NEW ARABIC COURSE FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS BOOK 1

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The description for NEW ARABIC COURSE FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS BOOK 1 applies to the first level of a highly popular and widely-used curriculum, most notably the Madinah Arabic Course (Duruus al-Lughah al-Arabiyyah li Ghayr al-Naatiqiina bihaa) by Dr. V. Abdur Rahim.

This book is an introductory textbook designed for absolute beginners to start learning Classical (Qur’anic) Arabic.

Key Features and Content of Book 1

Book 1 focuses on building a fundamental, sentence-level understanding of Arabic grammar through practical examples, rather than rote memorization of rules.

1. Primary Goal (The “Why”)

The course was originally devised and taught at the Islamic University of Madinah. Its primary purpose is to enable non-Arabic speakers to understand the Quran, Hadith, and other classical Islamic texts in their original language. It blends modern Arabic vocabulary with essential Islamic terminology.

2. Core Grammatical Topics

The book systematically introduces the fundamentals of the Nominal Sentence (al-Jumlah al-Ismiyyah) in Arabic. Key concepts include:

• The Arabic Alphabet and Vowels: (Assumed knowledge in some editions, but a core component of the beginner level).
• Demonstrative Pronouns: The use of ‘this’ (hādhā), ‘that’ (dhālika), ‘these’ (hā’ulā’i), etc.
• The Nominal Sentence (Mubtada’ wa Khabar): Subject and Predicate.
• Definite and Indefinite Nouns: Understanding the function of the definite article (al-) and the rules of the indefinite marker (tanwīn).
• Prepositions and Particles: Such as fī (in), ʻalā (on), min (from), ilā (to).
• The Genitive Case (al-Idāfah): The basic possessive construction (e.g., ‘the book of the teacher’).

3. Methodology

• Conversational Approach: Lessons are typically presented in the form of dialogues and short passages that introduce new vocabulary and grammatical structures naturally.
• Contextual Learning: Grammar points are introduced incrementally and repeated across different contexts, allowing the student to grasp the rule through usage and patterns rather than abstract theoretical study.
• Practical Exercises: Each lesson is followed by extensive drills and exercises for reading, writing, and speaking to reinforce the newly learned structures and vocabulary.