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Deakin University

Faculty of Arts and Education AIB152: Arabic 1B 2015 Trimester 2

Arabic In-country Program: November 2016 – January 2017

Welcome The Arabic Language major sequence enables students to acquire valuable skills pertaining to the use of Arabic in a communicative way as well as understanding of the Arab culture. It trains students to achieve communicative competence in the four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It also prepares students to function at different levels within the Arabic speaking societies and interact with people. As in Arabic 1A, a great deal of emphasis will be given in this Unit to the development of practical skills in the use of the language. This is a continuation to the work covered in the first trimester and will further consolidate and build on the sentence structures and vocabulary acquired in the first trimester. Cultural topics will be discussed as integral part of the language material. This Unit Guide explains the aims of the unit, describes the assessment requirements and gives details of the assignments. You should always read the Unit Guide first and check it frequently when preparing to study or embarking on assignment work. If you have questions about the unit, Campus students should contact Associate Professor Hakeem Kasem in Melbourne (see contact details below). Students in Geelong may contact Dr Zouhir Gabsi (see contact details below) with enquiries. Cloud (online) students may contact Ms Mira El-Deeb (see contact details below). Cloud (online) students are strongly encouraged to attend the weekly virtual classes conducted through Blackboard Collaborate. This is a great opportunity for you to participate orally and in writing in the discussions and activities, using your own computer. We are very pleased that you have decided to continue studying Arabic and look forward to meeting you once the trimester starts. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all every success with your studies and trust you will find this unit stimulating, challenging and rewarding.

Contact details Unit chair details

Name:

Hakeem Kasem (B)

Position:

Associate Professor and Convenor, Arabic Program

School:

Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty:

Arts and Education

Campus:

Melbourne

email

[email protected]

Phone

9244 3915

Other staff Name:

Ms Lamees Jaber

Position:

Lecturer/Tutor

School:

Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty:

Arts and Education

Campus:

Melbourne

email

[email protected]

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Name:

Dr Mira El-Deeb

Position:

Tutor

School:

Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty:

Arts and Education

Campus:

Cloud

email

TBA

Name:

Dr Zouhir Gabsi (Geelong)

Position:

Lecturer

School:

Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty:

Arts and Education

Campus:

Geelong

email

[email protected]

Phone

9244 6411

Response to student feedback Towards the end of the teaching period, you will be emailed a link to the Student Evaluation of Teaching and Units survey for this unit. I encourage you to complete the survey, as the results are used to help assess curriculum, teaching and assessment directions in this unit. Students’ evaluation of this unit and feedback has been very positive over the years. You are strongly encouraged to provide on-going feedback, verbally and or in writing, to the Unit Chair. This will, together with the survey, help the Unit Chair and teaching staff make adjustments and improvements to the design, content, assessment and delivery of the unit where necessary . If you have any concerns about the unit during the trimester that cannot be dealt with through the CloudDeakin discussion boards, you are encouraged to email the Unit Chair.

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Unit Overview UNIT CODE:

AIB152

UNIT TITLE:

Arabic 1B

CONTACT HOURS

Campus Students x

1.5 hour Class per week

x

2-hour Seminar per week

Cloud (online) Students

x

1.5 hour virtual Seminar per week (Blackboard Collaborate)

STUDY COMMITMENT Students are expected to spend, at least, 9 hours a week undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit including the combined activities of reading, working through the weekly material, listening comprehension, and other prescribed online activities. This includes 3.5 hours of classes for Campus students and 1.5 hour of virtual seminars for Cloud students per week. Cloud students must first watch the recording of the lecture and carefully review the lesson objectives on CloudDeakin before attending the weekly BbC Seminar. You are expected to participate constructively in learning in classes and online as outlined in the Study Timeline below, and treat staff and other students with respect and courtesy. UNIT PREREQUISITE(S):

AIB151

UNIT CO-REQUISITE(S):

N/A

UNIT INCOMPATIBLE(S): N/A

Description of Unit The unit aims at further developing students’ spoken and written communication skills in Modern Standard Arabic at the novice level by gradually moving into more complex syntactic structures while at the same time covering greater range of communicative functions, consolidate, and build on the sentence patterns and vocabulary acquired in AIB151. Cultural aspects will be presented as an integral part of the language course. At the end of this unit, it is expected that the diligent student will be able to read samples of Modern Standard Arabic as well as comprehend educated speech and write in Arabic on a range of familiar topics.

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Academic calendar Trimester 2 Teaching period begins

Monday 13 July 2015

Intra trimester break

Monday 10 August to Sunday 16 August 201 5

Teaching period ends

Friday 2 October 2015

Study period

Monday 5 to Friday 9 October 2015

Examinations begin

Monday 12 October 2015

Examinations end

Friday 23 October 2015

Inter-trimester break

Monday 26 October to Friday 6 November 2015

Results released

Thursday 6 November 2015

Unit Timelines Wk

Wk Beginning

1

13 July

Content Lesson Three

‫ أنامن َجـبْـلة‬  Seeking and providing information  Question words      

The Arabic verb Expressing knowledge expressing lack of knowledge Eliciting information The particle ‫يـا‬ Expressing Admiration

 The question particle  Cardinal numbers 1-10

2

20 July

Lesson Four

‫ طالبتان في جامعة حلب‬     3

27 July

Describing Background Forming Dual Nouns Number-Noun Agreement Plurals of Non-rational Nouns Lesson Five

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‫عائلة مازن ن ّجار‬

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‫طالب عرب فيأمريكا‬

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School Subjects Arabic Last Names Objects of Verbs Ordinal Numbers

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 Pronouns of Separation ‫ضمائر الفصل‬

4

03 August

Lesson six

‫آنسة‬ ! ‫ يا‬            

Terms of Address Use of Terms of Address Expressing Regret or Apology Expressing Lack of Knowledge Expressing Degree The Present Tense: Negation and Conjugation Conjugation Cardinal Numbers 11 –100 Cardinal Numbers 11 and 12 Cardinal Numbers 13 – 19 Cardinal Numbers 20 – 90

Intra trimester break Monday 10 August to Sunday 16 August 2015

5

Lesson seven

17 August

‫ جـرائد ومجالتعـربية‬         

Inquiring about and Describing an Activity or Object The Question words ‫ أي‬and ‫ّة‬฀‫أي‬ Requesting and Offering Something Politely The Imperative Doubly Transitive Verbs Pronunciation of the Attached Pronoun ‫ـه‬ Cases of the Nouns The Nominative Case ( ‫)الرفع‬ The Genitive Case ( ‫)الـجر‬

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The Accusative Case ( ‫)النصب‬ Expressing Possession with the Prepositions ‫ لـ‬and ‫َم َع‬ Attached Pronouns Suffixed to Verbs More on Arabic Names

6

24 August

Lesson seven, continued

7

31 August

Lesson Eight ‫ شـايامن فضلك‬          

Requesting and Declining Things Politely Food and Drink Describing Daily Activities The Imperative Expressing Likes and Dislikes Prepositions and Attached Pronouns Plurals and Nouns Sound Masculine Plurals ( ‫)جمع المذكر السالم‬ Sound Feminine Plurals (‫)جمع المؤنث السالم‬ Broken Plurals ( ‫) جمع التكسير‬

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 Adverbials  Idafa Structure Revisited 8

07 September

 Lesson Eight continued

9

14 September

 Lesson Nine        

‫ كم الـسـاعَــة‬

Telling Time Grammatical Structure Fraction of an Hour Telling Time Informally Breaking Consonant Clusters Suppressing the Initial Sound of the Article Mass and Count Nouns Numbers: Reading Hundreds and Thousands

10

21 September

 Lesson Nine Continued

11

28 September

 Revision  Final Oral test

12

05 October

 Final online test  Final written test

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Hardcopy and Online Assignment Details Lesson

Assignment

Date

3

Online Homework Hardcopy Homework: 9 (51)

TBA Thurs: 23 July

4

Online Homework Hardcopy Homework: 5B (p67)

TBA Thurs: 30 July

5

Online Homework Hardcopy Homework: 6 (p79)

TBA Thurs: 13 August

6

Online Homework

TBA

Hardcopy Homework: 3 (p99)

Thurs: 03 September

7

Online Homework Hardcopy Homework: 7 (p129), 8 (p130)

TBA Thurs: 17 September

8

Online Homework Hardcopy Homework: 7 (p143), 8 (144),

TBA Thurs: 24 September

Unit Learning Outcomes The Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) listed below describe what you are expected to have achieved on completion of this unit. Each ULO relates to one or more of the Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs), which describe the knowledge and capabilities you should acquire and be able to apply and demonstrate at the completion of your course (see below). Not all of the GLOs are developed and assessed in every unit.

Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO):

At the completion of this unit students can:

The ULO relates to the following GLO/s:

ULO 1

Communicate orally using elementary constructions.

1, 2, 6

ULO2

Use natural and appropriate pronunciation and intonation.

1, 2, 6

ULO3

Write basic constructions in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).

ULO4

Recognize learned language in written form.

ULO5

Utilize and apply relevant speaking and writing skills to learned language.

ULO6

Use acquired knowledge and skills and apply to social and cultural conventions related to everyday issues.

GLO1

Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities: appropriate to the level of study related to a discipline or profession

GLO5

1, 2, 6 1, 2, 6 1, 2, 7

1, 8

Problem solving: creating solutions to authentic (real world and ill-defined) problems

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GLO2

Communication: using oral, written and interpersonal communication to inform, motivate and effect change

GLO6

Self-management: working and learning independently, and taking responsibility for personal actions

GLO3

Digital literacy: using technologies to find, use and disseminate information

GLO7

Teamwork: working and learning with others from different disciplines and backgrounds

GLO4

Critical thinking: evaluating information using critical and analytical thinking and judgment

GLO8

Global citizenship: engaging ethically and productively in the professional context and with diverse communities and cultures in a global context

Unit Learning Environment Deakin's Arabic expertise in on-line language teaching and learning will provide you with a flexible state-of-theart Arabic language course which is offered in a Blended Learning format (a mixture of face-to -face classes and independent learning through the Arabic online environment on CloudDeakin. Cutting- edge technology is used to deliver this innovative and unique Arabic program which provides both language and insights into Arabic culture. The online component is totally interactive providing immediate correction and feedback. This creative and flexible online Arabic resource learning tool will allow you to learn and practise the Arabic language beyond the confines of the traditional classroom. However, to ensure that you keep up with all the new language material that a beginner language course entails, you will need to timetable daily study into your routine to review all Learning Modules for each lesson available on CloudDeakin before you attend your weekly tutorial. These are the Learning Objective Module, Practice Module and Assessment Module. Regular face-to-face contact with your tutor/lecturer every week will help you develop your listening and speaking skills. How to approach this unit? Certain types of learners/students might have their own preferred style of studying for any given subject. It is the end result that matters. While this unit is general enough to allow for such variation in learning styles, it is recommended that the following steps be followed as much as possible to ensure maximum efficiency and best outcomes:  

Consult the unit guide on a regular basis for general advice and information on the unit; Carefully study the Learning Objectives and Practice modules available on DSO for each lesson before attending the lecture or the tutorial so that you can anticipate what the lecturer is going to say and raise useful questions;

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Always complete the assessment tasks in accordance with deadlines and style guidelines.

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You are advised to find a partner to practice speaking and listening skills with. You are expected to practice reading and writing Arabic on your own as outside classroom activities. You are welcome to collaborate on assignments, as long as each student submits his/her own work.

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Participate in lectures actively and seek every chance to speak, ask and answer questions;

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Take part in the group practice in tutorials and find a compatible partner in class;

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Think in Arabic. While on your way from one class to another, think to yourself in Arabic. Name all of the objects whose name you know in Arabic. Describe their location, size, shape, colour, number, adding as much details as possible.

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Personalize vocabulary. Make words relevant by thinking of what you can say about yourself with them. Write extra sentences that are meaningful to you so that the new vocabulary becomes yours. It is important at this stage to concentrate on what you can say more than what you want to say – which will come in time – and the best way to achieve that goal is to build a solid vocabulary base. Language learning is a process of programming yourself, because the words that you memorise are those very

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words that you will use to express yourself. By spending five minutes with words that you choose from the given vocabulary lists, you will be able to retain them for the rest of your life – Make this language yours. 

Language is context. The communicative approach to language learning encourages you, the learner, to use what you know to deduce what you do not. Think about how you acquired your native language: you learned new words by guessing their meanings from the context, and you learned how to produce sentences by imitating and using patterns. As adult learners, we can take some shortcuts, but guessing skills remain central to language acquisition.

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Good language learners learn from their mistakes and those of others. As adults, we have been trained not to make mistakes. As language learners new to Arabic, mistakes are going to be made, but should not cause you undue stress. When your classmates are speaking, be an active listener by listening both to what they are saying and how they are saying it. Think about how you would correct their sentences.

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Please make sure you understand all the assessment components, the requirement for each component, and the submission deadlines. They are all described in this Unit Guide. If you do not understand any of the m, contact the Unit Chair immediately. It is important that you understand the whole assessment regime of the unit from the beginning of the trimester so that you can plan accordingly .

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If you have any queries, do not hesitate to contact the Unit Chair. You can see him after class and during the consultation hours, or by appointment. Do not feel embarrassed to seek help. Do not be shy!

Some practical advice: Language learning demands ongoing interaction. Use your ears, mouth and hands as much as you can. Unlike the study in other subjects, you cannot leave a lesson or an ass ignment to the last minute, and hope to catch up by several sleepless nights, working immediately before the test or examination because this simply will NOT work in language learning. Language learning is like climbing a ladder and you can only do it step by step. Therefore, if, for any reason, you have missed a lesson or a tutorial, do make it up immediately. For the same reason, tutorials are just as important as lectures. In some case, tutorials are even more important.

Unit Assessment Campus Students Assessment

Weight (%)

Length

1

30%

800 - 1000 words

2

10%

N/A

3

20%

7 -10 minutes

4

40%

Online Test : 75-90 minutes

Due Date See Unite timeline for details On-going Week 11 Week 12
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