ISL463 Intermediate Arabic Grammar (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Theology (THEOL)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject builds on ISL462 and introduces further Arabic grammatical rules in verb forms and nouns as well as further practice in consrtucting words and sentences with verbs. 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
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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: ISL463
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Prerequisite(s):
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate an intermediate level of knowledge of Arabic system of nominal and adjective suffixes of Classical Arabic (I'rab)
- be able to demonstrate intermediate level of knowledge of the structure of verbs, nouns, and particles
- be able to recognise and apply classification of word forms and knowledge of words constructions
- be able to demonstrate basic knowledge of conditions of construction of verbs and nouns
- be able to demonstrate measurable improvement in reading, writing and comprehension skills
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- Classification of verbs between weak-ending (mo'atel al-akhar) and correct-ending (sahib al-akahar)verbs
- Constructive and classified (al-mabni and al-mu'arab verbs)
- Classification of verbs constructions and practice
- The different classification of Classical Arabic I'rab using excercises
- Nouns ending with long vowels and their classifications
- The Quadrilateral Verb and its forms (Voices, States, moods and numbers)
- The derivation of the nouns substantive and adjective
- The denominative nouns
- The gender of the nouns
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.