Aims

The course is aimed at complete Advance and is designed over 1 term to improve and enable students to communicate in Arabic Fus-hah within a range of everyday situations using the four skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Arabic Fus-hah is the recognised means of formal spoken and written communication. Arabic Fus-hah is used in the Qur’an, traditional Islamic rescores and also used throughout the Arabic speaking world on official occasions, in education and the media.

The course is taught in Arabic. There is a balance between communicative activities, structure practice, grammar and vocabulary. Class size is limited to 20 students to maximise interactive learning.

Content

Language purposes and functions

In level Three B (Advanced stage), the realisation of these functions:

a) Builds in the specifications at Level Three A (Pre-Advanced stage) by giving more details to the language used
b) Uses the following range of areas:

Start maintaining and managing communication, e.g.:
– asking for repetition
– monitoring comprehension
Using conversational techniques, e.g.:
– turn taking
– hesitating
– handling interruptions
Giving information (detailed and general)
Describing
Managing ideas, e.g.:
– ordering
– presenting
– connecting and summarising
Asking for and giving opinions
Justifying opinions
Responding to options
Agreeing / disagreeing
Evaluating options
Adapting performance to context
Asking for and Giving reasons
Comparing, contrasting
Highlighting information
Persuading
Making and responding to suggestion
Expressing obligation and lack of obligation
Expressing and responding to attitudes and emotions
Talking about the present
Talking about the future
Predicting / offering
Expressing intention
Talking about the past
Handling narrative
Expressing degrees of certainty and doubt
Talking about (im)probability, (im)possibility and hypothesis
Talk about conditions and consequences
Giving advice

Grammar and Linguistic Structures

In this level students are required to show knowledge of the grammar and linguistic structures to express the language purposes and functions described above:

General Introduction to Derived Forms of the Trilateral Verb
Form: II (فَعَّلََ )
Form: IV (أَفْعَلََ )
Conditional Sentences (الْجُمْلةُ اَلشَّرْطِية )
Exception (الإسْتِثْنَاء )
The Permutative (الْبَدَلَ )
The Absolute Object (الْمَفْعُول اَلْمطْلَق )
De-Verbal Noun (الْمَصْدر )
The Numerical Adverbs (اسْمُ اَلْمَرَّة )
Form: III (فَاعَلََ )
Form: V (تَفَعَّلََ )
Form: VI (تَفَاعَلََ )
Form: VII (انْفَعَلََ )
Form: VIII (افْتَعَل )
Form: IX (افْعَلََّ )
Form: X (اسْتَفْعَلََ )
Form: XI
The Broken Plural (جَمْعُ اَلتَّكْسِير )
The Verb (ظَنََّ ) and ‘her sisters’
The use of (لامُ اَلابْتِدَاء )

Vocabulary Area

The vocabulary areas used in this level consists of common items occur in the everyday vocabulary of native speakers using the target language today in a range of predictable everyday areas. Some items may be glossed to aid students. Please consult the vocabulary detailed list for more information.

Pre-requisite

This course is aimed at students who have successfully completed level Three A with SAIS or a suitable equivalent.

Materials

The text book that will be used is ‘The Arabic Course of Madinah Islamic University for English Students, vol. 3 (chapter 16 – end of the book)’ by Professor V. Abd Al-Raheem. Other texts will also be used throughout the course to aid learning however it will not be necessary to buy these books or for SAIS to provide different textbooks as online copies and handouts will be available, electronic and short videos will also be used to help the students during the course.

Assessment and Homework

Homework will be given every lesson in order to help the student to connect with the subject, homework carries 48 % of the total end of level mark. The homework will be biased on particular exercises from the text book, as well as from Surah Al-‘Araaf (Surah no 7). There will also be a mid-term assessment as well as the end of the course exam which carries 52 % of the total mark. This exam will be based on the reading and writing skills covered at this level.

Course References

There are many references to support students in this level, however, most of these references are in Arabic language. Please consult the detailed course references list. Here are some of these books:

“Access to Qur’anic Arabic” – By AbdulWahid Hamid
“Mastering Arabic Grammar” – By Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar
“Mastering Arabic” – By Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar
“Al-Arabiya Bayn Yadayk” – (Arabic in Your Hands)
“Qisas – an – Nabiyin” – By Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
“Al-Qiraat – ar – Rashida” – By Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
“Sirat – Khatim – an – Nabiyin” – By Sayyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
“Mini English – Arabic & Arabic – English Dictionary” – By Wagdi Rizk Ghali
“Arabic – Arabic Dictionary” – By Al-Fakhr Ar-Raazee
“Arabic – English Dictionary” – Hans Wehr a dictionary of modern written Arabic

SAIS provides all these references for sale for any student wishes to purchase them. These references are also available in the classrooms to be used by teachers and students.

Vocabulary List

Students in this Level will learn and memorise about 200 vocabularies. These vocabularies are used in different areas and takes account of the nine different areas mentioned earlier. However, only student who are registered for the course will get this list.

Grammar List

Students in this level will cover different areas of grammar, within the appropriate functional area. However, only student who are registered for the course will get this list.