Moroccan Dialectical
Arabic
Maymester 2004
Professor Kenneth
Honerkamp
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COURSE ID: ARAB 4000/6000
2.
TITLES
COURSE
TITLE: Moroccan Dialectical Arabic
COMPUTER
TITLE: MOROCCAN ARABIC
3.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Moroccan
Dialectical Arabic is a language course aimed at providing the student
with a basic capacity for “survival” Moroccan Arabic through acquiring
essential vocabulary and communication skills.Emphasis
will be placed on the use of day to day language necessary for the student
researcher of Moroccan culture, focusing in particular upon specific cultural
contexts, including forms of social etiquette, greetings, and the language
skills that convey Moroccan social values in everyday life.Classroom
based training in comprehension and basic speaking skills will be supplemented
by “homestays” with Moroccan families and interactive activities with Moroccan
students and Moroccans in general.
4.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
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Acquire facility with some essential Islamic texts in Classical Arabic
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Memorize 10 short hadith or similar amount of poetry
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Task oriented writing assignments, eg. a note, a letter, and postcard in
Arabic.
-Do
interviews with a Moroccan craftsperson or shopkeeper and compile a Moroccan-
English dictionary for the key terms of that craft or concerning that person's shop.
5.
GRADING SYSTEM:
A – F, by means of quizzes and a final exam, both oral and written.
6.
CREDIT HOURS:4
credit hours (55 contact hours)
7.
NON-TRADITIONAL FORMAT:
This
is a maymester summer abroad program and will thus entail extensive travel
throughout Morocco and homestays with Moroccan families, where the student
will learn to use the skills acquired in class in real-life situations.The
educational experience of this course will be of an on-going “linguistic
immersion” type. Moroccan native speakers will assist in the instruction.
8.
REPEAT POLICY:
With instructor permission, the class can be repeated for credit.
9.
PRIMARY DELIVERY MECHANISM:
Language class / travel / linguistic immersion
10.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR THE SYLLABUS
Text:Course
packet and dictionary supplies
The
aim of the course is to give students a beginning level facility in the
speaking and comprehension dimensions of Moroccan dialectical Arabic.A
secondary objective is to introduce students to an in-depth understanding
of the essential elements of Moroccan dialectical Arabic: its morphology,
syntax and derivation from classical Arabic.The
course will present the student with a practical “survival skill” and linguistic
etiquette necessary for day to day life in a mainly Arabic speaking environment.
Course
Outline and Schedule for the year 2001 class (the schedule for 2004
will be similar, although the program will begin around May 10 and
end around June 7)
May
17, Thursday -
Fly to Morocco
May
18, Friday-
Arrive Casablanca Airport 7:00 am.
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Depart Casablanca for Marrakech at 8:03
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Arrive at Marrakesh 11:00, meet homestay families at the American Language
Center
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Afternoon and evening free
a Week
1 - May 19 to May 25
May
19, Saturday - Part
1: Orientation and Introduction Moroccan Arabic
Marrakesh
: - common place names
Orientation:
Walk around town, banks, Post Office, introductions and basic etiquette
May
20, Sunday : - Free
May
21, Monday
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Phonology of Moroccan Arabic, phonetic script
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basic greetings
May
22, TuesdayPart
2: Basic Grammatical Structures - The Nominal Phrase
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nouns, their states, pronouns
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nominal sentences
May
23, Wednesday
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nominal sentences and adjectives
May
24, Thursday
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negation of the nominal sentence
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place and personal names
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cafe life, buying basic necessities
May
25, Friday
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interrogative sentences and short responses
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Key terms for Islam and Islamic Culture in Morocco: Islamic institutions
- masjid (mosque), madrasa (Qur'anic school), qasr
(palace), malik (king), qadi (judge), manzil
(home), souq (urban market), bazaar (urban market), qala’(fort)
(jihad), medina (old city), daarih (saint’s
tomb), salih (saint), zawiya (brotherhoods) and qabr
(tomb).
aWeek
2 - May 26 to June 1 :Part
3 : Basic Grammatical Structures - Verbs
May
26 to May 28 -
Saturday, Sunday and Monday :
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Depart for trip to the southeastern region of Morocco with Arabic
teacher
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ordering lunch and coffee, the hotel, general practice
May
29, Tuesday
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Introduction to the verb in the perfect tense
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Conjugation of perfect
May
30, Wednesday
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Day trip to Tinmil fortified mosque, no English spoken
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Picnic lunch in the country
May
31, Thursday
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Subject, adjective, and verb : agreement
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Interrogative form of the perfect tense
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Negative form of the perfect tense
June
1, Friday
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Introduction to the imperfect tense
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Conjugation of imperfect
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Subject, adjective, and verb : agreement
a Week
3 - June 2 to June 8 :Part
3 : General Usage
June
2, Saturday
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Morning in the Souq with Moroccan friends - No English
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Concert in the evening: Moroccan music
June
3, Sunday - Free
June
4, Monday
, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday:
-Visit
Casablanca and Rabat with teacher : No English
June
5, Tuesday
- depart for Fes from Rabat - arrive in Fes early afternoon
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Visit to the Old City of Fes : Urban vocabulary
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Doorways to Islamic Art : technical terms in Arabic
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cafe life and shopping in the Old City
June
6, Wednesday
- Fes
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The dialect of Fes : some comments
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Lunch in a traditional restaurant of Fes, No English
June
7, Thursday-
Fes
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free afternoon and evening - Use your Arabic
June
8, Friday-
return to Marrakech
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Review of verbs and basic structures
a Week
4 - June 9 to June 14
June
9, Saturday -
Marrakech
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General usage and review work - talk about yourself
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General practical practice
June
10, Sunday - Free
June
11, Monday
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The bazaar : a guided visit in Moroccan Arabic
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Good-bye party with Moroccan Students : No English
June
12, Tuesday
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Student presentations : “introduce yourself”
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Student presentations : role play - the cafe, the restaurant . . . . .
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Moroccan jokes
June
13, Wednesday
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Leave Marrakech - Arrive Casablanca
June
14, Thursday
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Fly out of Casablanca
June
15, Friday
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Arrive New York
UNIVERSITY
HONOR CODE AND ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY
This
course will abide strictly by the standards of academic honesty set forth
in the University of Georgia publication “A Culture of Honesty” Policy
on Academic Honesty