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Arabic 4 syllabus, January–March 2018

The following is the overall syllabus for UvA Talen Arabic 4, January–March 2018. I will use this syllabus not only to lay out our plan, but also to document what we did and indicate the homework.

A couple of useful links:

Lesson Material Covered
Lesson 1
25/1
During class:

  • We read and discussed text 1a in Arabisch stap voor stap, deel 2. (Yes, this is review.)
  • Mastering Arabic 2, Unit 1. We did exercises 1, 2, and 3.
  • This may not sound like all that much, but we did a lot of speaking practice using the vocabulary that came up in the texts.
  • It was pointed out to me that there are official vocabulary memorization packages for Mastering Arabic on Memrise!

Homework for next class:

  • Arabisch stap voor stap, deel 2, read texts 1b and 2a.
  • Mastering Arabic 2, Unit 1, exercises 4, 5, and 6. We can look at your answers to exercise in the next class. Learn the new vocabulary in Unit 1, and read as far ahead in it as you have time for.
Lesson 2
2/1
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 2, Unit 1 (cont.).

Homework for next class:

Lesson 3
8/2
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 2, Unit 2. We covered pages 20 through exercise 4 on page 24.
  • We also worked through this supplementary sheet to practice the vocabulary.
  • There was confusion about Stap voor Stap. The pages I had handed out in the first lesson didn’t correspond to the pages assigned as homework. During class, I handed out pages 11–25 of this book.

Homework for next class:

  • Mastering Arabic 2, Unit 2, exercises 6, 7, 8, and the listening portion of page 34. Continue working on the vocabulary.
  • Refresh your memory of the first seven ordinal numbers by working through this children’s song.
  • Read Stap voor stap, texts 1a and 1b, if you haven’t already.
Lesson 4
15/2
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 2, Unit 2 (cont.).

Homework for next class:

  • Prepare Mastering Arabic 2, Unit 3.
Lesson 5
22/2
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 2, Unit 3. We worked through exercise 4.
  • Stap Voor Stap, texts 1a and first half of 1b.

Homework for next class:

  • Mastering Arabic 2, Unit 3, exercise 9 and listening exercise on page 52.
  • Stap Voor Stap, read texts 2a and 2b.
Lesson 6
1/3
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 2, Unit 3 (cont.), starting with exercise 5.

Homework for next class:

  • Unit 3: Exercise 9, 11, 12.
  • Unit 3: Prepare conversation described on page 47.
  • Unit 4: Prepare.
Lesson 7
8/3
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 2, Unit 4. We got as for as the paragraph at the top of 61.

Homework for next class:

  • Most important: Prepare the conversation on page 47.
  • Do Unit 3, exercise 12, if you haven’t already.
  • Continue preparing Unit 4.
Lesson 8
15/3
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 2, Unit 4 (cont.).

Homework for next class:

Lesson 9
22/3
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 2, Unit X.

Homework for next class:

Lesson 10
29/3
Final test.



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