Arabic Grammar Level 3b
(Level Three B (Advance) in Arabic Grammar)
Learn Arabic to understand the Holy Qur’an and the Noble Hadith
Aims
The course is aimed at complete Advance and is designed over 1 semester to improve and enable students to communicate in Arabic Fus-hah within a range of everyday situations using the four skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Arabic Fus-hah is the recognised means of formal spoken and written communication. Arabic Fus-hah is used in the Qur’an, traditional Islamic rescores and also used throughout the Arabic speaking world on official occasions, in education and the media.
The course is taught in Arabic. There is a balance between communicative activities, structure practice, grammar and vocabulary. Class size is limited to 20 students to maximise interactive learning.
Content
Language purposes and functions
In level Three B (Advance stage), the realisation of these functions:
a) Builds in the specifications at Level Three (Pre-Advance stage) by giving more details to the language used
b) Uses the following range of areas:
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Start maintaining and managing communication, e.g.:
- asking for repetition
- monitoring comprehension -
Using conversational techniques, e.g.:
- turn taking
- hesitating
- handling interruptions - Giving information (detailed and general)
- Describing
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Managing ideas, e.g.:
- ordering
- presenting
- connecting and summarising - Asking for and giving opinions
- Justifying opinions
- Responding to options
- Agreeing / disagreeing
- Evaluating options
- Adapting performance to context
- Asking for and Giving reasons
- Comparing, contrasting
- Highlighting information
- Persuading
- Making and responding to suggestion
- Expressing obligation and lack of obligation
- Expressing and responding to attitudes and emotions
- Talking about the present
- Talking about the future
- Predicting / offering
- Expressing intention
- Talking about the past
- Handling narrative
- Expressing degrees of certainty and doubt
- Talking about (im)probability, (im)possibility and hypothesis
- Talk about conditions and consequences
- Giving advice
Grammar and Linguistic Structures
In this level students are required to show knowledge of the grammar and linguistic structures to express the language purposes and functions described above:
- General Introduction to Derived Forms of the Trilateral Verb
- Form: II (فَعَّلَ)
- Form: IV (أَفْعَلَ)
- Conditional Sentences (الْجُمْلةُ الشَّرْطِية)
- Exception (الإسْتِثْنَاء)
- The Permutative (الْبَدَل)
- The Absolute Object (الْمَفْعُول الْمطْلَق)
- De-Verbal Noun (الْمَصْدر)
- The Numerical Adverbs (اسْمُ الْمَرَّة)
- Form: III (فَاعَلَ)
- Form: V (تَفَعَّلَ)
- Form: VI (تَفَاعَلَ)
- Form: VII (انْفَعَلَ)
- Form: VIII (افْتَعَل)
- Form: IX (افْعَلَّ)
- Form: X (اسْتَفْعَلَ)
- Form: XI
- The Broken Plural (جَمْعُ التَّكْسِير)
- The Verb (ظَنَّ) and ‘her sisters’
- The use of (لامُ الابْتِدَاء)
Vocabulary Area
The vocabulary areas used in this level consists of common items occur in the everyday vocabulary of native speakers using the target language today in a range of predictable everyday areas. Some items may be glossed to aid students. Please consult the vocabulary detailed list for more information.
Pre-requisite
This course is aimed at students who have successfully completed level Three A with SAIS or a suitable equivalent.
Materials
The text book that will be used is ‘The Arabic Course of Madinah Islamic University for English Students, vol. 3 (chapter 16 – end of the book)’ by Professor V. Abd Al-Raheem. This text book will be given to each of the students on his/her first Arabic lesson. Other texts will also be used throughout the course to aid learning however it will not be necessary to buy these books or for SAIS to provide different textbooks as photo copies and handouts will be given out when different material is used by the teachers. Also electronic and short videos will also be used to help the students during the course.
Assessment and Homework
Homework will be given every lesson in order to help the student to connect with the subject, homework carries 48 % of the total end of level mark. The homework will be biased on particular exercises from the text book, as well as from surah Al-‘Araaf (Surah no 7). There will also be a mid-term assessment as well as the end of the course exam which carries 52 % of the total mark. This exam will be based on the reading and writing skills covered at this level.
SAIS also offers an optional official exam from OCR. As this is an external exam there will be an additional charge for those who would like to enter themselves for these exams. Please consult the office manager for more details about the levels available and fees.
Course References
There are many references to support students in this level, however, most of these references are in Arabic language. Please consult the detailed course references list. Here are some of these books:
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“Access to Qur’anic Arabic”
- By AbdulWahid Hamid -
“Mastering Arabic Grammar”
- By Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar -
“Mastering Arabic”
- By Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar -
“Al-Arabiya Bayn Yadayk”
- (Arabic in Your Hands) -
“Qisas – an – Nabiyin”
- By Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi -
“Al-Qiraat – ar – Rashida”
- By Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi -
“Sirat – Khatim – an – Nabiyin”
- By Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi -
“Mini English – Arabic & Arabic – English Dictionary”
- By Wagdi Rizk Ghali -
“Arabic – Arabic Dictionary”
- By Al-Fakhr Ar-Raazee -
“Arabic – English Dictionary”
- Hans Wehr a dictionary of modern written Arabic
SAIS provides all these references for sale for any student wishes to purchase them. These references are also available in the classrooms to be used by teachers and students.
Vocabulary list
Students in this Level will learn and memorise about 200 vocabularies. These vocabularies are used in different areas and takes account of the nine different areas mentioned earlier. However, only student who are registered for the course will get this list.