This is a mini-course for individuals with no or extremely limited knowledge of Arabic language and culture who are about to begin study or work in an Arabic-speaking context. It will introduce basic concepts and information to facilitate entry and engagement.
Arabic for Global Exchange
$25
- Description
- What students will learn
- Learning objectives by module
- Course assessments, activities, and outline
- Other course details
- System requirements
- Included instructor tools
Description
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What students will learn
Students will learn about:
- Diversity in the Arabic-speaking world.
- Historical aspects of Islam.
- Political governance.
- Family and society.
- America and the Arab world.
- Places in the Arabic-speaking world of beauty, rich culture, and excitement.
Students will learn communication used for:
- Greetings.
- Eating out and shopping.
- Visiting a home in the Arabic-speaking world.
- Traveling to an Arabic-speaking country.
- Professional meetings.
- Common expressions in Arabic.
Learning objectives by module
Lesson 1: The Diversity of the Arabic-Speaking World/Greetings! Marhaba! مرحبا
- Greetings! Marhaba! مرحبا
- Greetings in Arabic
- How to introduce oneself
- The feminine marker
- The Diversity of the Arabic-Speaking World
- Be exposed to the differences between classical and colloquial Arabic.
- Gain a basic exposure to the diversity of the Arabic-speaking world.
- Gain an appreciation for the demographics of the Arabic-speaking world and the inherent state of flux that the region faces.
Lesson 2: Religion in the Arab World
- Eating Out
- Different kinds of food
- Eating out in the Arab world
- Form nationalities/adjectives from country names
- Numbers
- Ordering food
- Tipping
- Religion in the Arab World
- Learn about Ramadan and understand its cultural significance in the Arabic-speaking world.
- Learn about some of the practices of Islam and the idea of Islam being a “full system” for some Muslims.
- Learn about the historic roots of the birth and spread of Islam, including the split between Sunnis and Shia.
Lesson 3: Family and Society/Visit to a Home in the Arabic-Speaking World
- Family and Society
- Be exposed to aspects of the empowerment deficit that women face in the Arabic-speaking world.
- Gain an introduction to the arguments surrounding wearing the hijab.
- Gain background on the role of the family in the Arabic-speaking world.
- Visit to a Home in the Arabic-Speaking World
- Polite conversation
- The etiquette of interacting with Arabs: socializing, sharing meals
- What to say and what to do
Lesson 4: Political Governance/Travelling to an Arabic-Speaking Country
- Political Governance
- Gain a context for understanding the recent developments of the “Arab Spring.”
- Gain an idea of the complicated day-to-day decisions of living amid corruption and under authoritarian rule.
- Gain exposure to the historic and current problems of governance in the Arabic-speaking world.
- Travelling to an Arabic-Speaking Country
- Go through Immigration in an Arab airport
- Numbers 20-100
- Take a cab
- The names of Arab countries and their capital cities
Lesson 5: America and the Arab World/Formal Meetings
- America and the Arab World
- Be exposed to some of the positive influences that the West has offered the Arab world and that the Arab world has adapted as its own.
- Explore the historical background of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Gain a basic understanding of some of the historical, political, and cultural factors that lead to complicated relations between the Arab world and the West.
- Formal Meetings
- Expressions relating to polite and formal greetings and conversation in a professional office
Lesson 6: Mūsīqā to Your Ears and Eyes!/Shopping in a Suk
- Mūsīqā to Your Ears and Eyes!
- Gain a basic exposure to some of the Arab world’s most prominent cultural figures in Arabic music of the last 50 years.
- Get a taste of some of the lesser covered but more beautiful historic, cultural, and social aspects of the Arab world.
- Shopping in a Suk
- Learn terms of endearment as heard in Arabic music, and terms of respect.
- Review vocabulary used when shopping in a suk.
Course assessments, activities, and outline
Introduction
Lesson 1: The Diversity of the Arabic-Speaking World/Greetings! Marhaba! مرحبا
The Diversity of the Arabic-Speaking World
Greetings! Marhaba! مرحبا
Test: Lesson 1
Lesson 2: Religion in the Arab World
Religion in the Arab World
Eating Out
Test: Lesson 2
Lesson 3: Family and Society/Visit to a Home in the Arabic-Speaking World
Family and Society
Visit to a Home in the Arabic-Speaking World
Test: Lesson 3
Lesson 4: Political Governance/Travelling to an Arabic-Speaking Country
Political Governance
Travelling to an Arabic-Speaking Country
Test: Lesson 4
Lesson 5: America and the Arab World/Formal Meetings
America and the Arab World
Formal Meetings
Test: Lesson 5
Lesson 6: Mūsīqā to Your Ears and Eyes!/Shopping in a Suk
Mūsīqā to Your Ears and Eyes!
Shopping in a Suk
Test: Lesson 6
Other course details
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This is a six-week, six-lesson, half-semester course (equivalent to six weeks of university-level instruction) or roughly sixty hours of student effort.
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Month, 201X
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Co-Principal Investigators
- Dr. Susan G. Polansky
- Dr. Christopher M. Jones
Co-Authors
- Benjamin Orbach
- Amani Attia
- Nevine Abraham
Contributing Authors
- Abdesalam Soudi
- Rasha W. Al-Hashimi
- Elena Marusak
Technical Lead
- Marc Siskin
Materials Research
- Jessica Goodman
XML Coding & Proofing
- Jawad Damir
- Elena Marusak
Voice Talent
- Rasha Al-Hashimi
- Hanae Timoulali
- Ziad H. Ewais
- Ethan Pullman
- Louie Al-Hashimi
- Elena Marusak
- Abdesalam Soudi
Funding Credits
- A Directed Grant from the U.S. Congress
- Carnegie Mellon University Department of Modern Languages
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- pop-ups enabled
- cookies enabled
Some courses include exercises with exceptions to these requirements, such as technology that cannot be used on mobile devices.
This course’s system requirements:
- none listed (subject to change)
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