20 hours over 10 weeks
Arabic Beginner
1 (literacy course):
Book and
material:
- YouTube videos: songs and reading videos + quizzes
- teacher's own material
- "Mastering Arabic 1" (unit 1-5 and half of unit 6)
Topics and
vocabulary:
- Greetings
- introducing yourself
- asking how do you do: male and female
- family members
- jobs: male and female
- Arabic cities
Grammar and
structures:
- the basic forms and the names of the letters
- the vocalisation signs
- Letter with the different vocalisation signs with examples
- Letters in groups: at the beginning, in the middle and at the end
- printed and handwritten letters
- attached and non-attached letters
- short vs. long vowels
- different positions of "hamza"
- open and tied up "tā'"
- demonstration pronouns, male and female
- attached possessive pronouns
- 2nd person singular, male and female
- 3rd person singular and plural, male and female
- sound (regular) male and female plural
- adverbial use of adjectives
Language skills:
- joining letters together
- distinguishing between emphatic and non-emphatic letters
- building simple sentences
- recognising male and female names
