ISL262 Introduction to Arabic Grammar (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Theology (THEOL)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject builds on either ISL260 or ISL261 and introduces Arabic Grammar while building on the basic knowledge of Arabic reading and Qur’an recitation. Rules of Grammar including sarf (morphology) and forms are addressed. Writing, reading, speaking and comprehension practice is included to build further proficiency in Arabic language. This subject provides foundations for further study in Classical and Modern Standard Arabic.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
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| Distance * | United Theological College |
*This subject offering contains a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: ISL262
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
Basic knowledge of Arabic reading and writing at similar level as ISL260 or ISL261
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to identify components of sentences
- be able to demonstrate basic knowledge of the varying grammatical morphology
- be able to demonstrate basic understanding of the different scales of Arabic verbs
- be able to differentiate and apply gender, number and form structures to verbs
- be able to identify verbal scales
- be able to demonstrate measurable improvement in reading, writing and comprehension skills
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- The composition and parts of a complete sentence
- Classifications of verbs with regard to time periods
- Comparisons and examples of active and passive participants
- Subject and predicate of sentence
- Subjunctive, Jussive and Nominative cases of the imperfect verb tense
- 'Kanna' and 'Inna' and their related sisters
- Genitive case of noun
- Adjectives and their classifications
- Introduction to the forms of Trilateral verbs
- Strong and weak verbs
Residential School
This subject contains a optional 2 day residential school.
The purpose of the optional residential school is to provide an opportunity for exploration of the overall coursework covered. In addition to content review, this part of the course aims to facilitate an interactive session between the teaching academics and students.
Face to face blearing is an important part of learning a language. Students will be involved in small group exercises, discussions, visual presentation and one-on-one sessions with the subject coordinator, lecturers. and tutors.This will enable the students and teaching staff to address any issues that may arise. Material and summary content covered in this session will be a valuable contribution towards the major assessment tasks.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.