Course Title: Arabic Elementary   I
Course #: Arabic 102
Instructor: Prof. Ibrahim Sakaji Ph.D
Office Hours: ASL 4:30-5:30 by appointment
Voice Mail: (703)780-0606 x342
Email: Drsakaji2002@yahoo.com

Course Description

            This course is deigned to develop the learner’s ability to understand and use the Arabic language, rather than merely understand its system and its inner working.

Course Main Objectives

1-  Listening, speaking, and reading.

• Oral expressions and simple topics.

• Writing short sentences.

• Arabic culture

• Reading sentences, short paragraphs, and conversations.

Structure of Each lesson

• Review and conversation

• New vocabulary

• Minutes reading

• Minutes: the new grammar and drilling

           
Required Texts
Ahlan Wa Sahlan. Alosh, Mahdi.

Optional Materials
CD rom. To order call 1-800-687-6999
 Arabic/English dictionary

Grading
The final grade will be calculated according to following criteria:

Attendance/Class Participation –includes homework        20%
Oral exam and oral presentation                                      15%          
Quizzes and Tests                                                           15%
Composition                                                                   15%
Midterm Exam                                                            15%
Final Exam                                                                      20%

Grading Scale

A                     93-100
A-                    90-92
B+                   88-89
B                      83-87
B-                    80-82
C+                   78-79
C                     73-77
C-                    70-72
D+                   68-69
D                     63-67
D-                    60-62
F                      50 & below

Week 1 : Saturday February 16th from 9pm to 12pm. Introduction to the Arabic Alphabet letter and sound

Week 2: Saturday February 23th from 9pm to 12pm.
Lesson 1

1-Introduction to the Arabic Alphabet
2-Two common greetings
3-introducing oneself.
4-Leave-talking
5-Arabic alphabet: One-way connectors 
6-Arabic numbers

In class drill: p.7 drill 2 and 3 p8 drill 4and 5, p9 drill 6 and 7

Week 3: Saturday March 1st from 9pm to 12pm..
Lesson 2

• Review lesson 1

• Identifying yourself and others.

• Arabic alphabet: two-way connectors.

• Long and short vowels.

• Separate personal pronouns.

In class drills: p.15 drill 1, p16 drill 2 and 3, p18 drill 7
Homework: p.17 drill 4 and 5, p18 drill 6, p 19 drill 8.
Week 4:  Saturday March 08th from 9pm to 12pm..
Lesson 3

• The morning greeting.

• Asking about well-being.

• Arabic alphabet: two way connectors.

In class drills: p 24 drill 1, p 25 drill 2and 3, p28 drill 5, p30 drill 8, p32 drill 10, p 34 drill 12 and 13.

Homework: p26 drill 4, p29 drill 6 and 7, p32 drill 11,

Week 5: Saturday March 15th from 9pm to 12pm...
Lesson 4

• Inquiring about and identifying place of origin.

• Subject and predicate.

• Colloquial Arabic.

• Separate pronouns.

• Arabic alphabet: two way connectors

•  Identifying and inquiring about Arab countries, capitals, cities.

Arab states, political systems, and capitals.

In class drills: p. 43 drill 1 and 2, p46 drill 5 and 6, p 49 drill 9 and 10.

Homework drills: p.44 drill 3, p45 drill 4, p 47 drill 7 and 8, p50 drill 11, p 51 drill 12.

Week 6: Saturday March 22th from 9pm to 12pm..   
Lesson 5

• Identifying objects from the immediate environment.

• Expressing possession.

• Attached pronouns.

• Colloquial Arabic.

• Arabic alphabet: two-way connectors

• Describing national and regional affiliation.

• The relative “noun” (nisba).

• Gender in Arabic nouns

In class drills: p61 drill 1 and 2, p62 drill 3, p63 drill 5, p 64 drill 6 and 7,p 66 drill 10 and 11, p72 drill 17.

Homework: P.62 drill 4, p65 drill 8, p67 drill 12, p68 drill 14, p69 drill 15 and 16. p73 drill 18 and 19.

Week 7: Saturday March 29th from 9pm to 12pm..
 Lesson 6

•  Identifying objects in the school environment.

•  The letters alf maqsura and hamza.

• Diacritical marks (sadda, madda, tanwin, sukun, short alif).

• Representation of foreign sounds.

• Colloquial Arabic.

In class drills: p78 drill 1,2,3 , P 80 drill 5 and 6, p82 drill 8 and 9.

Homework: p79,drill 4, p 81 drill 7, p83 drill 10,p84 drill 12 and 13. p86 drill 15 and 16, p 89 drill 18.

Week 8:Saturday April 05th from 9pm to 12pm..
 Review lesson 5 and 6

Week 9: Saturday April 12th from 9pm to 12pm..
Lesson 7

• Identifying objects from school surroundings.

• The prepositions     and     the noun phrase                   .

• Enumerating, using the coordinating particle     .

• Demonstratives                                                        .

• Contrasting with     and     

• Negating with           .

• The nominal sentence and cases of its nouns.

• The definite article   , assimilating, and no assimilating sounds.

• Definite and indefinite nouns.

In Class Drills: p95 drill 1,p 97 drill 4, p101 drill 5 and 6.
Homework : p102 drill 8, p104 drill 9, p105 drill 10

Week 10: Saturday April 19th from 9pm to 12pm..
Lesson 8

• Describing school surroundings and facilities.

• Nisha revisited.

• The idafa structure.

• Identifying objects: demonstratives.

• Colloquial Arabic

In Class drills: p 109 drill 1, p110 drill 4, p111 drill 5, p 112 drill 6 .