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4 Stages of Growth in Arabic Studies Shariah Program - © 2003-2012

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4 Stages of Growth

in Arabic Studies Shariah Program - © 2003-2012

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4 Stages of Growth

Start-Up

Initial Growth

Rapid Growth

Continuous Growth

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Start-up

Most people don’t go beyond this

Teachers think it’s beyond

students’ capacity

We’re confident our students can

progress beyond start-up

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Start-up

Small businesses must build their

reserves

In Arabic studies, we build:

• Motivation

• Key Vocabulary

• Understanding of the Big Picture

Mini-presentations

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Start-up

Focus on the 4%

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The problem with simple-to-

complex approach

Non-word meanings (istansaru)

Introducing the verb table in sarf

Introducing grammar through

mapping

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Topics Covered in

Start-up Phase

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Three types of words in Arabic

Two types of sentences and the

issues associated with each one

Grammatical states

15 of 22 places

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Topics Covered in

Start-up Phase (cont’d)

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استنصروا

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X

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Meanings

1) Help

2) Notion of seeking

3) Past tense

4) Active voice

5) Masculine gender of subject

6) Plurality of subject

7) Third person aspect of subject

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Map of the Arabic Language

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لفظutterance

موضوع مهمل

مركب

meaningless meaningful

compound (كلمة) مفرد

single (word)

مفيد غير (جملة) مفيد beneficial (sentence) non-beneficial

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Parts of Speech

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حرف فعل اسم

كلمةword

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Parts of Speech 1) Noun

2) Pronoun

3) Adjective

4) Adverb

5) Verb

6) Preposition

7) Conjunction

8) Article

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} }

اسم

فعل

حرف

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Precise Definitions

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indicates on a meaning in itself

and is not linked to time

indicates on a meaning in itself

and is also linked to time

اسم

فعل

حرفindicates on a meaning in

something else

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Classification of the حرف

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حرف

عامل غير عامل

particle

governing agent non-governing agent

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What does it mean to

govern and not to govern?

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Grammatical States

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Analogy to emotional states

Three grammatical states of the اسم

he - رفع

him - نصب

his – جر

Example

Role of

singular male

in the sentence

Reflection

He came subject he

I saw him object him

His pen possessive his

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Grammatical States

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Example Translation

Role of

in the البيت

sentence

Grammatical

state of البيت Reflection

البيت سقط The house

fell down subject رفع ة ضم

البيت دخلت I entered the

house object نصب

فتحة

البيت باب door of the

house possessive جر كسرة

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What does it mean to

govern and not to govern?

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نصر ما

في البيت

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Initial Growth

~ 6 months

read Qasas book

apply theory from reserves

teach and master sarf

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Initial Growth (cont’d)

fill gaps in understanding

• draw attention to anything that was

taught in the earlier 3 weeks

• add upon it only if it has broad

application

• restrict ourselves to the 5-20% that is

giving the broad application

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Initial Growth (cont’d)

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Next Stages

Rapid Growth

• Hidayatu Nahw

• Tafseer

Continuous Growth

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Next Video

Lack of “is”

Sequence not determining grammar

15 of 22 places

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