Introduction to Arabic هذه الدورة تدرس باللغة الإنجليزية

تفاصيل الدورة

The Introduction to Arabic course serves as a stepping-stone for students beginning their studies in the Arabic Language. Students will develop the ability to recognise, read and write in the Arabic script and will be exposed to simple phrases of everyday conversational Arabic.

8-Week Course Outline

• Introduction to the basics of the Arabic alphabet, its letters, vowels and consonants
• Learn the basics of conversational Arabic and converse in Arabic phrases
• Learn how to read the Arabic script
• Build a solid foundation for further studies in the Arabic language

Note: Roughly 75% of contact time will be used to practice reading and write Arabic script, which will be pertinent in the continuing module (MSA 1). The rest of the time (25%) will be on practicing Arabic conversational phrases, so as to expose participants to simple conversational phrases.

Objectives

1. Learn to recognize, read and write the Arabic script
2. Provide solid foundation for the students to move on to a proper Arabic textbook
3. Give the students a basic introduction to Arabic phrases by
4. coaching them through conversations
5. Application of lessons learnt through exercises and in-class drills
6. Promote both andragogical efficacy and confidence to express oneself in the Ara bic language, through heavy emphasis on interactions
7. After completion of the course, student should be able to read and write Arabic texts, possess basic conversational Arabic skills, and move on to the Modern Standard Arabic I(MSA 1) course.

Topics

Contact time will be utilized to focus primarily on the reading and writing of Arabic script. The following topics will be covered comprehensively throughout 8 weeks:

• Introduction of the Arabic language
• Recognition of all 28 letters of the Arabic alphabets in their 4 forms
• The 3 vowel signs, the silent vowel and the long vowels
• The doubled letters (shaddah)
• Nunnation (tanwiin)
• One-letter particles
• Justification of margins
• Handwriting