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Intermediate Arabic II

September 17 - November 19, 2008
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Wed
Instructor: Sylvia MaaloufWashington, DC$365

Overview:
Build your knowledge of grammar and apply new concepts in short paragraphs, reading passages, dialogues and role-plays. Use communicative expressions, and learn to express conditions, reasons, hope and circumstance. Grammar includes the use of negative particles, verbs of approximation, the passive voice, conjunctions, prepositions and restrictive relatives. Cultural topics include the social role of the coffee house as well as folk heroes and tales, and terms used to refer to prophets of Islam.
Prerequisites:
Intermediate Arabic I (ARAB2210E) or equivalent.
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Syllabus:
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Objective: To provide the student with more complex grammatical structures and vocabulary at a high-intermediate level.

 

Learning Outcome: Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to converse more fluently using more complex grammatical structures and vocabulary.

 

Instruction: Major topics included in the course will include the noun ﻜِﻼ; expressing exception with ٳﻻَ and ِﻏبِر; expressing obligation with أب... عاى; expressing possibility with ۬بُِمڪِنُ; the particle لمَِْ; the structure بِعُﺪْ ِلم; The relative noun ما ; the particle أنْ after adverbs of time; the noun بِضْعُ ; the use of the particle ﻒَ; the functions of the particle قَﺪْ; (substitution, the permutative of) البَﺪَل; writing the hamza; terms of address; comparative and superlative degrees revisited; expressing reason with ڪَيand ل; and verbal nouns (المَصﺪَر) revisited.

Vocabulary topics covered will include geographical directions and features; describing countries, populations and productions; television and radio; professions; activities in the past, present and future; travel-related activities; family members and relations; describing professions; relational concepts;

Methods of instruction include lectures, discussions, classroom exercises, homework assignments, role-plays, video and audio material, mid-term examination and final examination.



Course Details
CODE:  ARAB2211E
TYPE:  Classroom-
Evening/Weekend
LENGTH:  10 Week(s)
CREDITS:  2
 
D.C. AREA ONLY
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