About My Curriculum
Custom Curriculum
I use a custom made Arabic curriculum. This means that all of the materials are designed personally by me. The goal of the curriculum is to take learners is take learners from the A1 and A2 levels of Arabic (begginer) to the B1 level (intermediate learner)*.
(*For more advanced learners, contact me discuss a custom learning plan)
Power Point Presentation
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All of my Arabic lessons are Power Point presentations. The Power Point format allows a larger amount of care and attention to detail than the standard textbook format. Zoom screen sharing allows the student to follow along as go through the presentations, as well as for both the student and myself to annotate and interact with the slides as we go along.
Curriculum Overview
My curriculum begins at the absolute beginning - assuming students with NO knowledge of how to read or write Arabic. The first three chapters are designed to speed new learners through mastery of the Arabic alphabet and script.
Curriculum Overview
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From there, all of the lessons follow a standard format that goes as follows: Introduction of new vocabulary (between 3 and 8 new terms, depending on the lesson); light practice of the new vocabulary in English; the introduction of a new grammar concept; practicing the new vocabulary using the new grammar concept; a dialogue; occasionally a game; and finally, simple visual practice and review of the unit's content using power point slides.
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Curriculum Overview
Unit 1-3: The Arabic Alphabet
Unit 4: Greetings and Introductions; Introduction to basic pronouns.
Unit 5: Countries, nationality, and stating where you are from. Introduction to the Arabic present tense verb. A brief introduction to Arabic morphology, al-I3raab ().
Unit 6: Basic Professions and introduction to possessive pronouns.
Unit 7: Family members and expressing relations; using Laysa (ليس) to negate nouns.
Unit 8: Food and mealtimes; the verbs I Like () and I want (); introduction to the past and future tense verbs.
Unit 9: Basic Daily Activities vocabulary such as to play, to watch, to listen, etc.; Broader introduction to Arabic morphology; Sequencing in Arabic.
Unit 10: The numbers 1-100; Arabic noun human and non-human plurals; basic adjective descriptions; basic Animals vocabulary and their plural forms.
Unit 11: Vocabulary related to the home; Verbal noun or gerund forms, al-Masdar (); introduction to Arabic object pronouns; locating objects (next to, in front of, etc.) ;
Unit 12: The Neighborhood vocabulary; asking for directions; days of the week; times of day and routines.
Unit 13: The Weather; If-then clauses; Traveling vocabulary; telling the time.
Unit 14: The Command form, al-Amr (); Studying and going to work; dreams and ambitions.
Unit 15: Comparatives and superlatives; expressing opinions and feelings.
Unit 16: Shopping and transactions; the passive voice.
Unit 17: Formal Arabic (writing letters); expressing capability and incapability.
Unit 18: Health and sickness vocabulary; the body parts.
Unit 19: Advanced Arabic Concepts: the 10 verb forms (al-Awzaan) part 1.
Unit 20: Advanced Arabic Concepts: the 10 verb forms (al-Awzaan) part 2; Passive and Active Participles.
Units Overview
Each unit contains between 5 and 8 independent lessons. No homework is assigned for individuals lessons within the units. At the conclusion of each unit, however, students will be given the opportunity to complete a comprehensive, take-home self assessment exam.