Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) Language Course
Beginner
– The alphabets: pronunciation, reading, writing
– Short vowels, long vowels, tanween
– Signs: ء, ّ, ْ, ~
– The definite article ال
– Basic greetings and expressions
– How to introduce yourself
– Recall the numbers 1-10
– Learn the days of the week
– Basic colours
TOPICS:
– How to introduce yourself/people
– Family and Friends (three parts)
– Talking about where you come from
– Asking questions
– Countries, nationalities and capital cities
– Weather
GRAMMER:
– Gender: masculine and feminine
– Plural words
– Types of pronouns
– Present tense and its negation
Plus extra supporting material
Brustad, Kristen et al. Al-Kitāb Fī Taʻallum Al-ʻarabīyah, Part One. 2nd ed.
Online audio and video materials replacing the CD/DVD: Al-Kitaab Part One, Second Edition via Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program.
Plus extra supporting material
Pre-intermediate
TOPICS:
– Hobbies
– Share your nationality, profession, and family
– Prices in the market and going shopping
– Recall the numbers 11-100
– Describe your daily routine
– How to tell the time
– How to enquire about hotels
GRAMMER:
– How to answer “why?”
– Infinitive
– Nominal sentences
– Past tense and its negation
– Ordinal numbers
– Quantifiers
Online audio and video materials replacing the CD/DVD: Al-Kitaab Part One, Second Edition via Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program.
Plus extra supporting material
Intermediate
TOPICS:
– Talk about friends and family
– Talk about feelings and opinion
– Recall the months of the year
– Making difficult decisions
– Arabic culture: Tunisia
– Describing places
GRAMMER:
– Comparative adjectives
– Superlative adjectives
– Different noun case endings
– Relative pronouns
– Learning the usage of “that”
– Future tense and its negation
– Negation revision
Online audio and video materials replacing the CD/DVD: Al-Kitaab Part One, Second Edition via Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program.
Plus extra s
