On completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Discuss the countries and cultures in which Arabic is spoken, including their ethnic identity, religion, and social structure 
• Identify the basic grammatical categories of the language and be able to benefit from description and correction that use these terms
• Understand with difficulty sentence-length utterances in face-to-face conversations of basic personal background and needs, social conventions and routine tasks, such as getting meals and receiving simple instructions and directions
• Ask and answer questions, initiate and respond to simple statements, and maintain face-to-face conversation with difficulty in a limited number of interactive, task-oriented, and social situations such as introducing self, ordering a meal, asking directions, and making purchases
• Understand main ideas and/or some facts from the simplest connected written messages in Arabic alphabet with social purposes and information for the widest possible audience, such as public announcements and short, straightforward instructions dealing with public life, basic personal and social needs. Such messages are linguistically noncomplex and have a clear underlying internal structure, for example, chronological sequencing
• Recognize the symbols of the Arabic alphabet and identify an increasing number of highly contextualized words and/or phrases including cognates and borrowed words
• Write short messages, postcards, and take down simple notes, such as telephone messages in the Arabic alphabet in recombinations of learned vocabulary and structures into simple sentences on very familiar topics
• Copy or transcribe familiar words or phrases in the Arabic alphabet and reproduce some from memory. Can write all the symbols in the Arabic alphabet.

A continuation of ARAB 111, this course is taught using a global approach.  This essentially means that the goal of the course is to immerse the student in the culture and language that they are attempting to acquire.  This course is taught at a functional level and focuses on enabling the student to communicate in the target environment.  Grammar is learned in relation to function throughout the course rather than through repetition drills.

Upon successful completion of all four terms of the program, the average learner should be able to achieve a proficiency level within the Intermediate Mid range as set forth by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).

The Arabic language is part of the Hamito-Semitic family of languages and thus related to Hebrew and Ethiopian. More than 200 million people living in 21 countries extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Persian Gulf speak Arabic. It is the official language of all the Arab nations in the Middle East and northern Africa. Arabic is the language of the Quran, the sacred book of the Islamic religion and is also an official language of the United Nations.

The final grade in this course will be based on the following activities:

In-class participation         20 points
Homework & Daily assignments   20 points
Weekly quizzes                 30 points
Final exam                     30 points
Total                          100 points

A = 90-100 points
B = 80-89
C = 70-79
D = 60-69
F = below 60
There are no extra credit assignments available as substitutes or make-ups for any of the course requirements.

Concrete, specific course objectives include but are not limited to the following:

1. Learn Arabic Prepositions.
2. Expand basic vocabulary.
3. Learn the proper use of demonstratives, contrasting, and negation.
4. Acquire the basic skills in reading and writing simple words and sentences.
5. Use definitive article.
6. Identify objects.
7. Understand colloquial Arabic.
8. Seek and provide information.
9. Ask Questions
10.Learn the Arabic numbering system.
11.Describe situations
12.Use dual nouns.
13.Understand number-noun agreement.
14.Use the present tense.
15.Describe activities.
16.Use cases of the noun.
17.Use the imperative.
18.Use plurals and adverbials.

Meeting 1 - Review of Units 1 through 5

Meeting 2 - Review of Units 6 through 10

Meeting 3 - Unit 11: Plurals and colors

Meeting 4 - Unit 12: Talking about the past

Meeting 5 - Unit 13: Numbers 11 to 100
                     "Wish you were here."

Meeting 6 - Review of Units 11 through 13

Meeting 7 - Unit 14: Days of the week
                     Singular and plural verbs

Meeting 8 - Unit 15: Review unit

Meeting 9 - Review of Units 11 through 15

Meeting 10 - Unit 16: "Every day" - present tense - negatives

Meeting 11 - Unit 17: Eating and drinking - shopping for food
                      - the restaurant

Meeting 12 - Unit 18: Comparisons - "was/were" - weak verbs

Meeting 13 - Unit 19: Talking about the future

Meeting 14 - Review of units 16 through 19

Meeting 15 - Unit 20: Review of entire course

Meeting 16 - FINAL EXAM