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University of Notre Dame Department of Classics

Program of Arabic Language and Culture

Fall 2015

MEAR 10001-03: First-Year Arabic I

Dr. Amaya Martin

Schedule Alif Baa: Aug 26 – Oct 1

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Aug 25 Aug 26 Aug 27 Aug 28

Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 2

Aug 31 Sept 1 Sept 2 Sept 3 Sept 4

Quiz Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 4 Unit 4

Sept 7 Sept 8 Sept 9 Sept 10 Sept 11

Quiz Units 2-4 Unit 5 Unit 5 Unit 5 Unit 6

Sep 14 Sept 15 Sept 16 Sept 17 Sept 18

Quiz Units 2-5 Unit 6 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 7

Sept 21 Sept 22 Sept 23 Sept 24 Sept 25

Quiz Units 1-7

Unit 8 Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 9

Sept 28 Sept 29 Sept 30 Oct 1 Oct 2

Quiz Unit 8-9

Unit 10

Unit 10 Worksheet Test Alif Baa

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Homework Aug 26 – Sept 30

For Monday For Tuesday ForWednesday For Thursday For Friday

Aug 26 Aug 27 Aug 28

Listen to Arabic

letters and sounds

(p.2)

Read pp. 3-8

Drill. 1 (p.10)

Listen New

Vocabulary (p.15)

Unit 2

Listening Exercise

1

Drill 1 (1-4)

Letters and

Sounds:

alif, baa, taa, thaa

Listening

Exercises:

2, 3, 4

Drills: 2, 3

Letters and

Sounds:

uu, ii, short vowels

Listening

Exercises:

6,7, 8, 10, 11

Drills: 5, 7, 10, 13

Listen to New

Vocabulary 41-2

Aug 31 Sept 1 Sept 2 Sept 3 Sept 4

Quiz Unit 2

Unit 3

Letters and

Sounds:

jiim, Haa, Kha,

sukuun

Listening

Exercises:

1, 2, 3, 4

Drills: 3, 4, 5

Prepare drill 6 to

read in class

Letters and

Sounds:

waaw, yaa

Listening

Exercises:

5, 6, 7, 8

Drills: 9, 10, 11

New Vocabulary

61-2

Drill 12

Unit 4

Letters and Sounds:

hamza

Listening

Exercises:

1, 2, 3, 4

Drills: 1,2

Listen and learn the

numbers 1-10

New Vocabulary

pp.74,75

Drill 5 (A)

Letters and

Sounds:

daal, dhaal

Listening

Exercises:

5, 6

Drills: 6, 7

Letters and

Sounds:

raa, zaay

Listening

Exercises:

7, 8

Drills: 9, 10

New Vocabulary

p.86

Write 5 sentences

with new

vocabulary

Sept 7 Sept 8 Sept 9 Sept 10 Sept 11

Quiz Units 2-4

Unit 5

Letters and

Sounds:

shadda, siin, shiin

Listening

Exercises:

1, 2, 3, 4

Drills: 2, 4, 5

New Vocabulary

p.100

Drill.6

Letters and

Sounds:

Saad, Daad

Listening

Exercises:

7, 8, 10

Drills: 7, 8, 11, 12,

14

New Vocabulary

p.112-3

Unit 6

Letters and

Sounds:

taa marbuuTa,

Taa, DHaa

Listening

Exercises:

1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8

Drills: 3, 4, 8, 11

3

For Sept 14 Sept 15 Sept 16 Sept 17 Sept 18

Quiz Units 2-5

New Vocabulary

p.130-1

Drill 13

Letters and

Sounds:

‘ayn

Listening

Exercises:

9, 10

Drills: 14, 15

Letters and Sounds:

ghayn

Listening

Exercises:

12, 13

Drills: 18, 21, 22

New Vocabulary

p. 143

Drill 25 (write 5

sentences)

Unit 7

Letters and

Sounds:

faa, qaaf, kaaf,

Listening

Exercises:

1, 3, 4, 5

Drills: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6,

Prepare drill 5 (A)

Letters and

Sounds:

laam

Listening

Exercises:

6

Drills: 8, 9, 10

New Vocabulary

p.163-4

Drill 13

Sept 21 Sept 22 Sept 23 Sept 24 Sept 25

Quiz Units 1-7

Read pp. 166-7

Unit 8

Letters and

Sounds:

Miim, nuun, haa

Listening

Exercises:

1, 2, 3, 4

Drills: 1, 2, 5, 6

Letters and Sounds:

Hamza (again)

Listening

Exercises:

5, 6, 7

Drills: 8, 9

New Vocabulary

p.189

Drill 10

Drill 14

Watch the videos

in drills 13 and 15

Unit 9

Letters and

Sounds:

Alif laam

Listening

Exercises:

1, 2

Drills: 1, 2, 3, 6

Letters and

Sounds:

Hamza l-wasla

Listening

Exercises: 3

Drills: 7, 8 (write

ten sentences)

New Vocabulary

p.204

Drill 11

Read pp. 206-8

Drill 16

Sept 28 Sept 29 Sept 30 Oct 1 Oct 2

Quiz Unit 8-9

Unit 10

Letters and

Sounds:

Alif maqSuura,

alif qaSiira,

Listening

Exercises:

1, 2

Letters and

Sounds:

tanwiin

Listening

Exercises:

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Drills: 1

prepare the

sentences to read

aloud in class and

translated them

into English

Read p. 225

Worksheet

Test Alif Baa