Elementary Level : Arabic 101 and 102

COURSE GOALS: Introduction to pronunciation, basic vocabulary and grammar.

TEXTBOOK: Ahlan wa Sahlan (Yale University Press)

Intermediate Level : Arabic 201 and 202

COURSE GOALS: Continued study of practical vocabulary and grammar.

TEXTBOOK: Ahlan wa Sahlan (Yale University Press)

GENERAL ORAL EXAMS

Basics :

• Greeting an introducing yourself

• Classroom objects

• Numbers; Counting

• Colors

• Feelings happy, sad, angry nervous

• Hobbies

Information about yourself :

• Introducing yourself

• Your family

• Your studies/work

Using the present :

• Describing objects, places, our house, your apartment, a place you visited, your university

• Narrating daily or general activities

Narrating in the past :

• What you/someone else did yesterday, last night, last summer, on your trip to France, last year

Talking about the future :

• Your plans for this afternoon

• The vacation

• The summer

• Next year

• After graduation