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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 2-24-1998 |
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ARB201
1998 Fall – 1999 Summer II |
LEC
4.0 Credit(s) 5.0 Period(s) 4.7 Load Acad |
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Intermediate
Arabic I |
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Review of essential grammar of the Arabic language and
study of the Arabic culture. Continued practice and development of reading,
writing, and speaking skills. Emphasis on both fluency and accuracy in the
spoken language. Prerequisites: ARB102 or permission of Department
or Division. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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ARB201 1998
Fall – 1999 Summer II |
Intermediate Arabic I |
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Paragraphs from Arabic newspaper, write compositions in
Arabic, take dictation, and translate sentences. (I) |
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Use dependent and independent pronouns, and use numerals
with and without counted nouns in Arabic. (II) |
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Conjugate the
perfect verb (masculine and feminine), command (imperative), and negative
command, use the passive voice, and use the prefixes of future tense. (II) |
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Use adjectives and adverbs. (II) |
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Use interrogative structure, conjunction, and definite
articles. (II) |
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Conjugate the
dual forms of verbs, nouns, and pronouns, and identify the sound plural and
broken plural (feminine and masculine). (II) |
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Use comparative and superlative structure in Arabic. (II) |
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Use welcoming and greeting expressions for morning in
Arabic. (III) |
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Translate and use some Arabic idioms. (IV) |
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Describe
current events taking place in the Arabic countries, and identify geographic
and cultural diversities in the Arabic countries. (V) |
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MCCCD
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ARB201 1998
Fall – 1999 Summer II |
Intermediate Arabic I |
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I. Vocabulary Development A. Reading 1. About culture 2. Literature and poetry 3. Newspaper 4. Arabic subjects on the
Internet B. Composition and
dictation II. Grammar Structure A. Sentences 1. Equational
sentence, subject and predicate 2. Verbal sentence, verb
and subject B. Verbs 1. Perfect (past tense) 2. Imperfect indicative:
present tense, habitual, and future a. Forming future tense by
prefixing "SA" or using "SAWFA" before the imperfect
indicative b. Using five singular
conjugations of the future tense 3. Command (imperative) a. With sound ending b. With weak ending c. Imperative command
"come on" d. Negative commands e. Conjugation of command
verbs in singular, dual and plural forms, masculine and feminine 4. Intransitive verb
structures 5. Transitive verb
structures C. Pronouns 1. Personal suffixed and
independent 2. Demonstrate 3. Relative pronouns 4. Interrogative 5. Dual pronouns 6. Pronouns attached to
verbs (masculine and feminine) a. Singular b. Dual c. Plural D. Adjectives 1. Descriptive 2. Gender (masculine and
feminine) 3. Number (singular, dual,
and plural) 4. Relative adjective to
express nationalities 5. Noun-adjective
demonstrative structures E. Adverbs 1. Adverbial structure to
express time 2. Adverbial structure to
express place F. Negative words: ma, la,
and lam G. Conjunction: fa, wa, aw, thumma,
bal, lakken, la, awo and
am H. Prepositions: ala, fee,
men, beh, le, aan, ka, ela, and munzu I. Interrogative structure:
ayy, man, hal, lemaxa, maza, mata, ayna, and kam J. Definite article 1. Solar a1, al ashamsya 2. Lunar a1, al alquamarya K. Numerals 1. Cardinal numbers 2. Ordinal numbers III. Speaking and Listening
Skills A. Arabic songs and music B. News C. Arabic poetry D. Greetings and welcoming
terms IV. Idioms A. The verb-preposition
idiom B. Conjugation with
different subjects V. History and Culture A. People, history,
customs, religion, traditions, holidays, lunar calendar, and food B. Geography of Arabic
countries C. Current events D. Field trips |