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Beginning Arabic I: ARBC0101B

Middlebury College

Fall 2011
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Week 1
Date	Alif Baa Unit #	Content covered on/by that date	Homework: Reading and preparation (this is what you read before coming to class that day, not after)	Homework to turn in (this is the date the homework is due, not the date it is assigned)
Mon Sept 12	Unit 1	Introductions: Saying greetings and introducing one’s name in Arabic Administrivia (AKA boring stuff)
Tue Sept 13		Vocabulary and conversation: Greetings and Introductions (p. 15) What do you know about Arabic? Transliteration chart: Drill 2 (p. 13).	- Read ‘Preface to the student’ pp. vii-ix - Read pp. 2-17 of Unit 1 and do all the exercises and drills on these pages. - Make sure to study the transliteration chart (pp. 11-12) - Familiarize yourself with the maSrii vocabulary on p. 15.	- Turn in: Drill 1 (p. 10); Drill 3 (p. 13).
Wed Sept 14	Unit 2	Vocabulary and Conversation Contrasts between formal and spoken Arabic: Drill 4. Scene 1 (p. 16) Arabic letters and sounds: ا ب ت ث و ي	- Read pp. 20-33 of Unit 2 and do all the exercises and drills on these pages.	- Turn in: Drill 1 (p.21); Drill 2 (p. 27); Drill 3 (p. 29); Drill 4 (p.31); Drill 5 (p. 33).
Thu Sept 15		Vocabulary and conversation: Meeting people (p. 41-42) Yes-no questions and how to answer them Arabic letters and sounds cont.: Marking short vowels	- Read pp. 34-44 of Unit 2 and do all the exercises and drills on these pages. - Study the maSrii vocabulary on pp. 41-42 to prepare for Drill 14 on p. 43. - Do Drill 15 (p. 43) to practice the vocabulary. - Watch Scene 2 video to prepare for Drill 17.	- Turn in: Drill 6 (p. 35); Drill 7 (p. 35); Drill 8 (p. 36); Drill 10 (p. 38).
Fri Sept 16	Unit 3	Vocabulary and conversation: Greeting people (pp. 61-62) Arabic letters and sounds cont.: ج ح خ	- Read pp. 46-53 of Unit 3 and do all the exercises and drills. - Study the maSrii vocabulary on pp. 61-62 and do Drill 14.	- Turn in: Drill 11 (p. 39); Drill 13 (pp. 39-40); Drill 1 (p. 48); Drill 2 (p. 51); Drill 4 (pp. 52-53).
Week 2
Date	Alif Baa Unit #	Content covered on/by that date	Homework: Reading and preparation (this is what you read before coming to class that day, not after)	Homework to turn in (this is the date the homework is due, not the date it is assigned)
Mon Sept 19		Quiz 1 on Units 1 and 2 Vocabulary and conversation cont. Arabic letters and sounds cont.: sukuun ْ و and ي as consonants	- Read pp. 54-59 of Unit 3 and do all the exercises and drills. - Continue studying the maSrii vocabulary as well as the formal Arabic vocabulary on pp. 61-62 and do Drill 15.	- Turn in: Drill 7 (p. 56); Drill 8 (p. 57); Drill 10 (p. 58); Drill 11 (p. 59).
Tue Sept 20	Unit 4	Vocabulary and conversation: Introductions (p. 74-75) Arabic numbers Arabic letters and sounds cont.: hamza ء	- Read pp. 66-76 of Unit 4 and do all the exercises and drills. - Study the section on Arabic numerals and numbers. - Study the maSrii vocabulary on pp. 74-75 and prepare for Drill 4. Scene 4A and Scene 4B.	- Turn in: Drill 1 (p. 67); Drill 2 (p. 70); Drill 3 (p. 70).
Wed Sept 21		Arabic letters and sounds cont.: د ذ ر ز Drill 11 (p. 85)	- Read pp. 77-85 of Unit 4 and do all the exercises and drills.	- Turn in: Drill 7 (p. 79); Drill 8 (p. 80); Drill 9 (p. 84); Drill 10 (p. 85).
Thu Sept 22	Unit 5	Vocabulary and conversation: More Introductions (p. 86-88) Culture: Forms of address (p. 89) Arabic letters and sounds cont.: shadda ّ س ش	- Study the maSrii vocabulary on pp. 86-88 and prepare for Drill 16 and Drill 18. Scene 4C. - Read pp. 92-99 of Unit 5 and do all the exercises and drills.	- Turn in: Drill 1 (p. 93); Drill 2 (p. 93); Drill 3 (p. 95), Drill 4 (p. 98); Drill 5 (p. 99). - Also, turn in: Your first recorded conversation (details in class)
Fri Sept 23		Quiz 2 on Units 1-4 Vocabulary and conversation: Taking leave (p. 100) Arabic letters and sounds cont.: ص ض	- Study the maSrii vocabulary on p. 100 and prepare for Drill 6. Scene 5A (p. 101). - Read pp. 102-111 of Unit 5 and do all the exercises and drills.	- Turn in: Drill 7 (p. 103); Drill 8 (p. 105); Drill 10 (p. 84); Drill 11 (p. 106), Drill 12 (p. 108).
Week 3
Date	Alif Baa Unit #	Content covered on/by that date	Homework: Reading and preparation (this is what you read before coming to class that day, not after)	Homework to turn in (this is the date the homework is due, not the date it is assigned)
Mon Sept 26		Vocabulary and conversation: Taking leave (p. 100) Arabic letters and sounds cont.: س ص د ض	- Study the maSrii vocabulary on pp. 112-113 and prepare for Drill 19. Scene 5B and Drill 20. Scene 5C (p. 114).	- Turn in: Drill 14 (pp. 109-110); Drill 15 (p. 110);
Tue Sept 27	Unit 6	Vocabulary and conversation: Being polite (p. 112) Vocabulary and conversation: Coffee time (pp. 130-131) Culture (p. 132) Arabic letters and sounds cont.: ة ط ظ	- Read pp. 118-129 of Unit 6 and do all the exercises and drills. - Study the maSrii vocabulary on pp. 130-131 and prepare for Drill 13. Scene 6: Yalla! (p. 131).	- Turn in: Drill 2 (p. 121); Drill 4 (p. 123); Drill 6 (p. 124); Drill 8 (p. 127); Drill 11 (p. 128).
Wed Sept 28		Emphatics vs. non-emphatics Arabic letters and sounds cont.: ع غ	- Read pp. 133-142 of Unit 6 and do all the exercises and drills. - Study the maSrii vocabulary on p. 143 and prepare for Drill 27 (p. 144).	- Turn in: Drill 16 (p. 136); Drill 17 (p. 137); Drill 20 (pp. 140); Drill 21 (p. 141); Drill 23 (p. 142).
Thu Sept 29	Unit 7	Vocabulary and conversation: Saying 'I like' and 'I don't like' Arabic letters and sounds cont.: ف ق ك	- Read pp. 146-155 of Unit 7 and do all the exercises and drills. - Study the maSrii vocabulary on pp. 163-164 and prepare for Drill 18. Scene 7 (p. 166).	- Turn in: Drill 1 (p. 148); Drill 3 (p. 151); Drill 4 (p. 154); Drill 6 (p. 155); Drill 7 (p. 155).
Fri Sept 30		Quiz 3 on Units 1-6 Vocabulary and conversation: Describing with adjectives (pp. 143-144) Arabic letters and sounds cont.: ل لا	- Read pp. 156-162 of Unit 7 and do all the exercises and drills.	- Turn in: Drill 8 (p. 160); Drill 10 (pp. 161-162); Drill 11 (p. 162).
Week 4
Date	Alif Baa Unit #	Content covered on/by that date	Homework: Reading and preparation (this is what you read before coming to class that day, not after)	Homework to turn in (this is the date the homework is due, not the date it is assigned)
Mon Oct 3	Unit 8	Vocabulary and conversation: Everyday vocabulary (pp. 163-164) Expressions with Allah الله (p. 166) Culture (p. 167) Arabic letters and sounds cont.: م ن هـ	- Read pp. 170-180 of Unit 8 and do all the exercises and drills. - Study the maSrii vocabulary on pp. 189-190 and prepare for Drill 15. Scene 8 (p. 191).	- Turn in: Drill 1 (p. 173); Drill 2 (p. 175); Drill 3 (p. 179); Drill 5 (p. 180); Drill 6 (p. 180). - Work in groups of four on Drill 21 (p. 114) and record your skit.
Tue Oct 4	Unit 9	Vocabulary and conversation: How are you? States and feelings. (pp. 189-190) Arabic letters and sounds cont.: همزة ألف مدّة Pronunciation of the definite article: الـ	- Read pp. 183-188 of Unit 8 and do all the exercises and drills. - Read pp. 194-210 of Unit 9 and do all the exercises and drills. - Study the maSrii vocabulary on p. 204and prepare for Drill 15. Scene 9 (p. 206)	- Turn in: Drill 9 (p. 187-188); Drill 2 (p. 197); Drill 3 (p. 197); Drill 4 (p. 198); Drill 6 (p. 199).
Wed Oct 5	Unit 10	همزة الوصل Culture (p. 206)	- Read the section on Roots and Patterns on pp. 207-209 to prepare for Drill 16 (p. 209). - Read all of Unit 10 and do all the exercises and drills.	- Turn in: Drill 7 (p. 201); Drill 9 (p. 203).
Thu Oct 6		Midterm Exam	- Review everything in Alif Baa.	- Nothing!
Fri Oct 7		ألف مقصورة ألف قصيرة Prepositions p. 202	- Relax!	- Relax some more!
Mon Oct 10		What are Roots and Patterns in Arabic? Vocabulary and conversation: Describing people (p. 204) Culture (p. 225)	- Read the introduction to Al-kitaab part I	- Using the vocabulary you have learned so far, write eight meaningful short sentences like the ones on p. 202. Each one of your sentences should contain one of the four prepositions on page 202 of the textbook. There should be at least two sentences for every preposition. - Drill 2 (p. 223-224): First, read the three short handwritten samples on pp. 223-224. Second, write a short paragraph about yourself along the lines of these samples.

Week 5
Date		Content covered on/by that date	Homework: Reading and preparation (this is what you read before coming to class that day, not after)	Homework to turn in (this is the date the homework is due, not the date it is assigned)
Tue Oct 11	Al-Kitaab Part 1 Chapter 1: أنا مها	المفردات تمرين 3 (صفحة 3)	- Read and listen to the vocabulary on p. 2 on the DVD.	- تمرين 2 (صفحة 2) - تمرين 4 (صفحة 3)
Wed Oct 12		الثقافة: الأسماء العربية (صفحة 5) قراءة: تمرين 7 (صفحة 6) القواعد: Gender (صفحة 7)	- Watch the story on the DVD. - Read the section on Arabic names under Culture (p. 5) - Read the grammar section on Gender (p. 7)	- تمرين 1 (صفحة 2) - تمرين 5 (صفحة 4): الأسئلة من 1-6.
Thu Oct 13		قراءة: تمرين 9 (صفحة 9) القواعد: الـ و النسبة (صفحة 10-13)	- Read the grammar section on الـ and Nisbah Adjectives (pp. 10-13)	- تمرين 8 A(صفحة 8): Do sentences 7-16. - تمرين 8 B (صفحة 8): Describe at least FIVE items in your room using nouns and adjectives
Fri Oct 14		القصة: تمرين 5 و 6 (صفحة 4) أغنية "ممكن"		- تمرين 10 (صفحة 10) - تمرين 12 (صفحة 12)
Week 6
Mon Oct 17		القواعد: السؤال Asking Questions (صفحة 13-15)	- Read the grammar section on Asking questions (pp. 13-15)	- تمرين 15 (صفحة 16): Record your conversation and send it to me - Follow this LINK for country names in Arabic. Choose FIVE countries that we did not talk about in class, and form the nisbah adjective from each.
Tue Oct 18		قراءة: تمرين 16 (صفحة 16) العاميّة (صفحة 17)	- Familiarize yourself with the text in Drill 16 (p. 16) - Watch Maha talk in العامية (Egyptian Colloquial) on the DVD.	- تمرين 14 (صفحة 15)
Wed Oct 19		Midterm Exam (Part II)	- Review Units 9 and 10 of Alif Baa, and Chapter 1 of Al-Kitaab in preparation for Part II of the midterm exam.	- No homework
Thu Oct 20	Chapter 2: أنا فعلاَ وحيدة	المفردات تمرين 2 القواعد: Subject pronouns	- Read and listen to the vocabulary on the DVD.	- تمرين 1 (صفحة 20) - Individual recording: Record yousrelf reading aloud this passage, and e-mail the sound file to me.
Fri Oct 21		القواعد: الجمع Plurals	- Read the section on الجمع (pp. 23-26).	- تمرين 3 (صفحة 21): الأسئلة 3-8 - تمرين 4 (صفحة 22)
Week 7
Mon Oct 24	Midterm Recess	راحة
Tue Oct 25	Midterm Recess	راحة
Wed Oct 26		القصة تمرين 6 (صفحة 27)	- Watch the story on the DVD.	- تمرين 5 (صفحة 26)
Thu Oct 27		القواعد: الجملة الاسمية تمرين 8 محادثة: تمرين 9	- Read the grammar section on الجملة الاسمية.	- تمرين عن expressions with Allah - Individual recording on pluarls
Fri Oct 28		محادثة: Job interview استماع لأغنية		- تمرين 7 (صفحة 28) - تمرين عن الجمع given in class
Week 8
Mon Oct 31		قراءة: تمرين 12	- Familiarize yourself with the reading passage in Drill 12, p. 31.	- تمرين 10 (صفحة 29)
Tue Nov 1		قراءة: تمرين 11 استماع ومحادثة العامية	- Familiarize yourself with the reading passage in Drill 11, p. 30.	- تمرين 14 (صفحة 33)
Wed Nov 2		Quiz 4	- Review Chapter 2 in preparation for Quiz 4.	- No homework
Thu Nov 3	Chapter 3: عائلة والدي	المفردات تمرين 2	- Read and listen to the vocabulary on the DVD.	- تمرين 1 (صفحة 37) - تمرين 3 (صفحة 38)
Fri Nov 4		القواعد: الإضافة وضمائر الملكية	- Read the grammar section on الإضافة وضمائر الملكية	- تمرين 4 (صفحة 39) - كتابة 5 جمل من الـ DVD
Week 9
Mon Nov 7	عيد الأضحى	القصة: تمرين 5 الثقافة: العائلة العربية	- Watch the story on the DVD. - Read the culture section on عمي and العائلة العربية, p. 40.	- تمرين 6 (صفحة 42) - تمرين 7 (صفحة 44) - تمرين 8 (صفحة 44)
Tue Nov 8		محادثة: تمرين 14 السؤال بـ "كم"		- تمرين 14 (صفحة 48)
Wed Nov 9		قراءة: تمرين 12 الثقافة: الجامعات العربية	- Read the culture section on الجامعات العربية, p. 48. - Familiarize yourself with the reading passage in Drill 12, pp. 46-47.	- تمرين 15 (صفحة 49)
Thu Nov 10		تمرين 10 العامية Quiz 5	- Review Chapter 3 in preparation for Quiz 5.	- تمرين 16 (صفحة 49): Write at least 3 plurals for each sentence
Fri Nov 11	Chapter 4: كيف أحفظ كل الأسماء؟	المفردات	- Read and listen to the vocabulary on the DVD.	- تمرين 1 (صفحة 53) - تمرين 2 (صفحة 53) - Topic for the written essay due
Week 10
Mon Nov 14		المفردات cont.: تمرين 3 تمرين 4		- تمرين 5 (صفحة 55): الأسئلة 1-8 - تمرين 13 (صفحة 48): كتابة
Tue Nov 15		القصة: تمرين 6 القواعد: الفعل المضارع (تمرين 8 وتمرين 10	- Read the grammar section on الفعل المضارع, pp. 56-58.	- تمرين 7 (صفحة 58)
Wed Nov 16		القواعد: الجملة الفعلية السؤال الثقافة: عائلة النبي محمد: تمرين 15	- Read the grammar section on الجملة الفعلية and السؤال, pp. 61-62. - Read the section on Culture, p. 64.
Thu Nov 17		استماع: تمرين 13 (صفحة 63) قراءة: إعلانات زواج (تمرين 16) قراءة: تمرين 20 العامية	- Familiarize yourself with the reading text in Drill 16, p. 66. - Listen to Drill 13, p. 63.	- تمرين 11 (صفحة 61) - تمرين 12 (صفحة 62)
Fri Nov 18		Quiz 6	- Review Chapter 4 in preparation for Quiz 6.	- تمرين 14 (صفحة 63)
Week 11
Mon Nov 21	Chapter 5: لا أحب مدينة نيويورك	المفردات تمرين 2	- Read and listen to the vocabulary on the DVD.	- تمرين 18 (صفحة 67) - تمرين 1 (صفحة 71) - Topic for the oral presentation due
Tue Nov 22		القصة: تمرين 3 القواعد: تنوين الفتح القواعد: الاسم والصفة هذا/هذه: تمرين 9	- Read the grammar section on تنوين الفتح. - Read the grammar section on الاسم والصفة	- تمرين 4 (صفحة 74)
Nov 23-25	Thanksgiving Break	Eat Turkey!	Eat Turkey!	Eat Turkey!
Week 12
Mon Nov 28		استماع: تمرين 11 قراءة: تمرين 12	- Watch the weather reports on the DVD in preparation for Drill 11. - Familiarize yourself with the reading passage on p. 79.	- تمرين 7 (صفحة 76) - تمرين 8 (صفحة 76)
Tue Nov 29		قراءة: تمرين 13	- Familiarize yourself with the reading passage on p. 80.	- تمرين 15 (صفحة 82)
Wed Nov 30		كتابة ومحادثة: تمرين 1	- Work on your essay!	- Written Essay due
Thu Dec 1		محادثة عن صورة الثقافة: فيروز العامية		- Weather forecast and days of the week writing exercise: Write a seven-day weather forecast for a city of your choice. - تمرين 9 (صفحة 77): ترجمة الجمل من 9-16
Fri Dec 2		Quiz 7 (with Iman)	- Review Chapter 5 in preparation for Quiz 7.	- No homework
Week 13
Mon Dec 5		Presentations		- تمرين 10(صفحة 78) Ignore the part about working with a partner - If you are presenting, you can turn in this homework on Tuesday.
Tue Dec 6		Presentations
Wed Dec 7		Presentations
Thu Dec 8		Presentations Review
Fri Dec 9		Review Course response forms
Wed Dec 14		FINAL EXAM From 9am-12noon at RCD-B11

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Beginning Arabic I: ARBC0101B

Middlebury College