Classical Arabic A

Start your journey to understand classical texts!

This module aims to take the student to high mastery in understanding the classical Arabic language used mainly in the Qur'an but also in other works of Hadith, Tafsir, and other sciences.

You will learn basic Qur'anic sentence structure and learn to identify the most common types of constructions.

The module includes 4 courses:

Classical Arabic A1

Cover the first section (Unit 1-10) of the course book "Access to Qur'anic Arabic"

Classical Arabic A2

Cover the first section (Unit 11-19) of the course book "Access to Qur'anic Arabic"

Classical Arabic A3

Cover the first section (Unit 20-30) of the course book "Access to Qur'anic Arabic"

Classical Arabic A4

Cover the first section (Unit 31-40) of the course book "Access to Qur'anic Arabic"

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Registration for a started course is possible by sending an email to kontakt@arabisk-sprogcenter.dk!

COURSE DETAILS - CLASSICAL ARABIC A1

Overview

Begin your journey in classical Arabic grammar

Learn with examples from the Qur'an and Hadith

Expand your vocabulary in Classic Qur'anic terms

Cover the first section (Unit 1-10) of the course book "Acces to Qur'anic Arabic"

Course Syllabus

Noun sentence

Definate and indefinate article

Noun gender and number

Attached and seperate pronouns

Introduction to common Qur'anic constructions

Prepositions

Inna and anna

Idhafa construction

Recommended Background

Students need to be familiar with Arabic script and should be able read a voweled text relatively fluently (however, speed is not an issue at this stage).

Course Books

The course will be using "Acces to Qur'anic Arabic" which is available in English from Islamguide or MELS. Students are expected to aquire a copy before the course start.

Learning outcome of the course

By the end of this course, you will be able to construct basic noun sentences using different number and gender with Qur'anic vocabulary. You will be able to construct verb sentences in the past tense.

This course is required for:

Classical Arabic II

COURSE DETAILS - CLASSICAL ARABIC A2

Overview

Continue your journey in classical Arabic grammar

Learn with examples from the Qur'an and Hadith

Expand your vocabulary in Classic Qur'anic terms

Cover the second section (Unit 11-19) of the course book "Acces to Qur'anic Arabic"

Course Syllabus

Root pattern

Verb sentence

Past tense verb

Attached pronouns and verbs

Passiv

qala and kana

Recommended Background

Students need to be familiar with Arabic script and should be able read a voweled text relatively fluently (however, speed is not an issue at this stage). Students should have taken the course "Classical Arabic A1" or be familiar with the content (Pronouns, basic constructions, Arabic sentence structure).

Course Books

The course will be using "Acces to Qur'anic Arabic" which is available in English from Islamguide or MELS. Students are expected to aquire a copy before the course start.

Learning outcome of the course

This course is required for:

Classical Arabic III

DETAILS - CLASSICAL ARABIC A3

Overview

Continue your journey in classical Arabic grammar

Learn with examples from the Qur'an and Hadith

Expand your vocabulary in Classic Qur'anic terms

Cover the second section (Unit 20 - 30) of the course book "Acces to Qur'anic Arabic"

Course Syllabus

Verb sentence

Present tense verb

Irregular present tense verbs

Subjunctive

Jussive

Imperative

Passive

Participles and derived words

Recommended Background

Students need to be familiar with Arabic script and should be able read a voweled text relatively fluently (however, speed is not an issue at this stage). Students should have taken the course "Classical Arabic A2" or be familiar with the content (Pronouns, basic constructions, Arabic sentence structure).

Course Books

The course will be using "Acces to Qur'anic Arabic" which is available in English from Islamguide or MELS. Students are expected to aquire a copy before the course start.

Learning outcome of the course

This course is required for:

Classical Arabic IV

COURSE DETAILS - CLASSICAL ARABIC A4

Overview

Continue your journey in classical Arabic grammar

Learn with examples from the Qur'an and Hadith

Expand your vocabulary in Classic Qur'anic terms

Cover the fourth and fifth section (Unit 31 - 40) of the course book "Acces to Qur'anic Arabic"

Course Syllabus

Sarf - Verb forms II - X

Adverbs

Relative pronouns

Special words

Broken plurals

Conditional sentences

Recommended Background

Students need to be familiar with Arabic script and should be able read a voweled text relatively fluently (however, speed is not an issue at this stage). Students should have taken the course "Classical Arabic A3" or be familiar with the content (Pronouns, basic constructions, Arabic sentence structure).

Course Books

The course will be using "Acces to Qur'anic Arabic" which is available in English from Islamguide or MELS. Students are expected to aquire a copy before the course start.

Learning outcome of the course

This course is required for:

Classical Arabic B

COURSE INFO

DURATION: September 2018 - June 2019

Units: 2 units á 45 minutes pr week

Participants: 4-12

Location: Lyngbyvej 11, 2100 København Ø

Payment: Monthly via PBS

Group size

We are convinced that small course groups increase the learning outcome for our students and therefore limit course group size to max. 12 students. It is however not possible to hold a course with less than 4 students and in this case we cancel the class and refund the course fee.

Course format

The course consist of one weekly teaching sessions (2 units á 45 minutes), homework and revision.

Weekly time commitment

Students can expect to invest at least 2 hours weekly outside the classroom for practise and homework. The more time invested the more the learning outcome!