Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1ARA 305Advanced 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 Dealing with everyday needs smoothly.
Communicating informally with friends and teachers.
Communicating formally in limited topics.
Course Content This is an intensive Arabic language course which starts from the Intermediate-mid and reaches the advanced low level. Topics handled in this course are related to everyday life issues, it trains students to deal with some complicated situations (in the market, school, street, communications etc). Students learn how to connect long sentences to produce verbally and written paragraphs in the past, present and future tenses, and with topics including but not limited to description and comparison. The course presents modern and classical texts. So, some modern and classical texts related to Islamic sciences are introduced to give the students the tool to deal with Islamic terminologies and to be able to understand the special style of writing in the classical texts.
Course Methods and Techniques Dealing with the 4 language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking)
Prerequisites and co-requisities ( ARA 304 )
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Instructor Abdurrahman Tablas
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Al-Arabiya lil Hayat walTurath
Course Notes ? Attendance-Participation / Devamlılık-Derse Katılım
Students should achieve 70% of attendance.
? Late/ Make-Up Work Policy / Geç Teslim ve Telafi Ödev/Sınav Politikası
The make-up exam is done in the supplementary period.
? Re-Grading / Not İtirazı
The student can ask for re-grading by applying formally to the student affairs.
? Use Of Mobile Devices / Derste Elektronik Cihazların Kullanımı
Not allowed, except when the teacher asks the students to look up a word or a piece of information.
? Student Recording Of Class / Dersin Kayda Alınması
Not allowed

Course Category
Mathematics and Basic Sciences %0
Engineering %0
Engineering Design %0
Social Sciences %100
Education %0
Science %0
Health %0
Field %0

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
Assignment 5 % 15
Practice 1 % 10
Project 1 % 5
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
9
% 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 70 1 70
Assignments 6 1 6
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Practice 1 1 1
Project 1 2 2
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 153

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Reading and writing autobiographical and social related topics.
2 Conjugating the past tense.
3 Using the past, present, and future in a simple way.
4 Using morphological forms.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Unit 1: Lesson 1: Animals Across Cultures: Introduction and Vocabulary / Coursebook p4-7
2 Unit 1: Lesson 1: Animals Across Cultures: Reading: Article / Coursebook p8-12
3 Unit 1: Lesson 1: Animals Across Cultures: - Reading: Article - Conversation: Animals Traits / Coursebook p13-16
4 Unit 1: Lesson 1: - Grammar: Dual Form Syntax - Writing: People Traits / Coursebook p17-20
5 Unit 1: Lesson 2: The Dog in the Arab Heritage: - Vocabulary - Listening: The Dog in the Arab Heritage / Coursebook p21-25
6 Unit 1: Lesson 2: - Conversation: Today’s Pets - Writing: Buying and Selling Pets - Grammar: Feminine Plural Syntax / Coursebook p26-30
7 Midterm, and Revision / /
8 Unit 2: Lesson 1: Ahmed Ameen: An Exhausting Schedule: - Vocabulary / Coursebook p32-35
9 Unit 2: Lesson 1: Ahmed Ameen: An Exhausting Schedule: - Reading: Memoir - Grammar: al-Masdar al-Mu’awwal / Coursebook p36-40
10 Unit 2: Lesson 1: Bint al-Shati’: - Grammar: Circumstantial Adverbs (al-Hal) - Conversation and Writing: Scheduling and Memoirs / Coursebook p41-46
11 Unit 2: Lesson 1 - Lesson 2: Bint al-Shati’: - Vocabulary - Listening: Biography / Coursebook p48-51
12 Unit 2: Lesson 2: Grammar: Numbers / Coursebook p52-55
13 Unit 2: Lesson 2: Conversation: Biographies of Public Figures / Coursebook p56-60
14 Unit 2: Lesson 2: Writing: Biographies of Public Figures / Coursebook p61-62

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9
All 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
C1
C2
C3
C4

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