Arabic Speech Simplified – ARS 100

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Islamic
Online
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Diploma Section

Course Detail
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Course Description:
The course has been devised for the students who wish to take up
extensive Arabic Studies. The course covers the Arabic Language and its
Basics. The student will enter the exciting world of Arabic. He/she will
discover a new language, culture and broaden his/her horizons. The
student will loosen his/her tongue, clear his/her throat and enjoy the
vast unearthing of the language of Islam.

Course Instructor:
Shaykh Mukhtar Raban

Resources:
• Arabic Studies
• Eight sessions with concentration on reading, writing, listening and
basic conversation skills.
• Lecture recordings
• Arabic Audio recordings (Alphabet)
• Arabic Audio recordings (Conversations)
• Arabic Audio recordings (Vocabulary)
• Arabic Audio recordings (Numbers)
• Sessions’ Notes

Objective:
The course enables the students to have a spoken command of basic
Arabic commonly used in everyday scenarios:
• To understand and apply nominalisation and gender in Arabic
• To construct an adjectival phrase
• To construct a simple nominal sentence
• To use prepositions
• To greet and introduce oneself
• To ask for assistance and check in at an airport and hotel
The course also enables the student understand basic grammatical
Arabic through listening:
• To understand dialects, intonation and pronunciation variations
• To recognize the five common interrogative particles
• To identify core vocabulary used in specific contexts (self-
introduction, travelling, and shopping)
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Class Content:

Class Procedure/Instruction Methodology:

Recorded lectures dedicated to the course material will be available for
online viewing or downloading.

Exams:
The course will contain module tests, and a final exam covering the
modules.

Attendance Policies:
The students are required to log in and use the provided materials.
There is no fixed time for accessing the content. Students may do it at
their own convenience. If any student does not log in for more than 3
months he or she will be automatically unenrolled.

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Module 1

Welcome to the course

 Brief History of Arabic
 Modern Standard Arabic vs Classical Arabic

The Arabic Alphabet

 Letters of the Arabic alphabet
 Transliteration Chart
 Pronunciation of Letters
 Makhārij

Greeting and Acquainting Oneself

 Conversation One – Masculine
 Conversation One – Feminine
 Vocabulary
 Phrases and Expressions

Conversation Practice
 Talk to a friend

Module 2

Transliteration Chart

Conversations
 Conversation Two – Masculine
 Conversation Three– Feminine
 Vocabulary
 Phrases and Expressions

Numbers in Arabic
Gender
Conversation Practice

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Module 3

Transliteration Chart

Conversations
 Conversation Four – Masculine

Adjectives
Definite and Indefinite
Adjectival Phrase

Module 4

Conversations
 Conversation Five – Masculine
 Vocabulary
 Phrases and Expressions

Conversation Practice

Module 5

Transliteration Chart

Conversations
 Conversation Six – Masculine
 Conversation Seven – Feminine
 Conversation Eight – Masculine
 Vocabulary

Module 6

Conversations
 Conversation Nine – Masculine
 Conversation Ten – Masculine
 Conversation Eleven – Masculine
 Vocabulary

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The Nominal Sentence
The Preposition

Module 7

Conversations
 Conversation Twelve – Masculine
 Conversation Thirteen – Feminine
 Conversation Fourteen – Masculine
 Vocabulary

Module 8

Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3

Module 8 Extra Note

The Adverb

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