Arabic Language Curriculum
Level 1: Beginner Lower Level focuses on understanding common everyday expressions such as introducing oneself and others. Lessons equip one in asking and responding to questions about one’s needs, place of residence, relationships, possessions, etc.
Level 2: Middle Beginner Level focuses on communicating at the basic level if the addressee speaks slowly and clearly. Lessons equip one in understanding complete sentences and expressions often used around personal and family information, purchases, one’s immediate environment, and work.
Level 3: Upper Beginner Level focuses on the ability to communicate a direct exchange of information on day-to-day activities one is engaged in. Lessons equip one in describing immediate surroundings and subject matter related to them.
Level 4: Lower Intermediate Level focuses on the ability to understand and communicate at a basic level about ordinary matters related to work, school, and entertainment. Lessons equip one to communicate simple and coherent ideas about one’s interests effectively in Arabic-speaking circles.
Level 5: Middle Intermediate Level focuses on the ability to communicate about an event, experience, dream, wish or goal and briefly explain the reasoning for a project or idea. Lessons equip one in understanding the essential content of concrete and theoretical topics in complex texts.
Level 6: Upper Intermediate Level focuses on the ability to communicate with a degree of spontaneity and ease when speaking with a native speaker. Lessons equip one to clearly and accurately communicate opinions on various topics and present the pros and cons of various possibilities.
Level 7: Lower Advanced Level focuses on the ability to understand a variety of long and complex texts and some of their implicit meanings. Lessons equip one to express oneself fluently and spontaneously, without a shortage of vocabulary.
Level 8: Middle Advanced Level focuses on the ability to communicate confidently in social, professional, and academic circles. Lessons equip one in communicating complex topics clearly, coherently and in harmony when engaging in discourse all the while demonstrating control over the language.
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Level 9: Upper Advanced Level focuses on effortlessly comprehending everything one hears and reads such that one is able to recount events, arguments, and evidence and summarize accordingly in a logical way. Upon successful completion, the student is expected to be speaking with complete fluency with a superior degree of linguistic accuracy.
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Level 1: At this level, the student will see the main chapters in the sciences of NAHW (grammar), SARF (phonology), BALAGHA (rhetoric), ADAB (literature), and IMLA (dictation). He will master their general layout, get acquainted with the basic terms and general rules without detail and go through the most prominent names of poets, their most famous pieces, the most important writers, and their most prominent prose. After studying this, the student will be able to produce simple and brief sentences and analyze linguistically easy literary texts, such as poems of anecdotes of wisdom and beyond.
Level 2: At this level, the student learns more rules in the sciences of NAHW (grammar), SARF (phonology), BALAGHA (rhetoric), and ADAB (literature), in addition to language skills. He will learn the details of the grammar he received at the introductory level. He will get acquainted with more grammatical terms. He will be introduced to new vocabulary and structures in the linguistic repertoire that will help him produce eloquent language. He will also memorize poetry from the sages, which will benefit him in real and academic life. After that, the student will be able to produce sentences of medium length and analyze literary texts of average difficulty.
Level 3: At this level, the student will master intermediate grammar with its subtleties and memorize new poems of various types, which will help him strengthen his personality and increase his linguistic wealth. He will be able to read and analyze long literary texts, drawing from what he learned from the grammar, morphology and rhetoric sciences.
Level 4: At this level, the student masters the basic controversial issues in the vocabulary of Arabic language sciences and can explain the new rules he has learned in the sciences of NAHW (grammar), SARF (phonology), and BALAGHA (rhetoric). He will be able to distinguish correct poetry from flawed poetry, using what he learned from prosody. He will memorize a copious amount of poetry well-known among the Arabs. After that, he will be able to analyze complex literary texts and understand their value according to the rules of NAHW (grammar), SARF (phonology), and BALAGHA (rhetoric).
Level 5: At this level, the student will master issues of linguistic dispute in all their details and possesses the ability to justify his view and reject other views accurately. He will be able to analyze complex texts such as pre-Islamic poetry. After this level, his capacity for high literary expression will increase, and he will be able to produce fine literary pieces of his own.