Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) Language Course – The Islamic College

Beginner–           The alphabet: pronunciation, reading, writing

–           Short vowels, long vowels, tanween

–           Signs: ء, ّ, ْ, ~

–           The definite article ال

–           Basic greetings and expressions

–           How to introduce yourself

–           Recall the numbers 1-10

–           Learn the days of the week

–           Basic colours

TOPICS:

–           How to introduce yourself/people

–           Family and Friends (three parts)

–           Talking about where you come from

–           Asking questions

–           Countries, nationalities and capital cities

–           Weather

GRAMMER:

–           Gender: masculine and feminine

–           Plural words

–           Types of pronouns

–           Present tense and its negation

Brustad, Kristen et al. Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds. 3rd ed.

Plus extra supporting material

Brustad, Kristen et al. Al-Kitāb Fī Taʻallum Al-Arabīyah, Part One. 2nd ed.

Online audio and video materials replacing the CD/DVD: Al-Kitaab Part One, Second Edition via Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program.

Plus extra supporting material

Pre-intermediate

TOPICS:

–           Hobbies

–           Share your nationality, profession, and family

–           Prices in the market and going shopping

–           Recall the numbers 11-100

–           Describe your daily routine

–           How to tell the time

–           How to enquire about hotels

GRAMMER:

–           How to answer “why?”

–           Infinitive

–           Nominal sentences

–           Past tense and its negation

–           Ordinal numbers

–           Quantifiers

Brustad, Kristen et al. Al-Kitāb Fī Taʻallum Al-Arabīyah, Part One. 2nd ed.

Online audio and video materials replacing the CD/DVD: Al-Kitaab Part One, Second Edition via Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program.

Plus extra supporting material

Intermediate

TOPICS:

–           Talk about friends and family

–           Talk about feelings and opinion

–           Recall the months of the year

–           Making difficult decisions

–           Arabic culture: Tunisia

–           Describing places

GRAMMER:

–           Comparative adjectives

–           Superlative adjectives

–           Different noun case endings

–           Relative pronouns

–           Learning the usage of “that”

–           Future tense and its negation

–           Negation revision

Brustad, Kristen et al. Al-Kitāb Fī Taʻallum Al-Arabīyah, Part One. 2nd ed.

Online audio and video materials replacing the CD/DVD: Al-Kitaab Part One, Second Edition via Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program.

Plus extra supporting material