ARAB 2311 Intermediate Arabic I

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1 ARAB 2311 Intermediate Arabic I Textbook: Al-Kitaab fii Ta allum al- Arabiyya with DVD: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic (Part One) by Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal and Abbas Al-Tonsi, 3 nd Edition, Georgetown University Press, 2011; Companion website: Purchase access with a credit card at alkitaabtextbook.com (Registration Instructions provided by Instructor). Course Description: Review and application of skills in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Emphasizes conversation, vocabulary acquisition, reading, composition, and culture This course fulfills the Language, Philosophy, and Culture foundational component area, or the Additional Language, Philosophy, and Culture component area option of the core, and addresses the following required objectives: Critical Thinking, Communication, Social Responsibility, and Personal Responsibility. Prerequisites ARAB 1412 or departmental approval Learning Outcomes: 1 Demonstrate comprehension of authentic spoken discourse produced by Arabic speakers of diverse origins. (Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills and Social Responsibility) 2 Produce oral Arabic comprehensible to native speakers using complex grammatical structures to narrate, describe, and elicit information. (Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Social Responsibility and Personal Responsibility) 3 Demonstrate increasing comprehension of authentic written texts in a variety of genres. (Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills and Social Responsibility) 4 Write descriptions and narratives at a low intermediate level using complex grammatical structures. Demonstrate ability to formulate cohesive paragraphs and short/simple essays. (Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills) 5 Describe cultural practices and products of the Arabic speaking world drawing on authentic materials including literature and the visual arts. (Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Social Responsibility and Personal Responsibility) Objectives: Critical Thinking Skills: ARAB 2311 includes the skills of creative thinking, innovation, inquiry and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information by teaching students to analyze,

2 interpret, comprehend, and produce spoken and written linguistic communication including both verbal and non-verbal cues at a low intermediate level. Students read and comprehend assigned texts, write essays to question author's purpose, summarize main ideas, and logically consider alternative conclusions. Communication: The Intermediate Arabic I courses include effective development, interpretation, and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication. Students must demonstrate the ability to communicate orally and in writing with native language speakers and logically analyze significant points of view. Since current trends in language pedagogy include video presentation as well as web and audio blogs, this additionally includes interpretation and production of culturally specific non-verbal communication. This course will assist and evaluate the abilities students need to effectively communicate their ideas by providing modeling of good communication and providing opportunity for the students to present oral and written compositions. Personal Responsibility: Due to the inherent differences between the culture of the target language and that of the native language, students are shown to evaluate their own ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making as well as identify why someone from a different culture may make different decisions based on their distinct beliefs and values. Students articulate their own ethical values and identify the origin of their values. Students have an awareness and understanding of the choices they make and why they make them. Students are able to reference factors that influence their decisions. Students recognize ethical issues in the social context of problems. Students are able to make connections between their standards of behavior and the world that surrounds them. Their decision-making reflects awareness of issues beyond their immediate environment and show evidence that they are able to make such connections. Students analyze alternative ethical perspectives and predict the ramifications of those perspectives to a situation. Students demonstrate that they are able to see more than one approach or perspective to a situation and can think systematically about possible consequences stemming from actions based on these perspectives. Social Responsibility: The Intermediate Arabic I courses increase a student s intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility and ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities by methodically evaluating implications and consequences of actions taken related to the specific countries of the target language. Students gather evidence from reliable sources in order to write short essays demonstrating their knowledge of the target languages regional and national issues as well as overall global issues thereby gaining a greater awareness of their own civic responsibility.

3 Students identify social and/or aesthetic issues and analyze them in light of a variety of cultural perspectives. Students identify and critique the broader impact (regional, national, and global) of their social, political, aesthetic, or economic issue. Students identify and appraise the impact of prejudices on attitudes and behaviors. Teamwork: This course utilizes cooperative learning in order to develop teamwork. This includes, but it is not limited to discussions, reciprocal teaching, writing, problem solving, group presentations, etc. Grading System Class Participation/Attendance 10% 3 Tests (15% each) 45% Quizzes/Homework 15% Oral Exam 10% Comprehensive Final Exam 20% In accordance with the San Antonio College grading standard, final course grades will be assigned on the basis of the following scale: = A = B = C = D Below 60 = F Assignments Sample: Week Date Topic/Classroom Activity Homework 1 Aug. 28 Introduction to the course. Discussion of course objectives & requirements Conversation Activity Aug. 30 Al- Kitaab: Review Lessons 5 & 6 Review Lessons 5 & 6. 2 Sep. 04 Al- Kitaab: Review Lessons 7, 8, 9 Review Lessons 7, 8 & 9.

4 Sep. 06 Activate vocabulary: Drills 3, 4 Vocabulary Quiz 1 1. Learn New Vocabulary pages : Drills 1, 2, 7. Sep. 11 Story : Drills 6, Listen to the story in MSA: Drill Sep. 13 Grammar : Drills 8, 10, Study Grammatical Notes pages : Drills: 9,12. Sep. 18 Dialogue : Drill Dialogue : Drill Study Cultural Notes on page 209 & Sep. 20 Reading Exercise : Drill 18 Review Exercises: Drills 16, Review Exercises: Drills 16, Sep. 25 Sep. 27 Activate vocabulary: Drill 5 Vocabulary Quiz 2 Story : Drills 6, Learn New Vocabulary pages : Drills 1, 2,3, 4, 8 2. Listen to the story in MSA: Drill 13. Oct. 02 Grammar : Drills10, Study Grammatical Note pages : Drills 9, Study Grammatical Note pages Oct. 04 Dialogue : Drill Dialogue : Drill Study Cultural Notes on page Oct. 09 Reading Exercise : Drill 20 Review Exercises: Drills 18, Review Exercises: Drills 18, 19. Oct. 11 Al-Kitaab: Test 1 (Lessons 10 & 11) Prepare for Test 1.

5 8 Oct. 16 Oct. 18 Activate vocabulary: Drill 5 Vocabulary Quiz 3 Story : Drills 6, Learn New Vocabulary pages : Drills 1, 2,3, 4, 7 2. Listen to the story in MSA: Drill 10. Oct. 23 Grammar : Drills 8, Study Grammatical Note pages : Drill Study Grammatical Note pages : Drill 12 9 Oct. 25 Dialogue : Drill Dialogue : Drill Study Cultural Notes on page Oct. 30 Review Exercise : Drill 17 Reading Exercises: Drill Listening Exercises: Drills Writing Exercise: Drill Review Exercise: Drill 17. Nov. 01 Al-Kitaab: Test 2 (Lesson 12) Prepare for Test Nov. 06 Nov. 08 Activate vocabulary: Drills1, 5 Vocabulary Quiz 4 Story : Drills 6, Learn New Vocabulary pages : Drills 2, 3, 4, Listen to the story in MSA: Drill 10. Nov. 13 Grammar : Drill Study Grammatical Note pages : Drill Study Grammatical Note pages : Drill 11, Nov. 15 Dialogue : Drill Dialogue : Drill Study Cultural Notes on page 263.

6 13 Nov. 20 Review Exercise : Drill 17 Reading Exercises: Drill Listening Exercises: Drills Writing Exercise: Drill Review Exercise: Drill 19. Nov. 22 Holiday 14 Nov. 27 Al-Kitaab: Test 3 (Lesson 13) Prepare for Test Nov. 29 Oral Presentation Dec. 04 Oral Presentation Dec. 06 Cultural Activity/ Movie Dec. 11 Review for Final Dec. 13 Final Prepare for Oral Presentation Prepare for Oral Presentation Prepare for Final Prepare for Final Prepare for Final

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