Level: One

Instructor: Ustadha Shazia Ahmad

Course Overview

Learning a new language can be daunting and confusing. This revised lesson approach by Ustadh Mumin Al-Annan is geared towards learning how to read Arabic and memorizing key nouns and verbs fast in order to facilitate using the language with native speakers. This approach to enabling the student to form sentences and questions quickly will give the student confidence to converse in Arabic in everyday life situations. Be introduced to nouns, verbs, grammar and key images of culture in a developed method of Modern Standard Arabic.

Who is this course for?

• This is the first course in Learning Arabic.

• This course has no prerequisites

Course Outline

Session One

  • Alphabets Pronunciation / Articulation

Session Two

  • Vowels, Fatha/Dhamma/Kasra Labial letters

Session Three

  • Labial letters Interdental letters

Session Four

  • Doubling sign Gingival letters

Session Five

  • Gingival tongue letters Demonstrative pronouns

Session Six

  • Gingival tongue Letters Tanween

Session Seven

  • Palatal letters First personal pronoun Ya’a. Beyond the palate letters Second personal pronoun Kaaf.

Session Eight

  • Throat letters Hamzah, Alef, and  Maad. Reading and Writing.

Session Nine

  • Personal pronouns of First Second, and Third person.

Session Ten

  • Week Days Numbers

Learning Outcomes

  • Introduce yourself and ask others their names and where they live.

  • Understand and use simple words and phrases that relate to your needs and specific everyday situations.

  • Recognize numbers, prices, dates and days of the week.

  • Speaks to someone who speaks slowly and clearly.

  • You will be able to correctly formulate simple sentences and questions

About the Instructor

Ustadha Shazia Ahmad completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of Toronto in Arabic and French. She then lived in Damascus, Syria for two years where she studied aqidah, fiqh, tajweed, tafsir, and Arabic. She then attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she completed her Masters in Arabic. Afterwards, she moved to Amman, Jordan where she resided for 15 years, and studied fiqh, Arabic, and other sciences with local and travelling scholars. She recently moved back to Mississauga, Canada, where she lives with her husband and children.