Arabic 101

Course Title:
Semester Credits:

Class Time and Place:

Course Instructor:


Office Hours:
 Elementary Modern Standard Arabic
4

M, W 4:00 - 6:00 PM (3527 FB)

Andrew Freeman; email: andyf@umich.edu; 763-8615;
http://www.umich.edu/~andyf/arabic102/syllabus.htm

Monday 3:00 - 4:00 PM 182 FB
Tuesday 3:00 - 4:00 PM PM Caribou Coffee shop, State St.
Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 PM PM 3527 Frieze Bldg
Course Materials:
Raji M. Rammuny, Arabic Sounds and Letters. A Beginning Programmed Course. Ann Arbor, 1998
Abboud, Peter et al. Elementary Modern Standard Arabic, Part I. -- orange book
Achievement Tests & Supplementary Materials: available at Kolossos, 310 E. Washington
Recommended:


 Course Tapes (available at the Language Resource Center in MLB)
Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic.
4th ed. Ithaca, 1994.

Course Requirements:

  1. You are required to attend class daily and participate in class.
  2. Written homework is assigned daily. You are responsible for keeping up with the exercises in the PC book, which will be collected and graded as a whole in October. Achievement tests will be collected and graded on the assigned value.
  3. Homework turned in late will be corrected, but you will receive no grade or credit. Make-up tests or quizzes are given only in exceptional cases.
  4. Tapes and machines are available at the Language Resource Center. Course tapes are also available for $13.50.

Course Grade:

Class Attendance and Participation
Sounds & Letters Tests & Workbook
Weekly Vocabulary Quizzes and other Assignments
Achievement Tests
Mid-Term
Final Examination
 10%
10%
15%
25%
20%
20%

Arabic 101

A.

ASL:
AT:
BT:
CP:
DR:
EMSA:
HW:
VOC:
VQ

Abbreviations

Arabic Sounds and Letters
Achievement Test
Basic Text
Comprehension Passage
Drill
Elementary Modern Standard Arabic
Homework
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz

B.

Wednesday, September 8

Monday, September 13
Wednesday, September 15

Monday, September 20

Wednesday, September 22
Monday, September 27

Wednesday, September 29
Monday, October 4
Wednesday, October 6
Monday, October 11
Wednesday, October 13
Monday, October 18
Wednesday, October 20



Monday, October 25
Wednesday, October 27
Monday, November 1
Wednesday November 3
Monday, November 8
Wednesday, November 10
Monday, November 15
Wednesday, November 17
Monday, November 22

Wednesday, November 24
Monday, November 29
Wednesday, December 1

Monday, December 3

Wednesday, December 8
Monday, December 13

Monday, December 20

Schedule

Introduction, Some Greetings (pg 25 ASL manual) ASL 1, 2
HW: ASL 3
ASL 3, 4, 5; HW: ASL 6
ASL 6, 7, 8; More Greetings (pg 26 ASL manual) HW: ASL
9, 10
Review Test ASL 1-10; Classroom objects (pg 28 ASL
manual) ASL 11; HW 12-13
ASL 12, 13, 14; HW: ASL 15, 16
ASL 15, 16, 17, 18; Courtesy Expressions(pg 30 ASL
manual)HW: ASL 19-20
Review; Test ASL 1-20
ASL Workbook due; EMSA 1. DR 2, 3, 4, 5,
AT 1; EMSA 2. BT, VOC. DR 6, 7, 8; HW: DR 6, 7
EMSA 3. BT, VOC DR 2, 3, 6, HW: DR 7, 9
AT 2. VQ 1-3; EMSA 3 DR 10; EMSA 4. BT, VOC
EMSA 4. DR 2, 3, 4, 5, HW: DR 7, 8
VQ 4; AT 3 (in class exercize).
EMSA Ch 4: Drills 7, 8 (in class) ;
EMSA 5. Start Basic Text & Vocab; Drills 2, 3 (in class);
HW: Drill 5 (due, fully voweled Oct 25)
AT 4; Voc Quiz 5; EMSA 5: DR 5, 7, 8, 10.
AT5. EMSA 6. BT, VOC. DR 1, 2, HW: DR 5
VQ 6; CP, DR 7, 8, 9 HW: DR 6, 8
Review. Mid-Term 1-6
AT6. EMSA 7. BT, VOC DR 2, 3, 5; HW DR 4, 6
EMSA 7., 4, 6, CP, DR 7, 9, HW: DR 12.
AT7. VQ 7; EMSA 8. BT, VOC, DR 2, 3; HW DR 6, 8, 9
EMSA 8 DR 6, 8, 9, 10, CP, DR 11, 13.
AT8. VQ 8; EMSA 9. BT, VOC, DR 1, 4, 5, CP HW DR 9,
10
EMSA 9 VQ 9, 9, 10, 13.
AT9. SEMSA 10. BT, VOC, DR 2, 3, 4, 5, HW: DR 8, 12
VQ 10, EMSA 10. DR 12; EMSA 11. VOC, BT, DR 1, 2, 3,
4
AT 10, VQ 11; EMSA 11. DR 5, 6, CP, DR 11, HW: DR 7,
8, 9, 12
VQ 11. EMSA 12. VOC, BT, DR 2, 4, HW: DR 8, 9
AT 11, EMSA 12. DR 8, 10, CP, DR 11
AT 12 due on or before the final
FINAL EXAM 8:00 - 10:00 AM (3520 FB)

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