Arabic Certificate

stage 1

Topics:

• Introducing oneself and others
• greetings
• telephone numbers
• names of objects
• alphabet
• long vowels
• numbers
• counting objects
• shopping
• buying food and drink
• dates and times
• getting around
• transport and travel
• people and things
• place and location
• houses and buildings
• making plans for the weekend
• describing things
• making comments
• making/receiving a telephone call etc.

Grammar: Present tense, negation; question words; pronouns; adjectives and position, nouns and gender; prepositions; common adverbs; awareness of formal and informal usage; imperative, past tense.

• communicate simply in the spoken language in a range of everyday situations in such a way that basic daily requirements can be met
• understand some specific details of simple everyday aural messages
• read and write simple sentences in Arabic script(s)
• understand some of the basic features of the system of the language
• develop some insight into the Arabic culture/script and socio-cultural conventions

Topics:

• Inviting
• expressing volition and making appointments
• talking about self, family and events
• talking about daily routine and plans
• requests and orders
• having things done
• giving directions
• asking and refusing permission
• describing what people are doing and where they live
• expressing desire
• preference, likes and dislikes,
• talking about health etc.

Grammar: Revision/introduction of: the present, past; negation; pronouns (personal, demonstrative, possessive); interrogation; possessive and demonstrative adjectives; agreements between nouns and adjectives; number and gender of nouns; a range of prepositions; adverbs and some adverbial phrases of time and place; conjunctions; formal and informal usage. Future tense.

• communicate satisfactorily in the spoken language in a range of simple everyday social and transactional situations
• understand the main points and specific details of simple aural messages
• recognise and use the basic features of the grammatical system of the language
• develop some understanding of the Arabic culture(s)/script and socio-cultural conventions
• read and write short passages using some basic grammatical forms and structures