LN701 Arabic: Level One (Standard)

No previous knowledge of Arabic.
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.

Course aims

To develop the use of Arabic at survival level.
To raise awareness about the two Arabic varieties (formal and colloquial).
To learn the Arabic writing system.
To introduce students to a major dialect of Arabic.
To establish the skills, language and attitudes required to promote and facilitate further study of Arabic.
To bring the students to level A1- of Common European Framework.

Communicative content

Greetings
Asking for and giving personal information
Talking about your immediate family
Talking about studies and jobs
Say where you live
Talking about your city and country
Talking about present actions

Structural content

Alphabet
Joining letters
Pronunciation
Feminine and masculine words
Roots
Present tense
The definitive article
Independent pronouns and pronoun suffixes
Nouns-adjective phrases
Numbers
Plural
Dual
Word order
Demonstrative: this (masc./fem.)
Possessive pronouns
Interrogatives (where, when, what, in which,etc.)
Prepositions: in, between, etc
Nisba (nationality)
Idafa (genitive construction)
Introduction to Past Tense
Use of "also, where, in the same, etc."

16 hours of classes in the MT. 22 hours of classes in the LT. 2 hours of classes in the ST.

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

Students will be provided with a study pack.

Other useful materials

Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic, Letters and Sounds by Brustad et all. Georgetown Univ. Press, Second or Third Editions
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
Arabiyyat al-Naas (Part 1). An introductiory course in Arabic by Munther Younes, Routledge, 2014
Mastering Arabic Grammar, Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
Arabic as one language, Mahmoud Al-Batal (ed.), Georgetown Univeristy Press, 2018

Continuous assessment (70%) in the MT and LT.
Oral examination (30%) in the LT.

Department: Language Centre

Total students 2019/20: Unavailable

Average class size 2019/20: 7

Please note that during 2020/21 academic year some variation to teaching and learning activities may be required to respond to changes in public health advice and/or to account for the situation of students in attendance on campus and those studying online during the early part of the academic year. For assessment, this may involve changes to mode of delivery and/or the format or weighting of assessments. Changes will only be made if required and students will be notified about any changes to teaching or assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.