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Arabic
A set of courses to develop reading and listening skills in the Arabic language.
Please select one of the following (descriptions are from the AOU website):
171 Intermediate Arabic I 3 credits
Pre-requisite: Passing an oral exam
This course is designed to improve students' reading and writing skills in the Arabic language. Emphasis is given to Qur'anic vocabulary, lexical and contextual meanings. The exercises are interwoven with Islamically oriented content.
Textbook: Arabic: A Bridge to Islamic Culture I, Mamdouh Mohamed.
Additional Materials: Audiotapes
272 Intermediate Arabic II 3 credits
Pre-requisite: Intermediate Arabic I
This course gives an emphasis on comprehension. Understanding the meaning of the Islamically based content is the core of the course, and reading and writing are the main primary skills of the course.
Textbook: Arabic: a Bridge to Islamic Culture II, Mamdouh Mohamed
Additional Materials: Audiotapes
273 Intermediate Arabic III 3 credits
Pre-requisite: Intermediate Arabic II
This course begins the development of a direct understanding of the Arabic language, with no translations being given. The focus of the course is on the development of reading and writing skills.
Textbook: Arabic: A Bridge to Islamic Culture III, Mamdouh Mohamed
Additional Materials: Audiotapes
374 Advanced Arabic I 3 credits
Pre-requisite: Intermediate Arabic III
This course develops the student’s direct understanding of the Arabic language. The focus again is on reading and writing skills with the introduction of Arabic poetry and grammar
Textbooks: Arabic: a Bridge to Islamic Culture IV, Mamdouh Mohamed Al-nahw al-wadih I, Ali Al-Jarim & Mustafa Amin
Additional Materials: Audiotapes
375 Advanced Arabic II 3 credits
Pre-requisite: Advanced Arabic I
This course gives more focus on increasing the understanding of vocabulary in context through a greater use of the Qur’anic text; and it also introduces further studies in grammar
Textbooks: Al-mu’inu ala fahmi juz’ thalathin, Zaid Omar; Al-nahw al-wadih II, Ali Al-Jarim & Mustafa Amin
Additional Materials: Audiotapes
376 Advanced Arabic III 3 credits
Pre-requisite: Advanced Arabic II
This course provides a smooth transition from Classical Qur’anic Arabic to Modern Standard Arabic, through the use of the Prophet Muhammad’s biography, and it also introduces further grammatical studies.
Textbooks: Hayatu Muhammad (saw) II, Muhammad Ali Qutb, Al-nahw al-wadih III, Ali Al-Jarim & Mustafa Amin
Additional Materials: Audiotapes
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