ARABIC LANGUAGE
cod. 03708

Academic year 2017/18
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Lingua e letteratura araba (L-OR/12)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub:
course unit
in - - -

Learning objectives

Learning Arabic as a foreign language is a lifelong process. Therefore the aim of this course is the one of providing students the basics of the language and tools to approach more advanced courses in the future, in Europe or abroad.

Prerequisites

no

Course unit content

Arabic alphabet will be studied and analysed in detail, in order to learn the right “behaviour” and pronunciation of each letter. At the end students will be able to read Arabic words (with vowels) and understand simple Modern Standard Arabic texts. Grammar will also be studied in depth: names (with the three cases), pronouns, prepositions (and the most common complements) adjectives (attributes), nominal clause, and some frequently used verbs will be among the topics.
At the same time students will learn basic spoken M.S.A., so that they can hold simple conversations.

Full programme

Class 1
Self Introduction and Presentation of the Course. Introduction to Arabic Language
Letters Bā’, Tā’ and Alif.

Class 2
Exercises on Bā’, Tā’ and Alif
Greetings
Letters Thā’, Nūn, Wāw and Yā
The Arabic Article
“Short Vowels”, Fatha, Kasra, Damma, Tanwīn + Sukūn and Shadda

Class 3
Exercises on previously studied letters and on greetings
The structure of Arabic Language, three-letter roots
Letters Jīm, Ħā, Khā and Ha.
Hamza

Class 4
Exercises on previously studied letters, pronunciation, reading.
“pleasantries” and self introduction
Arabic Numbers
Letters Dāl, Dhāl and Rā and Zay.
Tā’ Marbūta

Class 5
Exercises on previously studied letters, pronunciation, reading and translation
Conversation: Days of the week
The name and its attribute
Letters Sīn and Shīn.

Class 6
Exercises on previously studied letters, pronunciation, reading and translation
Conversation: Months of the Year and Seasons
Prepositions
Enphatic Letters Sād, Dād, Tā’, Zā’

Class 7
Exercises on previously studied letters, pronunciation, reading and translation
Conversation exercises with new elements
Nominal Clause
Letters ‘Ayn, Gayn, Lām, Mīm.

Class 8
Exercises on previously studied letters, pronunciation, reading and translation
Conversation exercises with new elements
Nominal Clause
Letters Fā’, Qāf and Kāf
Dictation Exercise

Class 9,
Regular three-letter verbs. The Past Tense
Dictation Exercise

Class 10
General Revision

Bibliography

Badawi el-Said, al-Kitāb al-asāsī fī ta‘līm al-lugha al-‘arabiya li-ghayr al-nātiqīn bihā (A Basic Course for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers), Volume 1, Cairo, Egypt, The American University in Cairo Press, 2009. (will be scanned and emailed to students, it not easy to find).

2-Veccia Vaglieri, L., "Grammatica teorico-pratica della lingua araba", Roma 1936, Istituto per l’Oriente.

Teaching methods

Taught class, written and oral exercises, role play, audiovisuals

Assessment methods and criteria

Revising exercises, final exam

Other information

- - -