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Arabic 3 syllabus, October–December 2018

The following is the overall syllabus for UvA Talen Arabic 3, October–December 2018. This syllabus is based on the syllabus for a previous course and will be updated with current information as the course proceeds.

Some useful links:

Lesson Material Covered
Lesson 1
1/10
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 14.

Homework for next class:

  • Learn vocabulary in Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 14.
  • Do exercises 8, 9, and 10.
  • Watch the video described on p. 199 and answer the questions. The videos are on this page.
  • Since we will be talking about the weather in Arabic, you may want to look at this Egyptian weather page.
Lesson 2
8/10
Updated!
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 14 (cont.).
  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 15. Exercises 1 through 6.

Homework for next class:

  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 14, exercise 14 on a loose sheet of paper, with your name on it, and turn it in to me in the next class.
  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 15: Do the bottom of exercise 12 on p. 209, where you have to rewrite the paragraph in third person. Do exercises 7, 8, 9, and 10, if you have time. Next time we will do the exercise on page 210; please think ahead about what you will need to say. We can also go over your answers to exercise 9 in class.
  • Prepare Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 16.
  • Listen to خالي عنده سبع أولاد song.

Links:

Lesson 3
15/10
Updated (sort of)! Sorry for the late update.
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 15, speaking exercise on page 210.
  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 16.

Homework for next class:

  • Do the remaining exercises in Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 16, including the video exercise on page 225.
  • Write out a complete conversation between a shopkeeper and a customer based on Conversation 2 on page 210 to hand in to the teacher during the next class.
  • During class, the children’s story تشوبي لا يريد أن يَنام was handed out. We won’t be discussing this until lesson 5, but you could start reading it now.
  • Prepare Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 17.
Lesson 4
22/10
Updated!
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 17, through exercise 4.

Homework for next class:

  • Watch the days of the week video.
  • Continue learning the material in Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 17.
  • Prepare تشوبي لا يريد أن يَنام
Lesson 5
29/10
Updated.
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 17 (cont.). We did exercises 10 through 13.
  • تشوبي لا يريد أن يَنام

Homework for next class:

  • Watch Shaykh Munaf, episode 4.
  • Finish Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 17. If you do not have a paper dictionary, it may be difficult for you to do exercise 14, but at least carefully read the explanation of weak verbs on page 240. If you have time, do exercise 15, which is a writing exercise. (Remember: You should be putting in about five hours of study/homework per week, so don’t feel obliged to do this if you’ve spent that much time on the other exercises.) Be sure to watch the video described at the bottom of page 242. It’s on the Mastering Arabic official website.
  • Prepare Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 18.
Lesson 6
5/11
Updated.
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 18, through exercise 7.

A couple of links related to things in Unit 18:

Homework for next class:

  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 18, exercise 8, which we will discuss in class. Keep preparing this unit: learn the vocabulary and read the texts.
  • Prepare the supplemental reading, described on this page. I’ll send around links to files with embedded audio in an email message, in case you weren’t in class.
Lesson 7
12/11
Updated.
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 18 (cont.)
  • Supplemental reading (perhaps another تشوبي).

Homework for next class:

  • De Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 18, exercises 11 and 13.
  • Watch Shaykh Munaf, episode 5.
  • Prepare Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 19.
  • It would be a good idea to start looking at the description of the final test, especially the part about writing and speaking skills.
Lesson 8
19/11
Not yet updated.
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 1, Unit 19.

Homework for next class:

Lesson 9
26/11
Not yet updated.
During class:

  • Mastering Arabic 1: Units 19 (cont.) and 20.

Homework for next class:

  • Prepare for test.
Lesson 10
3/12
Not yet updated.
Final test. Here is a sheet with information about the test.



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