Center: 
Rabat
Discipline(s): 
Arabic Language/Studies
Course code: 
AB 100A
Terms offered: 
Fall
Spring
Credits: 
1
Language of instruction: 
Arabic
Instructor: 
IES Abroad and ALIF instructors
Description: 

This Colloquial Moroccan Arabic course (30 hours) aims at meeting the immediate needs of students to be able to communicate with their host families and with people outside.

Learning outcomes: 

  By the end of the course, students should be able to:

  • Communicate in simple Moroccan Arabic using basic words and expressions.
  • Understand basic conversations in CMA.
  • Make polite requests.
Method of presentation: 

The instructors will foster the active involvement of the students in meaningful interactions in class through pair work, group work and role-play.  Sessions are 3-4 hours a day with a break of 15-20 minutes in the middle.

content: 

 

Session 1

1. Useful expressions :

  • What’s your name?, my name is...., Pleased to meet you.
  • I want …., thanks.

2. More greetings:

- How are you? I am fine, Thanks. Good bye, see you later.

- Commands in context: see, listen, read, write, stop, say.

- Nouns in context: family, children, my children, father, mother, sister, daughter.

3: Numbers: 1 to 20

5: Homework.

 

Session 2

  1. Review from session 1
  2. Adjectives in context: I am happy, angry, sick, tired
  3. Pronouns: I, you, he, she, they, we
  4. Questions: Do you…? Are you…?
  5. Answer: Yes, No
  6. Possessives: My, your, her, their, our
  7. Occupations: Student, teacher, nurse, waiter
  8. Nationalities: Moroccan, American, French
  9. Questions: - Where are you from? Are you from….?
  • What’s your occupation?
  1. Question/answer on nationalities and occupations.
  2. Homework

 

Session 3

  1. Review from session 2
  2. Numbers from 20 to 100
  3. Dialogue: at the shop
    1. Vocabulary words and expressions: Oil, sugar, tea, milk, a bottle of, change, how much?, give me, I want,
  4. Role play
  5. Homework

 

Session 4

  1. Quiz 1 on S1 and 2
  2. Review from session 3
  3. Dialogue: Al the grocer’s
    1. Vocabulary words and expressions: Fruits and vegetables. 1 kilo, 2 kilos, half a kilo, a quarter of a kilo
  4. Role play.
  5. Homework.

 

Session 5

  1. Review from session 4
  2. Numbers from 100 to 1000
  3. Dialogue: At the Café
    1. Vocabulary words and expressions: coffee and milk, coffee, orange juice, with sugar, without sugar.

4. Days of the week.

5. Role play.

  1. Homework.

 

Session 6

    1. Quiz on S3 or S4

2. Review from session 5

3. Dialogue: Let’s go

  1. Making suggestions, inviting,

4. This, that, those

5. Role play

 

Session 7

  1. Review from session 6
  2. Dialogue: At the hotel
    1. Vocabulary word and expressions: Shower, room, bathroom, breakfast, dinner, lunch, passport, pay, sign here please, with/without
  3. Role play
  4. Homework

 

Session 8

  1. General review
  2. Final exam