Mr Nadim Ben Mohamed Mahjoub CMK.C804

• Students should have previously learnt … see description of “Communicative content” and “Structural Content” of Level 1 Standard (LN701) and/or Level 1 Fast Track (LN702). Admission into the course upon completion of level test and tutor’s approval.
• Students should demonstrate commitment to regular attendance, completion of homework, completion of the dossier and all assessments.
• Students should dedicate at least two hours per week for coursework in addition to classes.
• This course is suitable for students wanting to improve Modern Standard Arabic.

Course aims

• To use Arabic effectively for purposes of practical communication and reading comprehension in familiar work and social contexts.
• To establish the skills, language and attitudes required to promote and facilitate further study of Arabic.
• To bring the students to level A2- of Common European Framework.

Communicative content

• Talking about present events and experiences
• Talking about past events and experiences
• Describing people, places and objects
• Talking about daily habits/routine
• Making comparisons
• Using both past and present
• Talking about future plans (basic)
• Expressing preferences
• Expressing  likes/dislikes
• Writing a postcard

Structural content

• Revision of present tense
• Revision of Nisba (nationality)
• Revision of Idafa (genitive construction)
• Revision of possessive
• Negative phrases
• Prepositions with pronoun suffixes
• Past tense
• Comparative
• Adverbs of frequency
• Introduction to Masdar (verbal noun)
• Time expressions
• Verb Kana (To be)
• Dual and Plural (sound and broken)
• Future tense
• Numbers
• Number-noun agreement (1-10)
• Adjective-noun agreement (human/non human)
• Demonstratives
• Quantities
• Introduction to cases and declination (nominative, accusative, genitive)

12 hours of classes in the MT. 20 hours of classes in the LT. 8 hours of classes in the ST.

This is a 40 hour-course. Please refer to the LSE timetable for course teaching arrangements.

Study Pack

Other useful materials for this level

• Mastering Arabic 1 and 2, Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar, Palgrave Macmillan.
• Mastering Arabic Grammar, Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
• Al-Kitaab fii Ta‘llum al-‘Arabiyya  Al-Kitaab Fii Ta Allum Al- Arabiyya: Pt. 1: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic by Brustad et al, Georgetown Univ.Press, 2011

     Dictionary

• The Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage (edited by N S Doniach, Oxford Univ. Press,1983)

Language Centre Learning Support

• Tandem Learning: Regular events to improve your spoken language skills - Join our Language Exchange programme! Find out about the details and our Facebook Groups
• Online Language Learning: Try our Moodle site “LSE Language Gateway” as extra support for your language learning (includes links to podcasts, streaming television, free online courses).

Go to www.lse.ac.uk/languages and click on 'Learning Support'

Continuous assessment (50%) in the MT, LT and ST.
In class assessment (20%) in the LT.
Oral examination (30%) in the ST.