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MEMORANDUM

Subject .

New Course Proposals African 

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and Middle East Studies 

From..

Senate 

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Committee on 

ndergraduate Studies 

Date, 8

AugUst 1980 

Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate 

Studies at its meeting of August 5, 1980 gives rise to the 

following motion: 

MOTION 

That Senate approve, and recommend approval to the 

Board of Governors, the proposed new courses AME110-3 

(An Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic I) and 

AME.112-3 (An Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic II) 

as set forth in paper S.80-106. 

NOTE - On July 9th, the Senate Committee on Academic 

Planning considered the question of whether 

Arabic courses, if approved, should be offered 

under the auspices of the African/Middle East 

.

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Studies Program or the Department of Languages, 

Literatures and Linguistics. The conclusion 

reached by that committee was that it is appro- 

priate for such courses, if approved, to be 

offered under the auspices of the African/Middle 

East Studies Program since the courses have greater 

salience for faculty and students associated with 

that program. However, in discussions at the 

August 5th meeting of the Senate Committee on 

Undergraduate Studies it was agreed that attention also 

will be drawn to these courses in the DLLL section 

of the undergraduate calendar. The courses will be 

offered through the African/Middle East Studies 

Program with the concurrence of the DLLL. It was 

also noted that although language programs in the 

DLLL emphasized fluency in speaking, reading and 

writing, that department does offer introductory 

reading courses in several languages. Such courses 

have a function similar to that proposed for the 

Arabic courses in question. 

The Committee was informed that the publisher of the 

proposed textbook supplies a series of audio tapes 

related to the text. Students will be provided with 

the opportunity of utilizing such materials in the 

language laboratory. 

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Re: New Course Proposals: 

African and Middle East 

Studies 

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8 August 1980 

A question was raised about the level of skill 

a student could expect to acquire through taking 

two introductory courses. When it was noted that 

• fairly minimal reading knowledge could be achieved, 

• further question was raised about the provision of 

courses beyond the two in question. Experience in 

the offering of Swahili, to the extent that it can 

be taken as a guide, suggests a substantial enrolment 

in the first semester course (25 to 30) and a consider- 

ably smaller enrolment in the second semester course 

(12 to 15). If one could predict a similar scale of 

attrition between the second and subsequent courses, 

it is readily apparent that the offering of further 

courses is unlikely to be viable. Nevertheless the 

provision of an opportunity to gain even a minimal 

reading knowledge of Arabic is seen as an important 

enrichment of the African/Middle East Studies Program. 

Under the authority delegated to it by Senate, the 

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies has approved 

a waiver of the normal two semester lead time require- 

ment so that ANE.110-3 can be first offered in the 

Spring semester 81-1. 

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY.

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MEMORANDUM

SC(1SO-4o

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From .....

John Chase, Secretary 

Senate Carrnittee on Undergraduate 

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Studies ? 

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forabicrnguage cour 

Date

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July 1980

At the July 

meeting of the Senate Ccmnittee on Academic Planning, a proposal 

was received from the 

African/Middle 

East Studies Program recc*mending the 

introduction of two new courses to the A.M.E. curriculum. These courses are: 

AME.110-3 An Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic (I) 

AME. 112-3 An Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic (II) 

Responsibility for assessing the content of these two courses and the merit of 

their being offered by Simon Fraser University is the function of the Senate 

Committee on Undergraduate Studies. The two course proposals were forwarded 

to SCAP for consideration of whether or not they should be offered under the 

auspices of the African/Middle East Studies Program or, alternatively, the 

Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics. 

My purpose in writing to you as Secretary of SCUS is to advise you that 

consideration of this question at SCZP gave rise to the following notion: 

proposed 

Subject to 

courses, 

SCUS approval 

AME-110 

of

and

the

AME-112, 

offering 

they 

of

shall 

the

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be offered under the auspices of the African/ 

Middle East Studies Program. 

Would you please ensure that the proposal fran the African/Middle East Studies 

Program (attached) as well as this memorandum are placed on the agenda of the 

next meeting of the Senate Carrrtittee on Undergraduate Studies. 

41

John Chase 

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Att. 

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY ?

MEMORANDUM

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Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies 

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June, 

198.0 

Two New Courses in AME (I.S.C.80-8) 

Attached are two new course proposals, ÂME. 110-3 - An Introduction to 

Modern Standard Arabic (I), and ÂME. 112-3 - An Introduction to Modern 

Standard Arabic (II), which were approved at a meeting of the Faculty of 

Interdisciplinary Studies Undergraduate Curriculum Committee on Monday 

June 

16, 1980. 

These course proposals have been referred to the Library for comnnt and 

have been circulated to other faculties for information. In addition, I 

attach a memo from the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics 

in this regard. 

A waiver of the two semester lead time is requested in order to facilitate 

the offering of ÂME. 110-3 in 1981-1. 

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Would you please place this item on the agenda for the next meeting of the 

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies. 

Jiet Blanthet 

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

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From ?

W.L. Cleveland, Co-ordinator 

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Mrica/Middle 

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IN AFRIC A/LE 

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Attached for your information is a proposal for the introduction of two 

Arabic language courses in Africa/Middle East Studies. The proposal has been 

approved by the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies Undergraduate Curriculum 

Committee. 

i

W.L. Cleveland 

WLC : ddd 

Distribution 

Dr. W. Roberts, Chairman, Faculty of Arts 

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 

Dr. M. Widween, Chairman, Faculty of Education 

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 

Dr. A. Sherwood, Chairman, Faculty of Science 

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 

cc: H. Evans, Registrar 

/'J. Blanchet, Assistant to the Dean, Faculty of 

Interdisciplinary Studies 

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

Dr. W. L. Cleveland, 

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From 

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Dr. Neville J. Lincoln, 

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Africa/Middle East Studies.Progr. 

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Literatures & Linguistics. 

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Arabic Courses ? 

Date ?

June 16, 1980. 

oFFICE

OF THE DEAF

Further to my previous memo, this is inform you that I met with 

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Divisional Chairmen on Thursday to examine further the implications of 

your offering Arabic within the AME program. It was decided not to oppose 

your proposal since we had no possibility right now of putting on these 

courses in the DLLL but concern was expressed that this should not be seen 

as a precedent for other departments to put on courses which logically fall 

within our own competence. In the event that a need arises for an Arabic 

language and literature program, it is felt that we are the appropriate 

department to teach it. In the meantime, it was strongly recommended that 

you should consult with this Department in drawing up your course outlines 

and in selecting your teaching personnel. 

Finally, it 

.

was pointed out that it might be more logical at this point 

to transfer responsiblity for our Swahili courses to ANE. 

NJL/bg 

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Dr. Neville J. Lincoln, 

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Chairman, DLLL. 

OFFICE OF Ti! DEAN

SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MAY 29M0

MEMORANDUM

Dr.

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W.L. Cleveland 

Dean of Arts 

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Library resources for proposed 

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ours

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From ..... ..Helen 

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Gray, ...S.enio.r...Lib.r.ar .ian....................... 

for History and Plitical Science 

So,cial ... 

Sciences ...

Divisio.n ... ..... Library...... 

Date.. ... ....28 ? 

Nay. .19.80...................................................................... 

Because the purpose of the two Arabic language courses proposed for 

the Africa/ME curriculum will be to teach reading they will be textbook 

courses using Introduction to modern Arabic by F.J.Ziadeh and R.B. Winder, and 

will have little need of the library's resources for Middle East studies 

which have been adequate to the graduate level for the past ten years. 

However, when these students of Arabic wish to test their progress 

there-are several Arabic journals in the collection for them, for example, 

Arab Dawn and Islamic culture and a large number of books in Arabic as well. 

.

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

MEMORANDUM

jJ&ZJ

Curt Grifflths, Chalrina 

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From...

L. Cleveland, Co-Ordinator 

Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies 

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 

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.. . A rica/Middle .ast .4ie.sProgram 

Subject

Proposal for theIntroduction .f 

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.Date.. . 

May

23,1980

o New Courses in ÂME 

What follows is a proposal for the introduction of two new courses to 

the ÂME curriculum. The courses are: - 

ÂME. 110-3 An Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic (I) 

Basic structures and patterns of the modern literary language. 

Oral drills with practice in pronunciation are integrated with 

elements of reading and writing simple Arabic prose. 

Tutorial/Laboratory 

ÂME. 112-3 An Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic (II) 

A continuation of ÂME. 

110-3

with greater emphasis on devel- 

oping reading skills and fluency in the pronunciation of 

written texts. 

0Tutorial/Laboratory 

Prerequisite: ÂME. 110-3 or equivalent. 

I. Relationshi p 

of Proposed New Courses to Existing Programs at SFU 

The proposed courses in arabic are intended to complement courses 

already within the SFU curriculum and more generally to strengthen SFU's 

African/Middle East Program. For some years now, the AME Program has re- 

ceived several petitions for the inclusion of Arabic in the university 

curriculum in order to build on the strong ÂME offerings in History and 

Sociology and Anthropology which have long existed. 

From its beginnings, SFU has offered a program in Middle Eastern studies 

unique to Western Canadian universities. Eight courses in History are specif- 

ically devoted to Middle Eastern topics and range from the civilisation of 

classical Islam, to change and revolution in modern Egypt; two courses in 

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ÂME emphasize the Middle East; and offerings in Geography, Political Science, 

and Sociology and Anthropology have Middle Eastern content. While the program 

appears to have had a fairly low level of recognition within SF13, the high 

standard of faculty scholarship associated with Middle Eastern studies at 

this institution has been internationally acknowledged for nearly a decade. 

Most recent evidence of such recognition can be provided by the examples of 

three associated faculty from the Department of History, the discipline which 

offers most of the Middle East related courses: Professor Allan Cunningham 

currently holds a Guggenheim Fellowship; Professor J.P. Spagnolo, just begin- 

fling a sabbatical leave, has received an SSHRC Leave Fellowship and a Bilateral 

Exchange Fellowship with France; Professor W.L. Cleveland is the recipient of 

an SSRC award under the auspices of the Ford Foundation and the National Endow- 

ment of the Humanities for an overseas research project to be initiated in 

January 1981, and has been selected to serve as the program chairman for the 

annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (to be 

held in Seattle in November 1981.) Without exception, these awards were made 

for the advancement of scholarship in the field of Middle Eastern studies. In 

addition, other SFU scholars whose research interests are associated with 

Middle East area studies have received substantial international recognition 

in recent years: Professor Heribert Adam, who held a Visiting Professorship 

at the American University in Cairo in 1971-73 and who offers courses in both 

and Sociology and Anthropology with Middle Eastern content, has won several 

fellowships and awards in the past five years; Professor Ingram-Ellis, whose 

research and teaching speciality involves the European presence in the Near 

and Middle East, has published two books with the Clarendon Press on the origins 

of the Great Game In Asia. Of Canadian universities, only the Institute of 

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Islamic Studies at McGill and the Department of Middle East and Islamic Studies 

at Toronto provide curriculum coverage and recognized scholarship in the Middle 

East equal to that at SFU. 

The major distinction among the curricula at the three institutions is in 

area studies languages. While McGill and Toronto offer Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew, 

Persian, Turkish, Arabic and, "upon request", others, SFTJ offers nothing. It 

is the opinion of the ÂME Steering Committee that the scholarly support of Middle 

Eastern studies in other disciplines Is sufficient to warrant the inclusion of 

two introductory Arabic courses in the ÂME curriculum. 

II. Placement of the Courses in ÂME 

The proposal requests that the two courses be placed in ÂME. A review of 

curriculum policies in other institutions with developed Middle East programs 

suggests that this is normal practice. At McGill, Arabic, as well as other 

Middle Eastern Languages, is offered by the Institute of Islamic Studies. The 

same curriculum policy is followed by the Department of Middle Eastern and 

Islamic Studies at Toronto, the Department of Modern Near Eastern and North 

African Studies at Michigan, the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton, 

and by equivalent departments at UCLA and Columbia. At the universities of 

Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and Yale, Arabic is offered in departments variously 

titled Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, Oriental and African Languages, 

etc. In these latter institutions, Arabic is cross-listed with the offerings 

of major programs in Near and Middle Eastern Studies. 

Curricular practice elsewhere is not the sole reason for the proposal to 

place the two introductory Arabic courses in AME. As I have written to Dr. 

Lincoln, the objectives of the two courses are to promote reading skills, not 

vernacular ones. Modern standard Arabic is not a colloquial language, but is 

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instead the literary language of newspapers, fiction, formal political writing, 

and official newscasts. It has been developed in an effort to transcend re- 

gional dialects. While all of the Arabic programs associated with the univer- 

sities mentioned above endeavor to train students in proper pronunciation, it 

is not the usual practice to initiate training in the colloquial dialects until 

an advanced level of modern literary Arabic has been obtained. 

Therefore, it is the feeling of the ÂME Steering Committee that the ob- 

jectives of the two courses probably suit ÂME's needs more than those of DLLL. 

hey constitute the enrichment of a currently existing minor degree program in 

area studies and their curricular integration will be more conveniently achieved 

within that degree structure than with a full program in languages, literatures, 

and linguistics. Naturally, consultation with DLLL will exist. The ÂME co- 

ordinator intends to submit course outlines and reading lists to the DLLL chair- 

man for his comments. The DLLL Divisional Chairmen have reviewed this entire 

proposal and have given it their tentative support. 

III. Potential Enrollment 

As is frequently the case when new course proposals are 

"

in the air", the 

interest expressed in ÂME. 110-3 Introductory Arabic (I) suggests that a healthy 

enrollment can be projected. It is impossible to assert whether this can be 

maintained over time or over the two course sequence. A fairly high drop rate 

can be anticipated. Nevertheless, it is the opinion of the ÂME Steering Com- 

mittee that the support courses for Arabic are sufficiently extensive, and the 

program sufficiently unique and important, to justify the approval and the trial 

offering of the two courses. 

More specifically, the potential enrollment in such courses would be drawn 

from students currently in Middle Eastern area studie courses; from students 

in other disciplines in the university who have an interest in Islamic studies; 

from qualified students in the Greater Vancouver community who might wish to take 

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Arabic as part of a diploma program; and from language/linguistics majors who 

may, from time to time, be encouraged to gain some familiarity with the struc- 

ture of a contemporary semetic language. 

While the main purpose of the AME Steering Committee in introducing the 

two courses is to enhance the Middle East curriculum for students currently en- 

rolled at SF13, the Committee also feels that the existence of a unique and con- 

temporarily significant language program at this institution, combined with a 

long-established Middle East curriculum and an internationally recognized group 

of scholars of the region, possesses the potential to attract to this university 

undergraduates and graduates who might otherwise attend other institutions. 

[V. Funding and Staffing 

The position required to teach the proposed courses is that of a part-time 

Lecturer. Should the courses be approved it is the intention of the AME 

Steering Committee to recommend a two-semester appointment to begin 1 January 

198

1

. Naturally, no formal search can begin until the course proposals have 

been approved. However, preliminary inquiries bythe ÂME Co-ordinator have 

shown that qualified personnel does exist in the Greater Vancouver area. 

Funding for 1980-81 will be provided by a consortium composed of the 

Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, and the Dean of 

Continuing Studies. Regular funding will be requested in the position authori- 

zation submissions for 1981-82. The possibility of external funding will also 

be explored. 

V. Appointment Procedures and Supervision 

The search. committee for the position will be composed of the Co-ordinator 

of AME (currently W.L. Cleveland) plus two members of the Steering Committee, 

and, if possible, one member from DLLL. The ANE Co-ordinator will assume the 

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responsibility of classroom visits and the provision of a review of the ap- 

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pointee's performance to the appropriate Faculty Dean in accordance with AC 23. 

VI. Librar y Su pport/Laborator y 

Availabilit 

The attached report shows that library support is adequate. Tapes will 

need to be purchased and language laboratory time arranged with DLLL. Funding 

for the tapes will be in the range of $200.00. It should be possible to pro- 

vide this sum from allocated funds. Laboratory usage is under discussion with 

Professor Lincoln. 

Date: 0

Ai

AUG

Dean 

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SA. ^n.S 

SENATE Ufl1ITTEE ON UNDERGRM)UAE

STUDIES ?

NO

COURSE

PROPOSAL TO!!!

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tntorsaation ?

I)epartnt:_Africa/Middle East

COrse 

Husker:

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Credit Hours: 3_

Vector: 0 

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1-itio of

Course:

Introduction to Modern Standard

Arabic (I)

Calendar Description of

Course:

Basic

structures and patterns of

Oral drills with practice in

pronunciatio

are integrated with elements of

reading and writing

sin1e Arabic prose.

Nature of

Course 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): n 

e

What

course

(courses), if 

any,

is

being

dropped from the calendar if this course 

pproved: 

sch

edulin

itow frequently will the course be offered? Once a year 

Semester

in which 

the

course 

will

first be offered? 

81-1

(request waiver

normal 

two semester lead

time)

Which of your present faculty would be available to sake 

the

proposed oiferthg 

possible? none 

@11`iectives

the

Course 

enable

students to acquire basic reading and pronunciation skills in

4. Uudgetary 

and

Space

Rsguirssaflts (for information only) 

What additional 

resources will be required 

in

the

following 

areas: 

Faculty

Appointuit of Sessional

Instructor

Part-tine Lecturer

Staff ? 

-

Library -

Audi

visu

a

Purchase

suitable language

tapes.

Space - 

Equipment

c;s 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see

SCUS

INTRODUCTION

A THE ALPHABET TRANSLITERATION AND PRO-

NUNCIATION. THE NUMERALS

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3 ?

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II VOWELS AND LETTERS IN CONNECTED FORM

III ACCENT AND SHADDAW

IV LONG VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS

V HAMZAH AND THREE TYPES OF LONG ALIF

VI THE DEFINITE ARTICLE. SUN

LETTERS.

WASLAH. ?

..,

NUNATION. ACCENT. MISCELLANEOUS

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. .........

.., ?

VII

THE ARABIC LANGUAGE IN GENERAL

VIII

NOMINAL SENTENCES: SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

GENDER

THE CONSTRUCT PHRASE

ADJECTIVES. COLLECTIVES

XII

PRONOUNS

XIII

PREPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS

XIV

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE.

COPULA.

DIPTOTES ?

VERBS. VERBAL SENTENCES. SUBJECT AND

OBJECT OF VERB

XVI RELATIVE

PRONOUNS.

ADVERBS. ?

AND ITS

"SISTERS" ?

XVI!

THE DERIVED FORMS OF THE VERB

XVIII

WEAK VERBS IN THE PERFECT. SUBORDINATE

CONJUNCTIONS

XIX.

IWASDARS ?

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0" ?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AND ITS SISTERS.

XX ?

PARTICIPLES.

APPOSITION

NOUNS OF INSTRUMENT. NOUNS OF PLACE AND

XXI

TIME. EMPHATIC NOUNS. DIMINUTIVES.

ABSTRACT NISBAHS

XXII

THE DUAL

VERBS IN THE PLURAL. SOUND PLURAL

XXIII ?

PERFECT

NOUNS

XXIV

THE IMPERFECT. THE DOUBLED VERB

XXV ?

BROKEN PLURALS. OTHER DIPTOTES. OTHER

FEMININE ENDINGS

105

XXVI

REVIEW

XXVII ?

WEAK VERBS IN THE IMPERFECT

107

PARTICIPLES AND MASDARS OF WEAK VERBS.

XXV1II

112

ADVERB OF PURPOSE

XXIX ?

3USSIVE. SUBJUNCTIVE. INTERROGATIVE

120

127

XXX ?

THE IMPERATIVE

134

XXXI ?

THE PASSIVE

XXXII ?

ACCUSATIVE

IN GENERAL

14!

147

XXXIII

THE NUMERALS

VERBS. CONDITIONAL

XXXIV ?

QUADRILATERAL

159

SENTENCES

166

XXXV ?

POTPOURRI

177

APPENDIX I: PARADIGMS

APPENDIX ii: VERBS AND THEIR PREPOSITIONS

233

ENGLISH-ARABIC VOCABULARY

247

ARABIC-ENGLISH VOCABULARY

26$

285

ENGLISH INDEX

292

ARABIC

Xli.

INDEX

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM

Africa/Middle East

1. t:.dendar

Information ?

Department: 

Studies

Program

Abbreviation 

Code:

AME.

Cötirse Number:

.112 ?

Credit Hours:3 Vector:040 -.

Calendar Description of Course: 

A continuation of ÂME.

110-3 with greater emphasis 

on

developing

reading

skills and fluency in

the pronunciation

of

written

texts. 

Nature of Course 

Prerequisites 

(or special instructions): ? 

ÂME. 

1103

or

equivalent

What

course (courses), if 

any,

is being dropped from the calendar if 

this

course is

approved: 

none

2.

Scheduling 

ILoi

frequently will the course be offered? 

Once

year

Semester in which the course will first be offered? 

81-2

Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering 

possible? 

none

Objectives of the Course

I%Woo^ 

To enable students to acquire basic reading and pronunciation skills in nodern

standard Arab. (See attached table of contents from proposed

text. )

Budgetary

and

Space Requirements (for information only)

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty

Appointnnt of Sessional

Instructor

or

Part-tine Lecturer

Staff - 

Library ?

Audi"

Visual Purchase

of suitable language tapes.

Spce ?

Equipment - 

Approval

Date:________________

(g() 

jok^ ^Ic 

Department Chairman 

?

Dean

rman,

SCUS 

73-34b:- (When

completing 

this form, for instructions see

Memorandum

SCUS

73-34a.

Aiach

course outline). 

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IM ?

TABLE OF

THE ALPHABET: TRANSLITERATION AND PRO-

NUNCIATION. THE

NUMERALS

VOWELS AND LETTERS IN CONNECTED FORM

III

ACCENT AND SHADDAH

LONG VOWELS AND DIPHTHONGS

HAMZAH AND THREE

TYPES OF LONG ALIP

THE DEFINITE

ARTICLE. SUN LETTERS. WASLAH.

NUNATION. ACCENT. MISCELLANEOUS

VII THE

ARABIC LANGUAGE IN GENERAL

VIII

NOMINAL SENTENCES: SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

GENDER

THE

CONSTRUCT PHRASE

ADJECTIVES. COLLECTIVES

XII

PRONOUNS

XIII

PREPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS

XIV

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE. COPULA.

DIPTOTES

VERBS. VERBAL SENTENCES. SUBJECT AND

OBJECT OF VERB

¶1

XVI

RELATIVE PRONOUNS. ADVERBS.

AND ITS

"SISTERS"

XVII

THE DERIVED FORMS OF THE VERB

XVIII

WEAR VERBS

THE PERFECT. SUBORDINATE

XIX

XXI ?

NOUNS OF

TIME. EMPHATIC NOUNS. DIMINUTIVES.

ABSTRACT NISBAHS

XXII ?

THE DUAL

XXIII

PERFECT VERBS IN THE PLURAL. SOUND PLURAL

NOUNS

XXIV ?

THE IMPERFECT. THE DOUBLED VERB

XXV ?

BROKEN PLURALS. OTHER DIPTOTES. OTHER

WEAL

VERBS IN THE IMPERFECT

107

XXVIII ?

PARTICIPLES AND MASDARS OF WEAK VERBS.

ADVERB

PURPOSE

112

SUBJUNCTIVE.

127

XXXI ?

THE PASSIVE

134

XXXII ?

ACCUSATIVES IN GENERAL

141

XXXIII ?

THE NUMERALS

147

XXXIV

QUADRILATERAL VERBS. CONDITIONAL.

159 ?

166

APPENDIX II: VERBS AND

THEIR PREPOSITIONS

233

ENGLISH-ARABIC VOCABULARY

247

ARABIC-ENGLISH VOCABULARY

265

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