other texts related to the religion, politics, culture, and economics of North Africa and the Middle East. Some texts from Al-kitab Fii Ta’allum Al-‘Arabiyya Book 3 are also part of the course.
Students are also required to read or listen to the news media and discuss current political issues in a debate format, as well as to give oral presentations in Arabic. They are expected to express their point of view, describing and narrating events both orally and in writing. By the end of this course, students will reach a level where they can read and understand authentic texts and communicate with native speakers of Arabic on a variety of topics.
Prerequisites:
Completion of MSA 201 or equivalent.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
Engage in a more communicative situations in Arabic
Read authentic materiel in Arabic
Use Arabic dictionary to explain difficult words
Write descriptive and argumentative paragraphs in Arabic
Listen to the news in Arabic
Method of presentation:
Present concepts, words, expressions, and structures, and explain them on the basis of a set of texts
Conversations
Short research projects
Instant writing related to activities that take place inside the classroom
Listen to eligible recorded texts and/or listening to texts directly from Arab television channels
Comment on audio or written texts
Round tables on specific issues that are relevant to the lessons in the syllabus
Read press articles, summarizing them and commenting on them
Listen to songs in Arabic and understand them
Watch videos related to the contents of the lessons
Required work and form of assessment:
Participation in class: 10%
Oral presentations and short research: 10%
Homework: 20%
Weekly tests: 20%
Mid-session exam: 20%
Final exam: 20%
content:
WEEK 1:
Introducing syllabus
General review: Lessons 1, 2, and 3: reading-vocabulary -writing – listening-discussion
WEEK 2:
Lesson 4
Possibility of explaining some of the vocabulary in the text used
Conjugation of the verb which ends with "ا" or “ى » in the past and present tense
The “Active Participle” derived from verbs which end with either"ا" or “ى »
New expressions are given in a CD
Listening activity: the text is entitled “Algeria under French occupation”.
WEEK 3:
Lesson 4 (continued)
Correction of exercises related to the text: the role/task of University
Nominal sentence
The Particle “ inna” and its sisters
Nouns of instrument(Issm Al Alla-اسم الآلة )
Broken Plural جمع التكسير
Annotated nouns الممنوع من الصرف
Revision of Dual "المثنى" , plural "الجمع", and annotated nouns (الممنوع من الصرف)
Going beyond the textbook activity (work focused on newspapers)
Lesson 5
Possibility of explaining some of the vocabulary in the text used(characters from modern Arab literature)
Conjugate the verb to contact(اتصل) in the past and the present tense
New expressions
Active listening : The Arab Union)
Non-real addition الإضافة غير الحقيقية
Superlatives (I do)
Accusative of specification & comparison & measurement التمييز
Active listening (Daisy Prince p. 162 only)
Verbs and their patterns and its verbal nouns "المصادر" and the Active Participle "اسم الفاعل"and the Passive Participle."اسم المفعول" and the passive present المبني للمجهول
Pattern Fouaala (فُعْلى)
Home activity /homework
WEEK 4:
End of Lesson 5
Accusative of specification & comparison & measurement التمييز.
Active listening (Daisy Prince p. 162 only)
Verbs and their patterns and its verbal nouns "المصادر" and the Active Participle "اسم الفاعل"and the Passive Participle."اسم المفعول" and the passive present المبني للمجهول
Pattern Fouaala (فُعْلى)
Beyond the textbook activity /homework
General Review
Mid-term Exam
Lesson 6 (after Mid-term Exam)
Possibility of explaining some of the vocabulary in the text used (The Arab pioneers of the feminist movement)
Nisbah :Attributive Form (nationalities and religions)
Conjugation of the verbsساوى ( make equal) in present and future
Verb patterns أوزان الفعل
The Exceptive Particles “Only” (illa / siwa إلاوسوى)
New expressions
Active listening (Huda sharawi)
WEEK 5 (الأسبوع الخامس):
أنشطة مراجعة Review activities
Additional Activities
End of Lesson 6
The Accusative الحال
Incomplete noun (A noun ending with (ي))
Example
Revision-oriented activities
Beyond the textbook activity /homework
WEEK 6:
Lesson 7
Discussion of the general meaning of the text
Possibility of explaining some of the vocabulary in the text used (One Thousand and One nights)
Conjugation of the verb “give”
Knowledge of patterns of the verb “give”
Recognize patterns of (do: (فعل) و (أفعل))
A conversation activity (exercise 8-p. 211)
New expressions: p. 212
6 activities revolving around the text content (One Thousand and One nights) + exercise 13 and exercise 15.
WEEK 7:
End of Lesson 7
The imperatives with their patterns and with different pronouns
The imperative Lam (لام الأمر) and present form “The Jussive Case)”
To be (Kana) and its sisters and narration
What is exclamation?
Beyond the textbook activity /homework
WEEK 8 (الأسبوع الثامن):
Lesson 8
Discussion of the general meaning of the text
Possibility of explaining some of the vocabulary in the text used (The Islamic social history, p. 232)
Conjugation of the verb (have a rest/ rest) in the past and present and also in the imperative form
Use of the new verbs in a conversation activity
Use of Accusative الحالin description
A conversation activity about text on charity institutions
A group reading activity about charity institutions
Acts on the weight (engineered)
Verbs with pattern of Iftaala (افتعل)
The Relative Pronouns: ( ma "ما' +man"من" )
Verb patterns ( awzan)
WEEK 9 (الأسبوع التاسع):
End of Lesson 8
Verb patterns
Understanding the patterns and reading them in groups
The reading activity about the text entitled: New York becomes a British colony
Beyond the textbook activity /homework
Lesson 9
Discussion of the general content of the text entitled (The issue of the standardized and colloquial language)
Possibility of explaining some new vocabulary in the text
Conjugation of the verb (answer أجاب) in the past, and present
Activities on new patterns of new verbs
Exclamation with “hamza”
Conversation activity to use new vocabulary items
Conversation activity about language and identity (p. 280)
New expressions using a CD (p. 280-281)
WEEK 10:
End of Lesson 9
Reading activities on the text of Satiaa El Hasri (culture)
Activities related to “analysis” الإعراب of paragraphs of text by Satiaa El Hasri (culture)
La لاof Negation
Lesson Ten
مناقشة المضمون العام للنص الأساس (زواج الجيل الجديد)
إمكانية شرح بعض المفردات الجديدة الواردة في النص الأساس
تصريف فعل (بكى) في الماضي والمضارع المرفوع والمضارع المجزوم والمنهي عنه
توظيف المفردات الجديدة في سياقات جديدة
أنشطة حول أوزان جديدة لأفعال جديدة
نشاط كتابي توظف فيه المفردات الجديدة
عبارات جديدة
نشاط محادثة حول البحث عن حل لمشكلة عائلية (في مجموعات)
نشاط كتابة حول نص الأسرة العربية (ص 316)
نشاط قراءة حول نص (زواج الجيل الجديد)
القواعد والتراكيب: الأمر – الحال – الضمائر المنفصلة
كاد وأخواتها
الفعل الناقص
كاد وأخواتها والفعل الناقص
نشاط قراءة حول نص (البنت لابن عمها)
نشاط من خارج الكتاب
نشاط استماع ( مشاهد من عرس عماني)
WEEK 11 (الأسبوع الحادي عشر):
تتمة الدرس العاشر: - نشاط قراءة حول نص (زواج الجيل الجديد)
القواعد والتراكيب: الأمر – الحال – الضمائر المنفصلة
كاد وأخواتها
الفعل الناقص
كاد وأخواتها والفعل الناقص
نشاط قراءة حول نص (البنت لابن عمها)
نشاط - نشاط من خارج الكتاب ( مشاهد من عرس مغربي)
WEEK 12 (الأسبوع الثاني عشر):
أنشطة استماع ومحادثة ومناقشة وتعليق، انطلاقا من فيديوهات أو نصوص صوتية مسجلة
مراجعة عامة: تغطي كل الدروس وتدخل في إطار إعداد الطلبة لاجتياز الامتحان النهائي
Measure activities:
يقتطع بعض الوقت من هذا الأسبوع لتتمة بعض الأنشطة التي لم يسمح الوقت بالوقوف عليها في الأسابيع السابقة
FINAL EXAM (الامتحان النهائي)
Required readings:
Al Kitaab Fi Taallum Al Arabiya Part 2 + Additional Materiel
Advanced Modern Standard Arabic
These lessons are devised for advanced level students who possess a fair amount of knowledge of the Arabic language in terms of vocabulary, styles, structures, spoken language, grammatical rules and conjugation. Thus, the Arabic lesson seeks to improve students’ level at various modes of communication, writing, reading, listening, and speaking.
This course assumes that the student can recognize basic grammatical structures covered in Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya 1 and 2 and is able to conduct a conversation in Arabic in situations like hotel reservations, buying a ticket at the train station, and inquiring about flights at the airport etc.
The course is designed to enable students to increase their communicative competence in Arabic. It focuses on the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing with more focus on Speaking and Reading. Students will read and discuss authentic Arabic materiel such as articles from daily newspapers/ magazines, and other texts related to the religion, politics, culture, and economics of North Africa and the Middle East. Some texts from Al-kitab Fii Ta’allum Al-‘Arabiyya Book 3 are also part of the course.
Students are also required to read or listen to the news media and discuss current political issues in a debate format, as well as to give oral presentations in Arabic. They are expected to express their point of view, describing and narrating events both orally and in writing. By the end of this course, students will reach a level where they can read and understand authentic texts and communicate with native speakers of Arabic on a variety of topics.
Completion of MSA 201 or equivalent.
By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
WEEK 1:
WEEK 2:
Lesson 4
WEEK 3:
Lesson 4 (continued)
Lesson 5
WEEK 4:
End of Lesson 5
General Review
Mid-term Exam
Lesson 6 (after Mid-term Exam)
WEEK 5 (الأسبوع الخامس):
End of Lesson 6
WEEK 6:
Lesson 7
WEEK 7:
End of Lesson 7
WEEK 8 (الأسبوع الثامن):
Lesson 8
WEEK 9 (الأسبوع التاسع):
End of Lesson 8
Lesson 9
WEEK 10:
End of Lesson 9
Lesson Ten
WEEK 11 (الأسبوع الحادي عشر):
WEEK 12 (الأسبوع الثاني عشر):
Measure activities:
يقتطع بعض الوقت من هذا الأسبوع لتتمة بعض الأنشطة التي لم يسمح الوقت بالوقوف عليها في الأسابيع السابقة
FINAL EXAM (الامتحان النهائي)
Al Kitaab Fi Taallum Al Arabiya Part 2 + Additional Materiel