ARAB 121 - Elementary Arabic

5 Credits

A comprehensive beginning Arabic course, which includes instruction and practice in all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The class will be conducted almost exclusively in Arabic.

Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Online
Designed to Serve Transfer students who need to fulfill a language requirement; students interested in Arabic language and culture.
Active Date 20210211T14:42:26

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 25
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
AA

Humanities Area I

Course Outline

Arabic alphabet
Pronunciation/sound systems
Basic vocabulary:
Common daily greetings/ introductions (formal/ informal)
Arabic names/ family members
Responding to simple questions
Grammar:
Gender (masc/femn), noun, adjective phrases, plural forms (non-human plural)
Subject pronoun
Define article
Nominal sentences
Asking questions
Possessive pronouns
Introduction to present tense
Introduction to Arabic cultures/ Arab World/ Arabic Dialects.

Student Learning Outcomes
Interpersonal. Express self in conversations on very familiar topics, using a variety of words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions that have been highly practiced and memorized.

Interpretive. Answer questions and articulate the meaning of the main idea from simple, highly predictable oral, or written texts, with strong visual support.

Presentational. Present information in front of an audience on very familiar topics, using a variety of words, phrases and sentences that have been practiced and memorized.

Cultural. Use culturally appropriate gestures and formulaic expressions in highly practiced applications for interpersonal written and oral communication.

Comparisons. Compare and contrast own culture and language to derive meaning from visual or written texts.

Connections. Present and discuss concepts and information of other disciplines through the Arabic language.

Communities. Participate in communities at home and abroad in Arabic.