Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1ARA 303Intermediate Arabic I1+4+03523.10.2025

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Lisans Dil Dersleri
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course Reaching intermediate-low level (A2)
Course Content This pre-intermediate (A2) course develops reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills through practical, everyday topics. Students learn present and future tenses, key grammatical structures, and vocabulary related to school, university, travel, shopping, weather, and personal experiences. Activities include dialogues, writing tasks, listening exercises, quizzes, and presentations. By the end of the course, students can create coherent sentence sequences, handle simple communicative situations, and present ideas clearly in spoken interactions.
Course Methods and Techniques Face-to-face, using an interactive communicative approach
Prerequisites and co-requisities ( ARA 302 )
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Instructor Kamil yaprak
Instructor Lubana Barodi
Instructor Amar Alsoah
Instructor YASER HATİP
Instructor Mohammad SHEIKIH KASSEM
Instructor Abdulkadir TOPBAŞ
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources - Alarabiyya Lilhayat wa Alturath
Aljazeera ile Arapça Öğrenimi
Course Notes Attendance-Participation
Students should keep a consistent attendance.
If the student is 10 minutes late s/he will be considered absent
The students are expected to use their absence right in high emergency situations.
The maximum number of medical reports is 2 reports.
Re-Grading
The student can ask for re-grading by applying formally to Student Affairs.
Use of Mobile Devices and Laptops
Not allowed, except when the teacher asks students to use it for a learning purpose.
Student Recording of Class
Not allowed
Academic Integrity
If the teacher figures out that the student is submitting an assignment that belongs to someone else, or was accomplished by someone else, the student will get zero for this assignment.
If the student submits for the second time an assignment that belongs to someone else, or was accomplished by someone else, s/he will be sent to a disciplinary committee.
If the student is caught cheating in the exam s/he will get zero, and will be sent to a disciplinary committee.



Assignments
The student will deliver two presentations during the semester.
Students are required to upload their presentation materials on Canvas before the scheduled presentation date.

Language Certificate
The student needs to enter a placement test in case s/he needs a formal level certificate.

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 30
Quizzes 2 % 15
Practice 1 % 10
Project 2 % 5
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
7
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 70 1 70
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 40 1 40
Assignments 12 1 12
Presentation 2 2 4
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Practice 2 2 4
Final examination 1 3 3
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 135

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Reading short texts
2 Writing some sentences using some connectors and conjunctions.
3 Talking about the daily routine and describing the surroundings simply.
4 Understanding questions related to everyday routine and the near surroundings.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Review from the book ARA 302
2 Reading Lesson Vocabulary: The First Day in the Village Reading: The First Day in the Village Grammar: The Present Tense (Indicative Form)
3 Conversation: The First Day at University Writing: The First Day at Primary School Listening Lesson Vocabulary
4 Listening: My First Day in the Dormitory Grammar: The Sound Masculine Plural Conversation: Problems in University Housing Writing: My First Days in a New Country
5 Morphology: Active participle Reading Lesson Vocabulary: Where Do We Spend the Vacation? First Presentation
6 First Quiz Reading: Where Do We Spend the Vacation? Grammar: The Elative (Comparative/Superlative Form)
7 Conversation: Planning the Trip Writing: Describing the Trip Listening Lesson Vocabulary: The Weather Listening: The Weather
8 Grammar: The Future Tense and the Accusative Present Tense Conversation and Writing: The Trip and the Weather Morphology: The Passive Participle
9 Midterm exam Reading Lesson Vocabulary
10 Reading: My Mother at the Mall Grammar: The Dual Form Conversation: Online Shopping
11 Writing: The Mall and the Bazaar Listening Lesson Vocabulary Listening: I Am at the Market
12 Grammar: The Relative Pronoun Conversation: What Do You Wear? Writing: My Favorite Clothes
13 Second Quiz Review Second Presentation
14 Revision Speaking Exam
15 Final Exam

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
All 1 1 1 1 1
C1
C2
C3
C4

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

  
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