Beginning Arabic 102 Winter 07 - Content

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:48:15 -0400

أهلاً ومرحباً بكم فى موقع اللغة العربية للمبتدئين المستوى الثانى بجامعة ميدلبرى
فصل الشتاء الدراسى لعام 2007

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:31:13 -0400

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:31:13 -0400

This is a continuation of ARBC0101, so it has the same objectives and will follow the same methods of learning Arabic as a second language. Here’s a reminder of the objectives as they are stated in the introduction to your textbook.

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

Read texts on familiar topics and understand the main ideas and contexts without constantly resorting to dictionaries.
Speak about yourself, your family, your daily life and a number of other topics. You will also be able to initiate and sustain simple conversations.
Carry out written transactions connected to daily life and simple correspondence.
Form and understand almost all basic sentence structures of Arabic.
Grasp many aspects of Arab culture, such as customs and traditions, family life, education systems, and many dealings that take place in contemporary Arab culture.
Differentiate between formal and spoken Arabic, especially the Egyptian dialect.

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:31:14 -0400

Class meetings: MTWR 1:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m
Location: Old Chapel 401

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:31:14 -0400

Al-Kitaab: A textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part I, by Brustad, Al-Batal & Al-Tonsi. Includes DVDs. We will cover at least three units from the textbook: 6, 7, and 8.

Arabic-English dictionary by Hans Wehr: This dictionary will be used for Arabic 0102 and Arabic 0103.

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:31:14 -0400

Below are your course requirements. Please read carefully, and ask me if you have any questions about any of this.

1. Attendance, participation and Language Table (20%):

Attendance: You are expected to attend classes regularly and to arrive to class punctually. Please do your best not to be late for class. Attendance is 7% of your total grade. You should also bear in mind that each contact hour in class equals two hours of preparation at home. Missing one class (2 hours and 15 minutes) would mean at least 4 hours and a half of extra work to catch up on. Absence is only allowed for academically legitimate reasons.

Participation is the key component of this class, and its scope extends beyond the classroom itself to group homework assignments, Arabic tables and Arabic language activities at the Arabic House. Part of participation also means not overshadowing others and allowing them the space to learn. Participation will be 10% of your total grade.

Language Tables will be held at Freeman Hall twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Attending the Arabic language tables (lunch) is crucial for your participation and use of the language outside the classroom. Each student is required to attend language table only once a week. Missing the table means missing 1% of your total percentage and a whole range of possibilities to communicate with your two native speaking moderators and your professors over lunch. Students are assigned by Fatma to one of the days of the table. Should any conflict with your other schedules arise, please try to switch your day with another student from your section or from section A.

2. Homework and preparation (30%)

Homework assignments is perhaps the most essential part of your preparation. The philosophy of this course rests upon the idea that the material is rarely introduced to the student ‘cold’; in other words, the majority of class time will be devoted to practice as opposed to explanation. Class time will not be wasted in explaining or elaborating on issues that should have been prepared at home, unless necessity arises. It is, thus, essential for you to come to class prepared.

There will be daily written assignments due at the beginning of the class. You are expected to hand in these assignments on time. If assignment is turned in late but before 5pm on the day it is due, it will be subject to a 10% delay penalty. If turned in after than, the penalty is 20%. Needless to say, you cannot turn in assignments after I discuss solutions in class.

There will be a total of 12 homework assignments for this course: 3 short ones assigned M-W + a rather long one to be assigned on Thursday of every week.

The short homework assignments will be graded on a scale from 1 to 10 points, whereas the longer ones will be graded on a scale from 1 to 20 points.

You are encouraged to study and work together on your homework assignments, with the stipulation that everyone must submit his/her own individual work. Please hand in homework written on a separate sheet of paper, and try to be neat and organized. For each assignment please include both the due date and the lesson, as well as the exercise and page number(s).

Preparation is obviously related to homework, but it also includes assignments and aspects of the course which are not written, i.e. you must come prepared for class activities (this means following the syllabus, studying vocabulary and grammar, and being ready to participate fully). That said, please do not skip class even if you are not fully prepared.

3. Quizzes (20%)

There will be a total of four short quizzes (15-20 minutes each). These quizzes will include what has been discussed during the week.

4. Final Exam (20%)

Your final exam will be on the 31st of January, the last day of the semester.

5. Final Presentation (10%)

You will be required to give presentations in front of your class on January 30th. I will leave the choice of the topic up to you, but you need to be decided by the 15th for me to be able to assist you if you need any help. Your presentations should be no less than 5 minutes and no more than 10 minutes. The evaluation criteria includes grammar, pronunciation, fluency, coherence of content and timing.

Grading

Here's how your letter grade will be assigned:

95%+ is A

from 90%+ to 95% is A-

from 87%+ to 90% is B+

from 83%+ to 87% is B

from 80%+ to 83% is B-

from 77%+ to 80% is C+

from 73%+ to 77% is C

from 70%+ to 73% is C-

from 60%+ to 70% is D

60%+ and under is F.

Honor code

I will follow the Middlebury College’s Academic Honesty Statement as described here:

http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/acadinfo/honorcode/statement.htm

Please make sure to write the Honor Code Pledge "I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this assignment," on the quizzes and the final exam.

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:31:14 -0400

مواقع أخرى مفيدة

http://www.google.com/intl/ar/ : للبحث باللغة العربية غلى شبكة الانترنت

http://www.easywebtvandradio.com/Download.html: برنامج لمشاهدة محطات التلبفزيون فى جميع أنحاء العالم

http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/ ويكيبديا باللغة العربية

http://www.do7a.com/ باقة كبيرة من الروابط لمواقع عربية مفيدة فى كافة المجالات

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:31:14 -0400

Usama Soltan
International Studies and Arabic
Robert A. Jones '59 House, Room B03
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753

Email: usoltan@middlebury.edu
Office phone extension: x5869

Office Hours:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:30-noon, and by appointment (e-mail or call to make an appointment.

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:36:34 -0400

Date	Topics	Homework	Quizzes/Exam
Jan 8	تعارف مراجعة محادثة استماع كتابة: "مدينتى" Handout	HW 1 assigned تمرين 1 وتمرين 6	Class-generated vocabulary sheet
Jan 9	Unit 6 مدينتى على جووجل ايرث المفردات: استمع هنا "لماذا؟": لـ ، لأن، بسبب Handout	HW 2 assigned تمرين 9 وتمرين 11	Class-generated vocabulary sheet
Jan 10	Unit 6 cont. مدينتى على جووجل ايرث الثقافة والقصة المصدر Handout	HW 3 assigned تمرين 7 وكتابة فقرة عن ميدلبرى	Class-generated vocabulary sheet
Jan 11	Unit 6 cont. الثقافة: الأكل العربى تمارين المراجعة Handout	HW 4 assigned تمرين 16 تمرين 17 تمرين 13 (كتابة) تمرين 2 من الدرس السابع Unit 7	Quiz #1

Jan 15	Unit 6 cont. حل الواجب الثالث و Quiz 1 العامية القواعد: لـ وعند ومع + الضمائر Handout	HW 5 assigned تمرين 5	أسماء الفواكه
an 16	Unit 6 cont. مدينتى على جووجل ايرث فى المطعم: "أستاذى جرسون لطيف" Unit 7 المفردات: استمع هنا (حل الواجب الرابع) القواعد: الخبر المقدم فى الجملة الاسمية استخدام "كان" Handout	HW 6 assigned تمرين 7 وتمرين 8
Jan 17	Unit 7 cont. مدينتى على جووجل ايرث الثقافة والقصة الحديث عن الأسرة القواعد: استخدام كم، المثنى Handout	HW 7 assigned تمرين 11
Jan 18	Unit 7 cont. مدينتى على جووجل ايرث الحديث عن أسرة الزملاء الاستماع: "مع العائلة والأصدقاء" Handout	HW 8 assigned تمرين 18	Class-generated vocabulary sheet Quiz #2
Jan 19	مدينتى على جووجل ايرث الثفافة: العملات العربية القراءة: ص. 115 Handout	HW 9 assigned تمرين 16 تمرين 1 من الدرس 8 كتابة فقرة عن هواياتك	MAKE-UP CLASS 10am-noon كرة القدم فى مصر 2006

Jan 22	Unit 7 cont. الثقافة: ما هى هواياتك؟ ص. 116-118 العامية Unit 8 القواعد: الفعل الماضى Handout	HW 10 Part 1 assigned تمرين 6	فيروز: حبيّتك بالصيف Lyrics كلمات الأغنية
Jan 23	Unit 8 cont. المفردات: استمع هنا الأعداد Handout	HW 10 Part 2 assigned تمرين 12	عمرو دياب: تملى معاك كلمات الأغنية
Jan 24	Unit 8 cont. المفردات القواعد: الفعل الماضى القصة Handout	HW 11 assigned تمرين 16	Class-generated vocabulary sheet Quiz #3
Jan 25	Unit 8 cont. الاستماع الجذر والوزن Handout	HW 12 assigned تمرين 9 وتمرين 10 تمرين 17 تمرين 19

Jan 29	Unit 8 cont. القراءة: ص. 140 مع القاموس القراءة: ص. 143 Handout		Quiz #4 Class-generated vocabulary sheet
Jan 30	Class Presentations
Jan 31	Final Exam

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:26:07 -0400

Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4
Class 5
Class 6
Class 7
Class 8
Class 9
Class 10
Class 11
Class 12
Class 13
Class 14
Class 15
Class 16

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:31:15 -0400

الواجب الأول: تمرين 1 وتمرين 6

الواجب الثانى: تمرين 9 وتمرين 11

الواجب الثالث: تمرين 7 وكتابة فقرة عن ميدلبرى

الواجب الرابع: تمرين 16، تمرين 17، تمرين 13 (كتابة)، وتمرين 2 من الدرس السابع

الواجب الخامس: تمرين 5 من الدرس السابع

الواجب السادس: تمرين 7 (ص. 109)، وتمرين 8 (ص. 111)

الواجب السابع: تمرين 11 (ص. 114)

الواجب الثامن: تمرين 18 (ص. 122)

الواجب التاسع: تمرين 16 (ص. 121)، وتمرين 1 (ص. 126)، وكتابة فقرة عن هواياتك.

الواجب العاشر Part 1: تمرين 6 من الدرس الثامن

الواجب العاشر Part 2: تمرين 12 من الدرس الثامن

الواجب الحادى عشر: تمرين 16 من الدرس الثامن (ص. 141)

الواجب الثانى عشر:تمرين 9 (ص. 136)، تمرين 10 (ص. 136)، تمرين 17 (ص. 141-142)، تمرين 19 (ص. 145).

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:26:07 -0400

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:31:15 -0400

Your final exam is scheduled for Jan 31 at 10am-noon.

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:26:07 -0400

فى هذا القسم من الموقع قائمة بنصوص الاستماع والفيديو كليب التى سندرسها داخل الصف فى هذا الفصل الدراسى إن شاء الله. أحب أن أشكر هنا المسئول عن موقع Arabic Class 4 Ever لبعض نصوص الاستماع المستخدمة هنا.

مصر تفوز بكأس الأمم الافريقية فى عام 2006

فيروز تغنى "حبيتك بالصيف"

عمرو دياب يغنى "تملى معاك"

مفردات الدرس الثامن

صور من مدن مصرية لهشام ابراينم

نانسى عجرم تغنى "أحساس جديد" (suggested by Bilal)

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:26:08 -0400

Your scores are listed by your fruit codes, which I distributed in class. If you do not know what your fruit code is, e-mail me.

Announcement: Feb 3, 2007

A full grade sheet with all your scores and percentages is now available here. A brief version of the grade sheet with only percentages is available here:

Your overall letter grade is determined by the grading system I mentioned on the first day of classes and which is also posted on this website under "Course requirements and Grading".

Borderline cases are those when a student needs 0.1-0.2% to move up one grade. No upgrading is possible if you needed more than 0.2% to get the next grade up.

Please look at your scores and let me know if there are any mistakes or if I missed anything.

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Usama Soltan - nobody@example.net — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:26:08 -0400

Feb 3, 2007

your scores for all class requirements as well as your overall letter grades are available on the website now. The full version of the grade sheet is availalbe here:

https://segue.middlebury.edu/media/missing/filename/web_grade_sheet_full.htm%253C%252Fa%253E%253C%252Fspan%253E%253C%252Ffont%253E%253C%252Fdiv%253E%250A%253Cdiv%253E%253Cfont%2Bsize%253D"2" face="Arial" />

A shorter version with only percentages is available here:

https://segue.middlebury.edu/media/missing/filename/web_grade_sheet_brief.htm%253C%252Fa%253E%253C%252Fspan%253E%253C%252Ffont%253E%253C%252Fdiv%253E%250A%253Cdiv%253E%253Cfont%2Bsize%253D"2" face="Arial" />

Your overall letter grade was determined by the grading system I mentioned on the first day of classes and which is also posted on this website under "Course requirements and Grading".

Borderline cases are those when a student needs 0.1-0.2% to move one grade up. No upgrading is possible if you needed more than 0.2% to get to the next grade up.

Please look at your scores and let me know if there are any mistakes or if I missed anything, before I officially submit the grades.

Again, let me thank you all for a wonderful course and I look forward to seeing you all in the spring.

This class is officially OVER.

Jan 29, 2007
A few things to bear in mind for your presentations tomorrow.

First, you have only five minutes to do your presentation, followed by 2 minutes for questions. Please time yourself as you practice your presentation. Remember there's 13 of you, so we need to give everyone a chance to do their presentation. Please do not feel offended if I stopped you if you took more time than allowed. It's the only way to give equal opportunity to everybody.

Second, if you intend to use the computer or the projector, make sure you copy your materials on a flash drive (also called pen drive) or burn it onto a CD, so you can use that on my PC. We'll save time if we use only one PC than if each uses his/hers. Also, while it's ok to have notes in front of you, please avoid reading directly from those notes. A prsentation is an oral activity, not a reading activity. You can use the notes to organize your thoughts, though.

Third, it's likely that Ikram and Hanada will stop by for a few of your presentations. Since most, if not all, of you know them, this shouldn't really affect your presentation in any way. They'll be sitting there to enjoy your presentations.

Fourth, and perhaps most importantly, do not stress yourself out over this. I know it's a course requirement, but you have do this as a "fun" assignment. Enjoy doing it, and show your colleagues and your teacher that you can actually use Arabic to talk about a topic of your choice for five minutes. Don't be intimidated and don't be afraid to make mistakes. We all make mistakes, and it's part of the learning process.

As usual, if you have questions from now till the time of presentation, please contact me. I'll also be in my office tomorrow for the regular office hours from 10:30am till noon. Drop by if you have any questions.

And one final thing: The order of presentation will be decided at the beginning of the class randomly. We'll use the same "select-a-number" process that we used before. If you select #1, you go first. IF you select #13, you go last.

Looking forward to your presentations.

Jan 28, 2007
In response to a question about Quiz #4, we will be having this quiz tomorrow as it is indicated on the syllabus page on the website. There's going to be a listening section. YOu will listen to short sentences and answer a question on each, pretty much like we did in class a couple of times. May I suggest that you listen to the vocabulary and example sentences on your DVD for the three units we studied? That should help. There's also going to be mulitple choice questions on the past tense and the numbers from Unit 8. For extra credit, I'll include a question on the root and pattern of Arabic words, pretty much along the lines in your homework #12.

Jan 24, 2007

I guess I forgot to mention today's homework in class, but it is mentioned explicitly on the handout. It's a listening exercise: Drill 16, p. 141.

Jan 18, 2007

Just a quick note to let you know that I updated the website. In particular, I updated the grade sheet with scores for all homework assignments and quizzes up this point. The direct link is here:

https://segue.middlebury.edu/media/missing/filename/web_grade_sheet.htm%253C%252Fa%253E%253C%252Fspan%253E%253C%252Ffont%253E%253C%252Fdiv%253E%250A%253Cdiv%253E%253Cfont%2Bsize%253D"2" face="Arial">

I also updated the syllabus page with the vocabulary sheets we generated in some of the classes, as some of you requested. These are listed in the table as "Class-generated vocabulary sheet". The direct link to syllabus page is here:

<a title="https://segue.middlebury.edu/view/html/node/615640" href="../../../index.php?&site=site ?&section=15827&action=site">https://segue.middlebury.edu/view/html/node/615640

Also, the sheet with fruit names with short vowel diacritics is here:

https://segue.middlebury.edu/media/missing/filename/fruit_names.pdf%253C%252Fa%253E%253C%252Ffont%253E%253C%252Ffont%253E%253C%252Fspan%253E%253C%252Fdiv%253E%250A%253Cdiv%253E%253Cfont%2Bsize%253D"2" face="Arial">

As usual, if you have any questions or requests, don't hesitate to contact me.

Jan 17, 2007
I posted your scores online using the fruit codes that I distributed in class yesterday. You can regularly check your scores for homework assignments and quizzes here.

Jan 15, 2007
Make-up class will be held on Friday Jan 19 from 10am till noon. I'll send a note regarding the location of the class once I hear from the room scheduling people.

Jan 11, 2007
Your final exam will be held on Jan 31st from10am till noon.

Jan 10, 2007
1. Notice from the syllabus that your first quiz is tomorrow.
2. Special offer عرض خاص: Keep a journal in Arabic on a daily basis for 3% extra credit. Submit that to me Jan 30^th to collect your reward!

Beginning Arabic 102 Winter 07 - Content

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Grading

Honor code

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روابط للصحف العربية

روابط مفيدة لدارسى العربية

روابط لمحطات الإذاعة والتلفزيون الناطقة باللغة العربية

مواقع أخرى مفيدة

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