The course is a
completion of Reading 1 and Writing 1 courses. Students, in this course, will
be introduced to some letters that can be omitted in writing but not verbally
or can be omitted verbally but not in writing. Additionally, they will study
about the rules of conjunction and disjunction in Arabic writing. In addition,
they will be able to identify punctuation, different types of writing such as
Literary writing, reports, correspondence, biographies, and articles. They will also learn how to identify some
common writing mistakes and how to fix or correct them.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this course, students will be
able to:
1. identify
the most common spelling and linguistic mistakes.
2. identify
the rules of letters that are added or omitted and the rules of conjunction and
disjunction.
3. Write
reports and applications.
4. write
correctly using punctuation marks and read properly.
Teaching and learning methods
The course will be given through lectures, panel discussions, or
assignments and exercises.
Methods of assessments
Methods of evaluating students in this course:
(semester work 40% and final 60%)
¾
Semester work: it is divided into written
midterm exams and assignments.
¾ Final:
written final exam.
Course
Content
readings/references/notes
Week
Content
(topic) for each week
1
Common
writing mistakes, their causes and types
2
Common misspellings
3
Writing letters
4
Writing
applications
5
First midterm exam
6
letters
that are added
7
letters
that are omitted
8
Conjunction
rules
9
Disjunction
rules
10
Second
midterm exam
11
Punctuation
marks
12
Types of
reading in Arabic
13
Practicing punctuation and reading in
Arabic
References
1.
The Principles of Arabic writing, Mostafa Muhammad
Al-Bajqani
