Beginning of Arabic course designed to introduce learners of Arabic as a second/foreign language to the basic structures of Arabic and to its uses in common situations of everyday communication. The students will continue to systematically listen to recorded texts, reading written productions of these texts, learning specific basic vocabulary and building up an additional vocabulary repertoire of about 500-600 words. I introduce the alphabet and spelling conventions of modern standard Arabic, after that I will focus on the four communication skills (reading, speaking, listening and writing) and we will immerse ourselves in Arabic language and culture through serialized and audio-visually enhanced activities. Basic grammatical rules related to nouns, verbs and particles will be learned, not as an end in themselves, but as a necessary tool to understanding how the language works.

進度 Syllabus
第1週
• Discussion of Syllabus
• The Arabic Alphabet and writing of Letters
• Independent, initial, medial, final:
• Introduce the shapes of the letters and how to join them to other letters.
第2週
• Diacritics: Fatha, Kasra, Damma, Sukun
• Consonants
• Vowels (long and short)
• The interrogative sentences: No, Yes.
• Teaching some important words that are used in class

第3週
• Unit 1: Introduce yourself閱讀自我介紹 :التعارف
• Students will learn how to introduce themselves, for example how to say their names, countries and jobs
• Students will also learn how to tell their nationalities
第4週
• Introduce pronouns
• Introduce the singular and plural suffix pronouns and how to use them.
• Prepositions to learn: Inside: Above: Today: Since: Below: in front of: behind.
第5週
• Unit 2: in Airport فى المطار
• Reading and listening the text
• Students will learn words for making conversations in airport for example check-in, passport, baggage, and filling international ID card
• 文法:الفعل مضارع enstt tsenpre
第6週
• Unit 3 Hotel في الفندق
• Reading and listening the text:القراءة الحوار في الفندق
• Students will learn some words for making conversations in hotel reservation for example, name, occupation, address, room and some facilities in hotel
• Simple suffixes and how to attach them to verbs.
第7週
• Unit 4 Restaurant في المطعم
• Students will learn some words for making conversations in restaurants with waiters or for ordering food, for example, breakfast, lunch, dinner, beverage, knife, spoon, folk, plate and facilities in the Restaurant
• 文法:الفعل الماضى pass tense
第8週
• Unit 5 Bank في البنك 閱讀 : القراءة النص البنك
• Students will learn how to make conversations in banks when changing money
• The numbers up to ten and twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, one hundred.
• 文法 : imperative tense :الفعل الامر
第9週 （Mid-term exam）
This is a comprehensive and cumulative exam covering all the material learned in the book.
第10週
• Unit 6: in the Hospital 閱讀:عند الطبيب
• Students will learn how to make conversations in hospitals with a doctor and will learn some names of sickness
第11週
• Unit 7. In this class student will learn the main parts of the Human Body
• Students will learn the grammar that is related with numbers. 文法 :القواعد بالا رقام 數字運用
• The days of the week.
第12週
• Unit 8: Family
• Students will learn the words about family for example: father, mother, uncle, aunt, grandfather, grandmother, wife, husband, cousin, brother, sister
• Grammar : Future tense文法:الفعل المستقبل
第13週
• Unit 9: in the Street 會話:الحوار في الطريق
• Students will learn how to ask addresses and give directions to someone
• Students will learn some transportation tools
• The Colors: Masculine & Feminine
第14週
• Unit 10: in the Post Office في مكتب البريد
• Students will learn the words for sending letter, package, buying stamp and writing address in Arabic
• Introduce some basic words like mail, letter, envelope, sender, receiver, airmail
第15週
• Unit 11: What are you doing?
• Students will learn some names of occupations
• Practice : Masculine & Feminine
• Months of the years
第16週
• Unit 12: What Time is it? الزمن كم الساعة
• Students will learn asking time
• Introduce some basic words like minute, second, quarter, half and clock
第17週
• Unit 13 in the greengrocer
• Reading Dialogue
• Students will learn same fruits and vegetables names
• General Review
第18週 （Final Exam）
This is a comprehensive and cumulative exam covering all the material learned in the book.