• Describe the geographic location of a country, its borders and neighbors  

• Use geographic directions  

• Correctly use verbs beginning with the letter و (يقع\وقع)  

• Describe and compare the climate of countries  

• Talk about the different seasons and months of the year and how they differ  

• Talk about major events that occur at different times in the year  

• Make simple plans with each other while expressing dates, talking about the weather, etc.  

• Talk about travel plans while expressing dates learn simple future tense  

• Correctly answer “why” questions  

• Use singular, dual, and plural with nouns, adjectives and verbs when referring to things or people  

• Describe people’s professions using the Nisba, a common suffix to form adjectives or relation or pertinence  

• Use the determiners “this” and “that” and prepositions of place to ask/describe where people/places/things are located  

• Use possessive pronouns (my, your, his, her, our, their) to indicate ownership of something  

• Order food and drinks commonly found in the Arabic world     

• Express need and want  

• Learn about Arabic market and cloth items and colors  

• Express likes and dislikes about food/drink and clothes 

 
Use of the Language: This course has been designed in such a way that most of the class time will be devoted to communication and will be taught in the target language (i.e., the language that you are studying).  As you already have some experience with the language, you are encouraged to use the target language as much as possible from Day 1.  You are not expected to understand everything, and you can expect to be pushed beyond your comfort zone. However, your instructor is there to make sure you can succeed in meeting the goals of the activities and of the class in general.  Our goal is for you to be able to communicate in the target language, and we cannot learn to speak a language without speaking it.  Please remember that we learn best by making mistakes, and we encourage you to try to do your best.  Don’t forget that your instructor is there to support you in class and is also available via the Matrix messaging system for assistance.  

Expectations/Time Commitment: It is strongly recommended that learners schedule about 1 hour per week outside of the weekly 2-hour class for engaging with this course. Background knowledge/experience with the language and other variables may require them to spend additional time. Learners should plan accordingly by scheduling time on their calendars now. Active engagement in all course activities (e.g., class participation, module completion and participation, homework, written assignments, studying vocabulary, etc.) will contribute to learning and success in this course.