ARAB 101A

Iman Hashem












 Agenda
August 29, 2017
Roaster
Who are the Arab: What do you know and would like to know
Identify 3 types of greetings used by various people orally
and in written format.
Greet classmates in culturally appropriate way. You will
practice how to greet people appropriately in various
formats between genders
9:55-10:05 Break
recognize cultural practices (protocols and manners for
greeting people the same and across genders in the
Arabic-speaking world
You will practice saying Iname and who are you (for male
and female)
Syllabus
You will recognize the Arabic alphabets
You will identify the letter orally and in written format.






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What do you know about the Arabs?
Are the Arab the Same of different?
 Group Activity 1
In groups of four list what do you know about
the Arab world and list as many Arab countries
as you know.
Guess the country where this picture is
taken.

Lets learn greeting in Arabic
ahlan Ahlan wa
sahlan
Your Turn
 ..


1. What type of relationship exists between
these people?
2. Where this greeting is taking place?
 !
Listen and Choose


During watching: (Cultural Practices)
What did the women do when greeted each
other?
How the men greeted the host? What type of
gesture he did in his hand?

After watching: (Perspectives of the practices)

Prediction: a) why the women said the three types
of greetings instead of only one and kept repeating
it? b) Why the man didnt shake or hug and kiss the
host women?
Cultural Practices



Write what have you learned about ways of

greetings in the Arab world.
 Important Information

E-mail: iman.hashem@csulb.edu
Class Hours: Tue & Thu 10:00 11:50 am
Office Hours: Tue & Thu 12:00-1:00 pm
Office: AS 339
Classroom: LA2 Room 200
 REQUIRED TEXTS
Alif Baa with DVDs: Introduction to Arabic Letters and
Sounds, Third Edition by Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal,
Abbas Al-Tonsi (ISBN: 9781589016323)
Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-Arabiyya with DVDs, Part
One, Third Edition. A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One
w/3 DVDs
Note: We will cover chapter 1-2 of this book. The rest of the book will be used next
semester in 101 B.

Getting to Know the People from the Arabic

Speaking World Thematic Unit by Iman ArabiKatbi
Hashem.
Teachers collected handout, TV programs, songs,
and online material
 RECOMMENDED
Various Arabic websites: Arabic 4 Fun, Aswaat
Arabiyyah, The Arabic PodClass, Arabic4U, etc.

Al-Mawrid Al-Qareeb Pocket Dictionary Arabic-

English and English-
Arabic (http://www.noorart.com/)

TELL me More for Arabic. www.Auralog.com

Rosetta Stone Arabic

 PREREQUISITES
Arabic 101A has no prerequisites. This course is
designed for non-native speakers, that is,
students who have not studied Arabic before and
do not speak any Arabic. If you have taken Arabic
courses previously or speak even a small amount
of Arabic, please speak to your instructor and/or
the Language Coordinator about the possibility of
enrolling in a course at another level.
 PREPARATION
Since this is a four unit course, the
university requires a minimum of eight
hours of outside preparation per week.
However, the amount of time necessary to
be adequately prepared for class will vary
from student to student depending on a
number of factors.
 Course Objectives
The purpose of this course is to provide the students with the
fundamental skills in: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, and
Culture. The course is proficiency-based, implying that all activities
within the course are aimed at placing the learner in the context of
the native-speaking environment from the very beginning. The course
focuses on listening and speaking in a basic context so that students
can learn to initiate a conversation. Students learn frequently used
sentence patterns that allow them to communicate on a basic level
and which support their development in both reading and writing.
The course will also compare Arabic and American cultures. These
activities will help students understand the distinctive characteristics
of the humanistic perspective; understand the historical and cultural
factors of Arab world in a global context. This humanistic perspective
will be applied to values, experiences and meanings in ones own life.
 GRADE DISTRIBUTION

Participation 20%

Homework 15%

Performance tasks 30%

Quizzes 20%

Comprehensive Final Exam 15%