Mr Luay Hasan

This is a non-credit bearing course available to all LSE students, staff and alumni.

Assumed prior knowledge:

Students should demonstrate command (at both written and oral level) of the "Communicative Content" and "Structural Content" of LN704: Arabic Level 2 (Fast Track). Please see the course description of LN704: Arabic Level 2 (Fast Track) online.

Additional requisites:

• For admission into the course, students must complete a level test and obtain the tutor's approval.
• Students should demonstrate commitment to regular attendance and to the completion of homework and assessments.
• Students should dedicate at least two hours per week to coursework in addition to classes.

Course Aims

• To develop the use of Arabic
• To establish the skills, language, and attitudes required to promote and facilitate further study of Arabic
• To bring students to Level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

Communicative Content

• Talking about past events and experiences
• Talking about present events and experiences
• Describing places, people, and objects
• Making comparisons
• Expressing wishes, plans for the future, uncertainty, and doubts
• Giving opinions and judgements
• Expressing agreement and disagreement
• Talking about current issues
• Giving advice

Structural Content

• Revision of past and present tenses
• Revision of negative phrases
• Forms of the Arabic verb (Forms 1–10)
• Plural patterns
• Comparative forms
• The verb kāna ("to be") and other hollow verbs
• Future tense
• Numbers
• Verb–subject agreement
• Assimilated, doubled, and defective verbs
• Verbs with hamza
• The subjunctive
• Kāna and its sisters
• Inna and its sisters
• Relative clauses
• The imperative (affirmative and negative)
• The passive
• The dual (verbs, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and relative clauses)

16 hours of classes in the Autumn Term.
22 hours of classes in the Winter Term.

Please refer to the LSE timetable for course teaching arrangements.

16 hours of classes in the AT. 22 hours of classes in the WT. 2 hours of group tutorial time, as arranged by the teacher during the AT, WT, ST. 

Textbook

• Hasan, L. (2016). Test your Arabic: Part 2. Lightning Source.

Copies are available in the LSE Library. Students will also be provided with a study pack.

Other useful materials

All titles below are available at the LSE Library.

• Brustad, K., Al-Batal, M., & Al-Tonsi, A. (2011). Al-Kitāb fī taʿallum al-ʿArabiyya, Part 1: A textbook for beginning Arabic. Georgetown University Press.
• Maisel, S. (2015). Speed up your Arabic: Strategies to avoid common errors. Routledge.
• Schulz, E. (2004). A student grammar of Modern Standard Arabic. Cambridge University Press.
• Wightwick, J., & Gaafar, M. (2009). Mastering Arabic 2. Palgrave Macmillan.

Dictionaries

• Awde, N., & Smith, K. (n.d.). Arabic-English, English-Arabic dictionary. Bennett & Bloom.
• Doniach, N. S. (Ed.). (1983). The Oxford English-Arabic dictionary of current usage. Oxford University Press.

Oral examination (30%).

Continuous assessment (70%).