High School Arabic 3A and 3B
This is a continuation of Elementary Arabic 2. It will focus on developing communicative skills emphasized in both oral and written skills, as well as developing the ability to communicate in Arabic about daily conversation topics. Upon completing this course, the student will be able to read, write, speak and understand basic Arabic as well as increasing cultural awareness. The student will be prepared for the Intermediate level of this course sequence.
Prerequisite: HS Arabic 2B or approval by BSN Instructor
Enduring Understanding
By the end of the semester the student should be able to carry on a basic conversation. Also, upon completion of this course, one will be able to read and create basic sentences using the fundamental grammatical tools that are taught at this level of Arabic.
Course Design
The text in this course, Al-Kitaab, will provide the students with the fundamentals of the Arabic language. The course will rely heavily on audio-lingual methods of language acquisition and stress comprehension, pronunciation and the development of reading skills.
Assessments
Attendance and participation are crucial in order to establish a solid understanding of the fundamentals of the Arabic language. Homework assignments are taken seriously since they are designed to reinforce new grammatical concepts and server in increasing one’s fluency with the language. There will be periodic unit tests which determine 40% of the final grade. Class participation and homework determine 30% of the final grade. Lastly, the final exam is 30% of the final grade.
Additional Resources Needed
Required Textbooks:
- Brustad, K., Al-Batal, M., & Al-Tonsi, A. (2004). Al-Kitaab fii Ta ‘allum al-‘Arabiyya with DVDs: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part One. (2nd ed). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
(ISBN 978-1-5890-1104-5) Publisher site
Required Technology:
- Computer that meets the minimum system requirements listed on the Live Classroom page
- Internet connection (Broadband preferred)
- Headset with microphone combination
- E-mail account (recommended)
- Printer
- Scanner or access to a fax machine (Your school should have this available for you
- DVD Player (in PC or consumer player)
- Web camera for computer (recommended
- Writing tablet (recommended)- (Genius Mouse Pen 8x6 - $50; Bamboo [Small] Pen tablet with pen only - $70 - from Amazon.com)
Content Topics
Unit 1
Review Days of the week, the gerund, and the question word WHY and how to answer
Unit 2
Review verb KAANA, How much and how many. The past tense and how to use the dictionary
Unit 3
Past tense, work with the dictionary, Telling time, Negating equational sentences with (LAYSSA), Write a composition on a specific topic.
Unit 4
Three forms of present tense and prepositions
Unit 5
What is the family house, what do you does on the weekend; The present tens in the MANSUB case and propositions with the pronouns
Unit 6
Conversations and comprehension
Unit 7
Present tens in the MARFU`A case, describing sentence, quantifiers
Unit 8
Three forms of the present tense, creating descriptive sentences and use of Quantifiers
Unit 9
Future tense, superlatives, subject-verb agreement in the present tense
Unit 10
Composition on a specific topic
Unit 11
Cultural Activity