Assalaamu Alaykum Everyone
Speak Arabic Today 2013
A number of people are still enquiring about our beginners
courses for 2013. Thus far only the Saturday
morning (09.00-10.00) Speak Arabic Today Course will be offered to
beginners. Students, who take this
course, will also have the option of taking The Second Course
(10.15-11.15). This option will be
explained in class on Saturday (02/02/2013 at 08.45). The Tuesday Evening – Understand Al-Quran
Course is only available to existing students and to students who has done a
similar course elsewhere. New students,
who want to take this option, must please indicate so on Saturday. They must then join us on Tuesday (05/02/2013
at 19.00-21.00). For more info regarding
the Understand Al-Quran Course, please visit: http://schoolofarabic.blogspot.com/p/simplified-method-towards-understanding.html
If you are not sure whether this is the course you want to
take, or if you would be able to manage, please feel free to join us on
Saturday morning in the auditorium (upstairs) at the Gatesville Mosque,
where all questions will be answered.
What does the Speak Arabic Course entail?
During this course the primary aim is to speak Arabic, as
the name suggests. Beginners will cover
± 20-40 sentences per session, amounting to about 100 sentences per month. The aim is to cover at least 800 sentences
this year. These sentences will be
explained grammatically, so that the student can produce more sentences on
their own. For example: If one learns – Read the book. And you know words like page, chapter,
sentence, etc. then you can generate sentences such as: Read the
page; Read the sentence, etc., because you understand the
grammatical pattern. The grammar
is thus explained in order to facilitate further understanding (not for the
sake of learning terminology).
How is it possible to learn & speak Arabic once a
week?
It would be very difficult to learn any language, if the
only exposure is once a week. Students
are therefore encouraged to practise the words and sentences covered weekly - on
a daily basis. Audio and video materials
will be made available to help with this process. It has been proven that if one listens and
repeats the same sentences (with understanding) a few times, this helps a lot
with communication. Furthermore a number
of oral and written exercises will be done weekly (which should be revised daily). This ensures success. The students who attended last year,
successfully managed to learn and communicate using 600 sample sentences. Due to their grammatical understanding, they
could add to it and produce their own paragraphs and dialogues – which they
presented orally towards the end of the year.
With the exception of a few students who opted to take the exam at a
later stage (Yes, you have that option!), all the other students obtained
passes between 80-95%.
Will this course help you to understand Al-Quran?
Yes, definitely!
Because we teach the Spoken Fushah (Classical Arabic) and not the
Aamiyyah (Colloquial Arabic). This is
the language found in Al-Quran and in most books and magazines. It is also found in all classical Islamic
texts. Arabs use this MSA (Modern
Standard Arabic) throughout the World for educational purposes. For more information regarding the MSA as
opposed to Colloquial Arabic, please visit the Madrasah At-Tayyibah –
School of Arabic Blog at http://schoolofarabic.blogspot.com/2011/09/why-learn-arabic.html
FEES: The
registration fee is R100.00 per student.
The monthly fees are also R100.00.
Discounts may be requested.
Shukran
Idrees Kamish
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