Modern Standard Arabic for Non-Native Speakers B1
Reach independent use of Arabic.
About this course
Reach independent use of Arabic. This course opens up the derived verb forms, participles and complex sentences that let you understand and say much more, and introduces the language of the news and the workplace.
Referenced to the B1 level of the CEFR, the course trains you to follow the main points of clear texts and reports, express and justify your views, and write formal emails, summaries and opinion paragraphs. You finish with an Alalamia certificate stating the level covered and a firm base for advanced study.
What you'll learn
- Recognise and use the derived verb forms, verbal nouns and participles
- Construct complex sentences with relative, conditional and subordinate clauses
- Apply case endings and verb moods where they affect meaning and formal reading
- Understand the main points of news reports and short articles on familiar topics
- Express and justify opinions in discussion and short presentations
- Write formal emails, letters, summaries and opinion paragraphs
- Communicate at the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)
Curriculum
- The derived verb patterns
- Meanings carried by each pattern
- Verbal nouns
- Active and passive participles
- Relative clauses
- Conditional sentences
- Subordinate clauses
- Connectors and cohesion
- Nominative, accusative and genitive
- The subjunctive and jussive
- Kana and inna and their sisters
- When case endings are pronounced
- News headlines
- Reading short articles
- Listening to news reports
- Common media vocabulary
- Professional life and the workplace
- Education and social topics
- Environment and the city
- Describing experiences and events
- Agreeing and disagreeing
- Giving reasons and examples
- Talking about hopes and plans
- Short presentations
- Formal emails and letters
- Narrative paragraphs
- Summarising a text
- Opinion paragraphs
- Common proverbs and expressions
- Standard Arabic and the spoken dialects
- Discussions and role-plays
- Review against the B1 descriptors
Who it's for
Learners who have completed A2 Arabic and want to use the language independently at work and in daily life.
Before you start
- Completion of A2 Arabic or equivalent knowledge
Part of these Alalamia diplomas
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