Would Anyone Be Interested in Studying Arabic?

[godilali]

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[faisal ahmad]

Salaam br,

What would the main aim be of your course? And how would it differ from other courses such as shariahprogram?

[godilali]

I've decided to make the class free of charge. However, any student who wishes to enroll is expected to be committed. If people join and quit in a few weeks, I'll be very irritated, to say the least. Please keep that in mind prior to enrolling.

We are still working out the details of the class, but as of now the preliminary schedule is as follows: every Saturday and Sunday from 10am-12pm Central Time, beginning immediately after Ramadan.

The main textbook that we shall be covering is Haywood and Nahmad's A New Grammar of the Written Language. It has approximately fifty-two chapters, and the goal is to cover an average a chapter per class. Hence, if we can maintain a high degree of consistency, we can complete the text in a manner of six months. The advantage of this particular book as that it covers all of the integral topics in Arabic grammar in a fairly lucid manner with a variety of exercises with which to consolidate one's understanding. Additionally, the book consists of over four thousand vocabulary words, equipping the student with a formidable core vocabulary. The disadvantage of the text is that it makes use of technical English grammar terms, which can be a bit cumbersome for students such as myself who are not familiar with such terminology. However, we shall try to simply such terms in the class and replace them with their Arabic equivalents. As supplementary texts, we will try and cover Dr. Husain Abdul Sattar's Fundamentals of Classical Arabic as well as Mawlana Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi's Qasas al-Nabiyyin li'l-Atfal.

If you wish to enroll, send a request to join the following Google Group with your real name and post a brief introduction about yourself: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fro...abic-intensive

[Sunni_Student786]

Respected brother godilali,

I have a few questions to pose regarding the class you are offering:

1) Will you be recording the sessions?

2) Although you will certainly be covering the nahw rules and exercises contained in the text, will you also be supplementing them with activities dealing with "I'rab"?

3) Do you think that this text and its accompanying exercises would complement the series "Al Arabiyyah bayna Yadayk" well? I ask because you appear to be familiar with the series and because I know of someone who is thinking of doing the series with the help of an online Egyptian tutor.

4) Must one be able to consistently attend the entirety of each session in order to be considered "committed"?

If you could answer those questions insha'allah, I'd appreciate it.

[godilali]

1) Probably not; if I do, I wouldn't make them available for the public unless I checked them for errors.
2) Eventually; not in the beginning stage, though.
3) Bayna Yadayk is a good text for Arabic immersion, where a person can practice his reading/grammar, composition, speaking, and listening skills on a daily basis. That is not really possible with a weekend class, so I decided to go with a text that focuses primarily on reading/grammar and a bit on composition. I think it probably would complement the Bayna Yadayk series.
4) If a couple people skip classes, the makes other students feel like it is ok to do so, and eventually ruins the entire class.

[Sunni_Student786]

Thank you for your reply.

Unfortunately, I don't think that I'll be signing up because I work Saturdays during the time of the class.

BTW, would it be OK if someone who is not a member of this forum were to sign up for lessons with you? I know someone who I'm sure would be interested.

[godilali]

Thank you for your reply.

Unfortunately, I don't think that I'll be signing up because I work Saturdays during the time of the class.

BTW, would it be OK if someone who is not a member of this forum were to sign up for lessons with you? I know someone who I'm sure would be interested.

The more the merrier, inshallah.