The Arabic Letters

Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking

Course Title: The Arabic Letters Time: Three months (self-paced) Course Instructor: Aiyub Palmer Office Hours: 1 hour a week (time TBA) Course Materials: 1. Qasid online modules Technology Requirments:

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High speed internet connection Scanner or digital camera Printer Headphone with mic (for online office hours) Recording software (downloadable for free e.g. Audacity)

Time Commitment: 2-3 hours per week

Description of the Course:

This is a course that is meant to teach you how to read and write the Arabic letters so that you can graduate to the next important phase of your Arabic learning; communicating in Arabic. There is much more to learning the Arabic letter system than just memorizing letter forms. Mastery of the Arabic letter system takes lots of practice and step by step progression. Those who take the time to learn the Arabic letters with precision will develop a foundation to later build upon. There are over fifty forms that you need to master to recognize Arabic writing and pronounce Arabic words correctly. This course teaches you all of these forms in a programmed and systematic fashion building gradually letter by letter without randomly throwing letters at you that you havent seen before. Learning the Arabic letters is more than just learning to recognize letters in a word. Learning the Arabic letters is also about being able to pronounce letters correctly, write them, recognize them and write from dictation. This means that learning the Arabic letters is also about developing skills; listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. In this course you will be practicing the letters by using all of the four language skills. You will watch a video about each Arabic letter and accompanied form, you will write the letters yourself, connect letters to make words, listen and record yourself pronouncing these letters as well as learn key greetings and conversational phrases that will allow you to use the letters in words to convey meaning. Finally, you will get feedback from trained instructors on your progress through graded assignments. The goal by the end of this course is nothing less than mastery of all the forms you need to begin learning Arabic to communicate.

Goals and Objectives of the Course: 1. Goal 1: Write the Arabic letters and related forms in legible Arabic handwriting. Objective: Students will watch videos for each of the Arabic letters and then practice writing the letters by downloading the accompanying worksheets and submitting them as assignments. 2. Goal 2: Read Arabic words with correct pronunciation. Objective: Students will practice reading Arabic words and letter combinations of Arabic letters and then record themselves reading these words. Students will then submit their recordings for evaluation. 3. Goal 3: Listen to greetings and introductory phrases in Arabic. Objective: Students will listen to a series of greetings and introductory phrases in Arabic and then will reproduce these greetings by recording them and submitting them as assignments. 4. Goal 4: Build a preliminary vocabulary set in Arabic. Objective: Students will memorize vocabulary words for each module and practice reading and writing these words. Evaluation and assessment: Students will be graded based on the assignments that they submit. These assignments will become part of a student portfolio that will display each students ability to use Arabic letters. Syllabus:
Week Homework For Monday Homework For Wednesday Unit 01 Writing Video 1.2 Writing Worksheet 1.2.1 Reading Practice 1.3 Reading Assignment 1.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 1.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 1.4.1 Unit 03 Writing Video 3.2 Writing Worksheet 3.2.1 Reading Practice 3.3 Reading Assignment 3.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 3.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 2.4.1 Unit 05 Writing Video 5.2 Writing Worksheet 5.2.1 Reading Practice 5.3 Homework For Friday Unit 02 Writing Video 2.2 Writing Worksheet 2.2.1 Reading Practice 2.3 Reading Assignment 2.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 2.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 2.4.1 Unit 04 Writing Video 4.2 Writing Worksheet 4.2.1 Reading Practice 4.3 Reading Assignment 4.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 4.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 4.4.1 Unit 06 Writing Video 6.2 Writing Worksheet 6.2.1 Reading Practice 6.3

Unit 17 Writing Video 17.2 Writing Worksheet 17.2.1

Reading Assignment 5.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 5.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 5.4.1 Unit 07 Writing Video 7.2 Writing Worksheet 7.2.1 Reading Practice 7.3 Reading Assignment 7.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 7.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 7.4.1 Unit 09 Writing Video 9.2 Writing Worksheet 9.2.1 Reading Practice 9.3 Reading Assignment 9.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 9.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 9.4.1 Unit 11 Writing Video 11.2 Writing Worksheet 11.2.1 Reading Practice 11.3 Reading Assignment 11.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 11.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 11.4.1 Unit 13 Writing Video 13.2 Writing Worksheet 13.2.1 Reading Practice 13.3 Reading Assignment 13.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 13.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 13.4.1 Unit 15 Writing Video 15.2 Writing Worksheet 15.2.1 Reading Practice 15.3 Reading Assignment 15.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 15.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 15.4.1 Unit 18 Writing Video 18.2 Writing Worksheet 18.2.1

Reading Assignment 6.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 6.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 6.4.1 Unit 08 Writing Video 8.2 Writing Worksheet 8.2.1 Reading Practice 8.3 Reading Assignment 8.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 8.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 8.4.1 Unit 10 Writing Video 10.2 Writing Worksheet 10.2.1 Reading Practice 10.3 Reading Assignment 10.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 10.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 10.4.1 Unit 12 Writing Video 12.2 Writing Worksheet 12.2.1 Reading Practice 12.3 Reading Assignment 12.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 12.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 12.4.1 Unit 14 Writing Video 14.2 Writing Worksheet 14.2.1 Reading Practice 14.3 Reading Assignment 14.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 14.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 14.4.1 Unit 16 Writing Video 16.2 Writing Worksheet 16.2.1 Reading Practice 16.3 Reading Assignment 16.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 16.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 16.4.1 Unit 19 Writing Video 19.2 Writing Worksheet 192.2.1

Reading Practice 17.3 Reading Assignment 17.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 17.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 17.4.1 Unit 20 Writing Video 20.2 Writing Worksheet 20.2.1 Reading Practice 20.3 Reading Assignment 20.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 20.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 20.4.1 Unit 23 Writing Video 23.2 Writing Worksheet 23.2.1 Reading Practice 23.3 Reading Assignment 23.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 23.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 23.4.1 Unit 26 Writing Video 26.2 Writing Worksheet 26.2.1 Reading Practice 26.3 Reading Assignment 26.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 26.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 26.4.1 Submission of Portfolio 13

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Reading Practice 18.3 Reading Assignment 18.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 18.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 18.4.1 Unit 21 Writing Video 21.2 Writing Worksheet 21.2.1 Reading Practice 21.3 Reading Assignment 21.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 21.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 21.4.1 Unit 24 Writing Video 24.2 Writing Worksheet 24.2.1 Reading Practice 24.3 Reading Assignment 24.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 24.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 24.4.1 Unit 27 Writing Video 27.2 Writing Worksheet 27.2.1 Reading Practice 27.3 Reading Assignment 27.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 27.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 27.4.1

Reading Practice 19.3 Reading Assignment 19.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 19.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 19.4.1 Unit 22 Writing Video 22.2 Writing Worksheet 22.2.1 Reading Practice 22.3 Reading Assignment 22.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 22.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 22.4.1 Unit 25 Writing Video 25.2 Writing Worksheet 25.2.1 Reading Practice 25.3 Reading Assignment 25.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 25.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 25.4.1 Unit 28 Writing Video 28.2 Writing Worksheet 28.2.1 Reading Practice 28.3 Reading Assignment 2.3.1 Vocabulary and Converstation 28.4 Vocab/Conv Assignment 28.4.1 Student Evaluation and Feedback