Al-Kitaab fii Ta allum al- Arabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic

448 Pages·2007·7.17 MB·Arabic

by  Kristen Brustad

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Al-Kitaab
fii Ta‘allum al-Arabiyya

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A Textbook for Arabic

Part Two
Second Edition

Kristen Brustad Abbas Al-Tonsi Mahmoud Al-Batal
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

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PREFACE
Sapa eA pb LESH” aban a gh eel ol gang lal

Welkome to a new level of Arabre study! These materials are designed ta belp you
move from the intermediate evel of proficiency, which centers on daily life and your immediate
‘world, 19 the advanced, which broadens te include topics of general and professional
interest. Toward this end, the structure and focus of AI-Kitab Part Two differ from thove of
ALKitegh Part One in several respects. These differences are important because they affect
the way you study.

«= The basic texts of Part Two come (rem printed rather than audiovisual media. This means
that you need to work harder at connecting the written and aural/eral aspects af Arabic. In
Part One, the msin story was presented orally, and this allowed you te build pronnnciation
snd hsteniog shills ane concearrate on comprehension, Now, you envst not omly rend for
‘comprehension, but also think more about grammar and pronunciation. Its important to
read examples and sentences alo while you study anc do the drils, so that you continue
ro reinforce all of your language skill

+ Tassons mn Port Two contain substantially mote vocabulary than the lessons ia Parl One.
For this reason, we have provided a large number of drills and exercises that aim te help
you memorize and gain active conteol of this vocabulary. Active control mesns that youl
should be able to comprehend and pruduce the vocabulary in reading, listening, speaking,
and writing without memory aids. It ix eracal that you learn the vocabulary of each leseon
actively before moving on to other pars of the lessor,

+ Everything ia longer in Part Two. Tis length reflecs your progress in language proficiency
and is designed 4a pus you toward anv advan Jevel of sil, At Unis level, you can begin
todo more reading exercises nutsde clans. Of course, these exercises will demand increased
concentration and mental effort on your part; your reward fer this extra effort will be
increased fluency in Arai

What stl ca efor: begining this Book?

The vocabulary ane grammar ofthis book bulid upan that of Al-Kitaad Part One. We
assume that you have active control of the vacabslary of Part One and good cantrol of the
eamanar Its also crucial that you have solid skils in voesbulary acquisition, Rathee tha
‘memorizing only the dictionary form of the word, you should knew how to practice using,
new wards in content, lo sirglar and plural, ln pas, present and future, and fst, second,
and tbisd persone.

‘Many of the sane strategies and techniques that we utilized in Paet One continue ¥e
play an important zoe here
* Prepare vocabulary ard graramar at Rome. Expect your teacher to spend clas time doing
activites in Avabie that help you to activate vocabulary and grarenar. You should not be
spending clnss time bsteaiog to explanations, The book and DVD provide sl! the information
you need to prepare the wacabulary and grammar on your oven; any minor adjustments can
bbe made during the course ef class elivities in cantert
= Lise context ta learn and guess. In addition ta contextualizing vocabulary as an aid to
-meznotization, vse content to guess the meaning of new words in reading and listening, Even
Ifyou decide to use the dictionary to lonk up unfamiliar words, you need to have 3 rough
idea of what you are looking for beforehand, and this means guessing what you ean from the
content. Tralh yourself to lock at phrases rather than words.

‘ Relisen, reread, repeat, Whether you are batering, reading, speaking, or writing, you wil
always benefit from repesting the activity. To paraphrase an old adage; “t's what you lear
alter yous have understood Ge nearing that court.” Alter you have understond what was
said ina text or passage. go back over it again to ae he it ie said aa that von ean seo in
your own speaking and witing

Wat ar te focusing om itis Book?
‘These materials are structured around two axes! the row material of vocebubary and
grammar, and the skils of reading, speaking, listening, and waiting, Vocabulary and grammar
4re the sulf of language muscle, and they need deing an a daily basis to be internalized
and activated. The most effective way to practice vocabulary and grammar isin a realistic
context that will help you shape this raw material into the skills of reading, listening,
speaking, and welting
« Vocsbulary, Vocabulary, Voeabulory

‘Vocabulary lists in each lesson are long because reaching advanced proficiency in
Acabie cequires act-ve acquisition of a large vocabulary bank. Que experience suggests that
the first four or five class hours uf each lesson shoul be spent activating new vocabulary
and expressions sheough the exetcaes presented at the heginning af each lessor, in addition
to the Romevrork drill, which take approximately two ta three hours of homework far every
hour in class, Thus, we expec thet an approximate total of twelve to fifteen hours of Hane in
land oltre class will be needed 4a study and activate vocabulazy in each lesson,

‘Good language leamers instinctively know ta use more than one skill %¢ memorize
and activate voembulary, They repeat hile they liter, they may write the word over and
‘over again while soying it aloud, or they may write the word as they listen to i. They pay
attention to grammatical informaiton given in the vocabulary lta, they krow that the
dietonary form of a word is usually net the one they need, and they play with various forms
‘of nem words: past present, Iuture, diferent persons, singular, and plural. They knw that
learning vocabu’ary actively means combining mechanical practic, personalization, and
play, Mechanical praclee involves using, your DVD, listening to, repealing aloud, and writing
‘aut the words and their contextualizing sentences, Personalization involves using the word
inacontext meaningful to You. Playtime, having tun with wards and sentences, may he the
‘moat importart af theee three, There is much work involved in learning a language, out there
should als be fun!

+ Grammar

“This Book focuses on twa key areas of Arabic grammar: the root and pattern syste.
and connplex sentence stexetvze. The elegant system of roots and pattems in Arable provides
vos with powerful tools ‘er learning vocabulary and guessing the meaning of rew words, You
must lear. to recogauze and produce the awsazn in order to read and Usten fluently and t
talk about what you read. A substantial amount of the grammar presented in this book rests
upon the fovndation of aueamy, and knowledge of them is essential to working at an
advanced level of Arabic. Notice for example, that the new vocabulary is divided into bwo
parts: the first, “Remember and Learn.” lists new words from familiar roots and helps you
use roots and patierns to help you remember new wards. For this to work, howevet, You
must practice the atvaan so that you ean recagnise and produce therm easily,

‘A second area of focus is complex sentence structure. In reading increasingly complex
texts writen hy and for educated. speakers, your will need to develop a high “evel of
gramunatical accaracy. Toward this goal, you will be asked to translate selected passages
from the basic texts irom Arabic to English. We have included in this edition aa index af
Arabic gramunalia, leer: thal include page references lo Fart One as well ay to the present
volume

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+ Reading

‘You wil! be doing two different kinds of reading in this book. Pack type of reading
has its own expectations, procedures, and goals.

“The first kind of reading you will do is reading the basic text, the main acticle around.
‘which the lesson is constructed. Tis kind of reading i called intensive resding, and you will
prepare fr this reading quite thoroughly by interalizing the vocabulary and learning about
relevant cultural background beforehand.

‘Leam the vacabu‘ary before rather than during cuading. Do rot let the process of
wading the text bocome one of flipping back and forth to the new wacabulory section. Never
‘write English definitions of worde on a mading text this cratch wil alow the development
of reading skills distract you from the far more important overall context, and will meke it
harder for you to remember vocabulary

‘You will read this text outside class several times—fimt skimming or scanning, then
again without stopping, then reading once more to Enish answering the assigned questions.
is important ro read each text at least once through without stopping and witho3t leaking
up any words so that you develop Muency. Yon will nace that the cqntext helps ot
remember vocubulary and that you understand much more during the second ceading even
without looking up anything. Aft reading this text several times for comprehension, you.
should understand approximacely 85-90% of the text. You will then go back to certain
sections ofthe text to work moce intensively hoth inside and outside of class

‘The second type of reading exercise is called reading comprehension, and it aims to
push you beyond your present linguistic level and ability. Resdirg comprehension texts,
which appesr tawards the end of each lesson, should mui be read wx fer-war or rect don
‘Their evel of diff.calty ts slightly higher than that af the basic texts; thus, you should net
expect to understand everything in them. Derotlook up ardamiliar words or ty to translate
‘hese texts rather, focus or answering the questions provided, which reflect an appropriate
set of expectations for your level, Reading cumprelwrision is crea lo developing reading
Auency at an advanced level and heyend.

+ Listening and Speaking

At-Kitab Part Tao contains ‘wo different kinds of listening activities, each with
istic expectations and guals. Thefts, a close listening exercise, demonds s high degree
ff accuracy in understanding composed texts (texts that we have constructed +a be at your
current level of comprehension), These passages appear in the fest part of each lesson in
‘order to sharpen sccurecy 99 you setivale new vocabulary and review ald vocabulary and
‘grammar. The second kind of listening exercise is listening comprehersion, which involves
{he same slils and slratagien that you use for reading comprehension. These passapes are
authentic ted, onedited except for length taken from Arab media, The questions that you
‘are asked to soswer are difficult hut accessible if you Listen several times and focus on
‘overall meaning, Listening comprehension passages aka contain some clowe Istening work to
farther develop those skills im a neal world context. Thege passages are intencled for global
comprehension, which means that You are not expected t0 understand everything in ther,
fd they should not be used to teach new vorabulary.

‘The key eleuuent in any destription of advanced language proficiency ix the word.
poragraph. The ability to speak in paragraph length discourse marks ane as an advanced
speaker of the language. Parageaph here means how the ideas of atguraents are structured
tnd how they are connected. This meana that word and sentence level exercises are not
‘enungh. Begin to tank about what your read, hear, say and weit at a paragraph level rather
than one sentence at atime.

These materials continue the practice of AI-Kia Part One in offering students and
teachers exposure ta Egyptian colloquial, this ime through the story of Maha and Khalid 98
it unfolds in Egypt. Each lesson on the DVD contains a scene from the family’s visit to
Cara. Tn adcition, 9 shor ist of hace vocabulary, expressinns, and structures is presented
inthe book and on the DVD. These colloquial materials are available for those whe ®elieve,
ewe do, that spoken Arabic is part and parcel of the Arabic language end has ® p'ace in
He classroom, and that students benefit frum exposure to spoken Arabic at all levels of
proficiency.

= Weiting

Woiting at the paragraph level and beyond is important at this stage even if you
rover plan to wil in Arable professionally on a segelae basi, Witing is Key tw building
speaking fluency. Taking the rime to formulate paragraph and essay-length written pieces is
‘necessary prelude to being sble to produce them orally, Writing helps you internalize and
synthesize vocabulary and grammar. These materials contain minimum of mechanical
writing (such as completing sentences) and a maximum number of opeaended ur free
writing assignments

"We have not included an English-Arsbie glossary in this text because we bolieve that
at this stage it is important for you to speak and write by thinking in Arabic, and that
means expressing your thoughts as best as you can using the words ald roots youl know. In
this in-between phase, you stl need to fOcus mare on What you can say than what you
want fo say in order to build this fluency. Qverteliance on an English-Arabic lexlean ean
Jksep you sfuck thinking in English,
(Chalonges end Reward

‘Keep in mind thatthe intermediate levels pethaps the most tedlous in leaning any’
language ft is somewhat like going through your Feenage years, a roLer coaster of ups and
downs, and itis often dificil 0 see whete you are in the process, You must review
constandly, pay more attention to detall, and realize that things are not completely new and
fresh like they were when you were seeing them for the first Une. Ask your instructor for
spectfc feedback an how you are doing, Keep up your motivation by reading outside of
ciass on your orn, with and without # dictionary, You are ready 0 begin reading and
listering to anything you like: explore your school’s library or loak for Arabic newsppers
and magazines. Watch Arabic news broadcasts or sten to the radio where available. This
cexpraute tn “real werld” Arabic will help you ta maintain your interest and stay motivated,
aa well as zeinforce what you leaen In cass. As you progress through these materials, you
‘will notice that many of the wards you are leaning appear regularly in the neva, and you
veil begin to undessland chunks of the news ralber than ust words

‘Where mii tbe upon completion of these materits?

If you take the time to acquire vocabulary actively and develop your productive
sil (peaking and writing) along with the zeveptive ones (readlag and listening), then by
the time you finish Ehese materials you should be at an advanced level af proficiency and be
able to
* Read a range of styles in Arabic, rom formal to informal and journalistic to expesitory
» With econorucal and intelligent use ofa dictionary, understand texts of general interest
* Carey outbasic esearch and understand main ideas in non-technical writing
Use comtext and gramuna to denify the form and gubie the meaning of unfamiliar wards
+ Initiate and sustsin discussion on topics of general interest
Understand simple conversations in Egyptian colloquial
* Present information and basic narratives in semiformal language
» Understand the main points of lectures and media programs on familiar topics
* Be able to visite essays and opinion pieces on topies you have studied.

Read, write, and speak with uncreasing grammatical accarscy
* Wdenefy a range of important figures and ideas in Arabic literary and cultural history

‘Most importantly, we hope that you have fun along the way!

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