King Saud University

College of Education

Arab 102 introduction to Arabic language

Instructor: Amal Ali Alsubki BH.

Office: RM 135

Office Hours: Wednesdays and Friday (2:00-4:00PM).

Office Telephone: (909) 534-4545

E-mail: emotion_feeling@live.com

Year/Quarter: 2011 summer Quarter

The College of Education media technology:

King Saud University .(The department of Instruction Education Media Technology

supports rich learning environment throughout strategic planning for continues evaluation

and development of the department programs, research activities and community

services. The department emphasizes quality assurance by acquiring faculty, staff, and

students according to well accepted international standards to reinforce the learning and

instruction processes. The department is eager to prepare scholarly leaders that are

capable to participate in the development of the field and to integrate information

technology in the learning environment effectively).

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Course Overview

Arabic102 is one of the elective courses in Education Media Technology

program. This course emphasizes learning new skills and develops it in the field

of Education Media Technology and language skills through online device. It is

designed to assist students in their teaching field and language skills. Also,

develop and understanding of using one of internet elements in order to learn new

language and creating blogs related to the use of technology in education .Second,

understand how to use blog to post their assignment and do research on the

internet. Finally they have to evaluate the course and take the optional final quiz if

they want to see how the subjects were useful for all of students.

Course Goals:

Make my freshmen student at university learn how to speak, write and read

Arabic. Also, master there on line skills. By asking and send e mail to their

teacher if they don’t understand any step.

Course objective:

1-students will learn about Arabic basic like speaking and reading tools in online class.

Like pronounce the Arabic alphabet.

2-Student will learn about how to write in Arabic and know some of Arabic number.

3-Student will learn how to explore and deal with internet tools; by create an account in

Skype and blog. And learn how to use Arabic dictionary.

4-Student will learn how to evaluate the online course

Course Requirements

All students will design and develop blog in creative style at online class.

The student will learn to practice their language skill with other student in this class.

1-After Choose a free blogging software that student think is easy to use

2- student have to Register for an account that I will provide to student

3-students have to create their blog and Skype account at the first day

4-the student have to post their home work in their blog

5- All students have to submit all home work before the due date.

6-The student have to comment in each other work.

7-Students have to prepare before each class start.

Course Policies

All students have to turn over their work before the due date

All students have responsibility to do their own work and sited everything that is not

her/ his work if not that will be considered as a plagiarism.

Students have to participate and communicate with each other every week.

All students have to read the text before the course begins.

Commitment to Diversity

(To provide distinctive education, produce creative research, serve society and contribute

in building the knowledge economy and community through learning, creative thinking

environment, the optimal use of technology and effective international partnership).

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Course Evaluation Plan:

Assignments Points
Create their own blog 10
Download the Arabic alphabet and vocabulary document 10

and answer all questions.

Participations on Skype or dim meeting 10

Do the writing activity 10

Use Arabic dictionary and find definition to some Arabic 10

words

Student communicate with each other 10

Evaluate the course 10

Final quiz 10
Total 80

Note: there is a chance to get an extra credit point in this course by doing a power point project on what

kind of Arabic word that you did learn in this class. It is worth 10 point

Grading:

grad points
A 80
B 70
C 60
F 10

Rubric

A student accomplish all the course material and provide excellent quality of work on

their assignment and use any reference to expand his/her knowledge The students do

great on each class by sending their home work before due date and communicate with

instructor on lecture and each other. Also, answer the quiz items without any mistake

B Student understands some of the course material and provides good quality of work on

their course. The student do their assignments before due date.

C student provide their assignments with low effort and not participant on the online

meeting. And send it after due date. The student not quite sure understands all material of

the course. The student needs to review the course many times to know the material very

well.

D student do not complete all assignments. Also, show little of understand the course

material. The student does not communicate with other student and instructor in the

course

F students do not turn in any assignments or do any kinds of activity in this course .do

not take the final exams and quiz.

Notes:
 I will e mail the final quiz and survey for all students in my class:

This quiz will be on university level. Students whom are interesting in learning how to

Read, write and talking Arabic by use online tools

· The question that is provide to student is this is a true/false quiz

· The exam is worth 10 points

Date/Topic Assignment interaction

Session 1 1-Students have to create an Student-Content
account in blog and send their id to
7/10/2011 1-The students will read the
the instructor as link by Email
First week class syllabus
2- Students have to go over the
Topic: Introduction to the link that shows them how to create 2-The students will create
course blog. their blog and Skype id.

There will be online meeting
through
Group discussion board.
the instructor
will discuss the syllabus and typepadhttp://www.typepad.com/p
go over the course and discuss
with the instructor about what How to use typepad links
they want to learn in this
course and choose the topic
they want
wordpresshttp://wordpress.com/ 3-The students will log in the
video link that shows them
blogger how to create blog.
http://www.blogger.com/h
ome 4-The student will listen to
the podcast Presentation
about the course.
ro/index-2c.html
Student-instructor:
typepad
http://www.youtube.com/w 1-Students will send their
atch?v=MGPDh3s5iDg blog and Skype address to the
instructor by e mail and their
typepad suggestions about the course
http://www.youtube.com/w topic they want to learn.
atch?v=3tXLD8zQAGg
Student- student
typepad
http://www.youtube.com/w 1-There students will post
atch?v=tnCZGLDKZsQ their answer on their blog

3- Students have to download 2- Students will shear their

thoughts with each other
 Skype program, setup an account about this course.
and create id for their account.
Then send their id to the instructor. Due

WWW.Skype.com. Before med night on Sunday

How to download Skype

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=TxJtvE937bo&feature=related

How to create an account on

Skype

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=4fyuLBwYq_k&feature=related

4- Students have to review the

course schedule

5- Students have to share their

thought about why they taking this
course? And what they want to
learn in this class? And what part
of language and online skills they
want to master? What the type of
interaction they want to have in
this course? And send the answer
to the instructor

6- student have to prepare for the

Second class session

Session 2 1-Each student has to download Student-Content

7/17/2011
second week class meeting
Online meeting on Skype
Topic: some Arabic basic
language skills like speaking
and reading tools in online
the Arabic alphabet and
vocabulary document.
2- Each student will try to
pronounce each alphabet, recorded
their voice and send it as attach to
the instructor as e mail before due
date.
3- students will try to pronounce
the Arabic new words, try to
1-The students will log into
the blackboard to go over
the schedule and the
syllabus.
2-The students will read the
text document and try to
pronounce the Arabic
alphabet.
3-The students will try to
class.
1-Students will be able to
discover a good way to
pronounce the Arabic
alphabet and word.
2-Students will be able to
learn new Arabic vocabulary
that matches their need.
3-Students will be able to
modify more words that
related to the subject.
Session 3
Third week class
7/24/2011
Topic; Student will learn
pronounce it this new words
,record their voice and send it as e
mail attach to the instructor.
4- Students will try to do the last
activity in this assignment which is
trying to chose 9 Arabic alphabet
litter try to pronounce it and try to
give a word that start with each
litter.
5- The students will do
conversation activity in the class
by chatting with the teacher about
a topic the teacher or may arise at
the end of the conversation the
teacher will grade the student.
1- Students download the
writhing power point text
document.
2- Students will translate
English word and sentence
in to Arabic.
3- Students will take
practice on some Arabic
vocabulary.
4The student will access the
link that related to the topic.
Student-Instructor:
1-The students will send
any question to their
instructor by e mail or post
it in the discussion board.
2-Each student has to
participate in the dim dim
and answer any question
that may arise by instructor.
3- Each student want a
good grade has to send their
assignment before due date
so the instructor can graded
and send it back to student
in order to correct some
error if there is any .
Student-Student
Interaction:
1-Student may post any
question for instructor or
other students in their blog.
2-Student can chat with
each other during the
lecture if they have
question,
Due date
Before med night on
Sunday
Student-Content
1-Students will go over the
schedule and the syllabus in
the blackboard
about how to write in Arabic.
1-Students will be able to
write the Arabic alphabet and
words.
2-Students will be able to use
the Arabic scribed and
numbers.
3-Students will be able to
write some comment Arabic
phrase.
4- Students will be able to
know some of the rule of
Arabic writing scribed.
accounting activity that has
to write it by using Arabic
number.
4- Students will take activity
that they have to write the
same word and sentence
like me in.
2-Students will practice to
write the Arabic alphabet that
I will provide them in my
word document.
3-Students will downloaded
the text and try to write
Arabic scribed and numbers.
4-Students will try to do
practice exercises on write
some Arabic phrase.
5-Students will download the
home work assignment and
answer everything that
instructor asked them to do.
Student-Instructor
1-The student will send all
their question to the
instructor by using e mail.
2-The student will send their
assignment by email to the
instructor.
3-Students should post their
assignment in their blog
4- Students will send their
home work to the instructor
by using e mail
Student-Student
1- Students will comment on
each other blog.
2-Students may ask other
student for help and support
each other.

Session 4
Fourth week class
Skype meeting
7/31/2011
Student will learn how to
explore information and
deal with internet tools.
1- Students will be able to
have Skype and blog account
2-Students will be able to do
research on the internet
3- Students will be able to use
Arabic dictionary.
Students will learn how to
communicate in this online
course.
4-The students will learn how
to use Google translator.
5-students will learn how
access the university library to
get more information about
Arabic culture.
Student will learn how to
communicate in this online
class.
1-Students have to buy a
dictionary in this class. In this
assignment .I will give Arabic
words to student and they have to
look on the meaning in the
dictionary.
2-I will provide all students with
topic about Arabic culture and
they have to do research on the
internet and use the university
library and write about that topic
in Arabic about what did they
learn.
3- Students will explore how to
use Google translator. And write
about what they think about this
program.
4-After the students post their
assignment they have to shear their
finding information with other and
evaluate each other information in
good way and write comment in
each other blog.
Due date
Before med night on
Sunday
Student-content
1- students have to review the
syllabus of the course
2-I will provide my student
with document on how to use
the dictionary. The students
have to download the
document and read it.
3-students will practice on
how to use dictionary and
university library.
4- All students can download
lecture after they taking it
from the instructor website
5-All Student have to post
their assignment in their blog.
Student-instructor:
1-All students will send their
assignment before due date
by e mail.
2- Students will send their
question and home work to
the instructor by e mail.
Student-student
Students will write positive
comment in each other
1-The students will be able to
communicate with content of
the course by using black
board
2-The students will be able to
communicate with instructor
by using e mail, blog, Skype
and dim dim and discussion
board.
3-students will be able to
communicate with other
student by comment in each
other blog
4-Student will learn how to
evaluate each other work
Session5
Last week class
8//2/2011
Student will learn how to
evaluate the online course and
their language skills.
1-students will be able to
evaluate the course content
and design.
2-students will be able to
evaluate the online tool that
had been use in this course.
3- Students will be able to
1-The students have to download
the survey form and answer all the
form items.
2-The students will download the
final Arabic language quiz from
the black board and each student
has to answer it and post the
answer in their blog and send it as
e mail to the instructor.
3- Student have to review all the
document that had been taken in
this course
4-Each student has to writ there
suggestion about this course and
how the professor could improve
it.
Due date
Before mid night on Sunday
Student-content
1-Students have to review the
syllabus
2-Students have to download
the final quiz and read the
content and answer the entire
question.
Student-instructor:
1-The students will send their
survey by e mail to instructor
2-All Students can send their
question to the instructor
evaluate the home work and
the final quiz.
4-The students will be able to
evaluate the instructor,
Themselves and the way of
communication in this course.
5-The students will discover
how to evaluate their Arabic
speaking, writing and reading
ability by taking the quiz
before taking the quiz by e
mail.
3-The instructor will send the
final grades to each student
who submit their final quiz
and survey
Student-student
Each Student can comment in
each other blog and write
their opinion and shear it
with other student
Due date
Before mid night on Sunday