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. 1 credit.
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.
The students who are not familiar with the Arabic script will be in a separate group and will be using transcribed Latin script. The use of English will be kept to the minimum.
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
Review from session 1
Adjectives in context: I am happy, angry, sick, tired
Pronouns: I, you, he, she, they, we
Questions: Do you…? Are you…?
Answer: Yes, No
Possessives: My, your, her, their, our
Occupations: Student, teacher, nurse, waiter
Nationalities: Moroccan, American, French
Questions: - Where are you from? Are you from….?
What’s your occupation?
Question/answer on nationalities and occupations.
Homework
Session 3
Review from session 2
Numbers from 20 to 100
Dialogue: at the shop
Vocabulary words and expressions: Oil, sugar, tea, milk, a bottle of, change, how much?, give me, I want,
Role play
Homework
Session 4
Quiz 1 on S1 and 2
Review from session 3
Dialogue: Al the grocer’s
Vocabulary words and expressions: Fruits and vegetables. 1 kilo, 2 kilos, half a kilo, a quarter of a kilo
Role play.
Homework.
Session 5
Review from session 4
Numbers from 100 to 1000
Dialogue: At the Café
Vocabulary words and expressions: coffee and milk, coffee, orange juice, with sugar, without sugar.
4. Days of the week.
5. Role play.
Homework.
Session 6
1. Quiz on S3 or S4
2. Review from session 5
3. Dialogue: Let’s go
Making suggestions, inviting,
4. This, that, those
5. Role play
Session 7
Review from session 6
Dialogue: At the hotel
Vocabulary word and expressions: Shower, room, bathroom, breakfast, dinner, lunch, passport, pay, sign here please, with/without
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. 1 credit.
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
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.
The students who are not familiar with the Arabic script will be in a separate group and will be using transcribed Latin script. The use of English will be kept to the minimum.
Session 1
1. Useful expressions :
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
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
4. Days of the week.
5. Role play.
Session 6
1. Quiz on S3 or S4
2. Review from session 5
3. Dialogue: Let’s go
4. This, that, those
5. Role play
Session 7
Session 8
Final exam