ARA211:Intermediate Arabic Conversation

The course consists of 15 units discussed under 3 modules which involve notes on features of Arabic as a language, definite and indefinite articles i.e. Ma‘rifah and Nakirah, construction of simple nominal sentences, construction of simple verbal sentences, difference between prose and poetry in Arabic with examples, reading and writing ability of fully vocalized short Arabic prose texts, reading and comprehension of vocalized short Arabic poetry texts, reading and comprehension of un- vocalized short Arabic prose texts, reading and understanding of fully vocalized short Arabic poetry texts, reading and understanding of un- vocalized short Arabic poetry texts, reading and analysis of fairly difficult words of vocalized long Arabic prose texts, reading and comprehension of un-vocalized long Arabic prose texts, reading and understanding of vocalized long Arabic poetry texts, reading and understanding of un-vocalized long Arabic poetry texts, reading and analysis of fairly difficult words from vocalized and un-vocalized long Arabic poetry texts. The material has been especially developed for student in the African context with particular focus on Nigeria.