Course Category: Arabic
Course Code: ARA 101
Instructor: Ustadha Nazish Mithaiwala
Duration: 14 weeks
Course Dates: Sept. 16 - Dec. 16, 2021
Day: Thursdays
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 pm CST
Live attendance is recommended whenever possible for the best learning experience. Recordings of the sessions will be made available for registered students who cannot attend live.
Daylight savings time will end in the United States on Sunday, November 7, 2021. Depending on where you live, this may or may not affect your class timing. In countries where DST is not applied at all, class will be one hour later starting November 7.
Prerequisites:
- Students should be women above the age of 17.
- ARA 100 or equivalent knowledge.
- Students enrolling in this course should have a cursory knowledge of the names, shapes and sounds of Arabic letters, as well as the ability to read and write the Arabic script. An understanding of grammar or any vocabulary is not a prerequisite for this stage.
Placement:
New students in the Arabic program are required to submit a placement test to be placed at the correct level. Once you have submitted and tests have been assessed, you will receive a recommendation for the appropriate course for your level.
Click here to Download Arabic Placement Test.
Course Description: The course is designed to equip students with knowledge of foundational grammar constructs to develop their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in the Arabic language. This will enable them to begin to access a variety of texts, from Quran and Hadith to modern newspaper articles and literary texts. The specially designed grammar curriculum, in coordination with the conversation course, gives students both the ability to comprehend a range of basic vocabulary and identify and utilize an increasingly broad array of grammatical structures, setting them firmly on the path for future learning and development of these skills.
Topics covered:
- Gender
- Definition
- Demonstratives
- Adjectives and Colors
- Nominal Sentences
- Pronouns and Prepositions
- Past Tense Verbs
- Present Tense Verbs
- The Subject and the Object
Course Requirements: Students are expected to attend the online lectures, complete one or more weekly assignments, complete a term project, submit a midterm and a final exam.
This is an online course so students will need:
- Access to internet with an internet speed of at least 2 Mbps recommended for best performance.
- Headphones, camera and microphone may be required for in-class participation.
- To access the live class and recordings, students will need a computer, smartphone, or tablet/iPad with the Zoom app.
Registration Fee: Non-refundable, non-transferable
Students will have access to course forums, recordings, and files until January 12th, 2022.
- $100.00 (not including the cost of the course materials)
- $20.00 late registration fee after September 10th (if seats are available)
- Auditing is not available for this course
Text: There is no textbook for this course. Handouts will be made available throughout the term.
Students are responsible for ordering their textbooks before the start of class. Ribaat textbooks are available to enrolled students at a discounted rate through Daybreak Press Global Bookshop. Once enrolled, students will have access to the discount code through the course forum.
Contact: For inquiries, contact registration@rabata.org
Registration for this course is now closed. Please visit us next term to enroll.