At Kenya Institute of Foreign Languages and Professional Studies (KIFLAPS), you will learn the Arabic Language interactively and dynamically where you will often work in pairs or small groups and have the chance to put into practice as much Arabic as possible. Our trainers take their studies seriously and work very hard, but you will also have a lot of fun in class.
Content of this course:
The training is aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). In the table below you will find a description of the goals that you should have achieved at the end of the course.Vocabulary
- Personal details
Name
Job
Nationality
Marital status
- Physical and character features
Human body
Dress
Accessories
Character
- Family
Family members
Relatives
Friendship
Love
- Jobs
- Familiar domain
Home
School
Workplace
- Daily routine
Personal care
Having breakfast
Getting dressed
Going out
Studying, working
- Colours
- Cardinal points
- Arabic personal names
- Personal age
- Imperatives
Takallam/takallamī
Unẓur/unẓurī
Ṣif/ṣifī
- Arab world map
Grammar
- Pronouns
Isolated and suffixed
- Common names with and without definite article singular, dual and plural masculine and feminine
- Adjectives
Qualifiers
Predicatives
Nisba
- Equational sentence
Affirmative
Negative (laysa)
- Iḍāfa
- Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns (singular)
- Question marks
Mā
Hal
Ayna
Man
Kayfa
Kam
- Numbers from 1 to 10
- How to express possession
Li
‘inda
Ma‘a
Ladà
- Prepositions
‘alà, fī, min
Taḥt, fawq, amām, warā’, ḫalf
- Mudāri‘ conjugation in the singular of following verbs:
،يغتسل، يأكل، يشرب
يلبس، يخرج، يدرس، يعمل
Linguistic Functions
- Identifying
A person
An object
(eventually with pointing gesture)
- Answering questions for
Confirmation
Information
Identification
- Greeting
Exchanging greetings
Introducing oneself
Asking about someone else
- Introducing another person
- Describing relatives’ relationships
- Describing in a simple way one’s home and the familiar domain
- Describing oneself and other people
- Telling the place one comes from
- Identifying Arab and non-Arab countries and towns
- Speaking about what one has got
- Telling one’s age
Vocabulary
- Biographical details
personal details
home
work and/or study environment
education and training
known languages
travels
- Everyday activities
daily routine
relationships with others
means of transport
- Free time
hobbies
sports
leisure and entertainment
- Food
food
drinks
tastes and preferences
related cultural practices
- Shopping
shopping
money and payment methods
tastes and preferences
related jobs, services, and places
- Health
health and personal care
main illnesses and treatments
related jobs, services, and places
- Time
time
parts of the day
months
dates
- Weather
seasons
temperature
Grammar
- Muḍāri‘ (marfū‘, manṣūb, mağzūm) verbal phrase
affirmative
negative
- Māḍī verbal phrase
affirmative
negative
- Future particles
ســ
سوف
- Negative particles + verb
لا + مضارع
لا + مجزوم
ما + ماض
لم + مجزوم
لن + منصوب
- Imperative
affirmative
negative
exhortative
- Accusative particles
أن، لِ،كي،لكي
إنّ، أنّ،لعلّ،إلا،لكنّ
- Modal verbs
want
أراد يريد
must
ينبغي، على + الضمير المتصل، يجب
can/may
أمكن يمكن، استطاع يستطيع، بإمكان، ممكن
- Verbs of believing
ظنّيظنّ،اعتقديعتقد
أتمنى يتمنى
رجا يرجو، فكّر يفكّر
- To like, to prefer
أحبّيحبّ،أعجب
يعجب + مصدر/أن
فضّليفضّل
- Numbers
from 11 onwards
ordinal numbers
day hours
- Question marks
ماذا، لماذا
متى
- Time and frequency particles
Linguistic Functions
- Describing one’s daily routine, setting it in time and space
- Speaking about one’s interests in a general way
- Asking questions about another person’s routine and interests
- Describing where an object/a place is
- Accepting or refusing a proposal
- Speaking about preferences
- Describing past experiences and wishes for the future
- Knowing how to evaluate an object or a service
- Describing one’s health, asking about another person’s health
- Speaking about the weather, describing it, and speaking about related activities
Vocabulary
- Personal sphere
Experiences
Interests
Opinions
Feelings
Projects
- Natural, study, and work environment
Daily routine
Relationships with other people
Travel and means of transport
- Social interaction
- Travel and vacation
Documents
Information programs and brochures
Facilities, services, and activities
(sporting, artistic and cultural)
- Means of communication and news
- Books, films, radio programs and television, blogs, and social networks
- Geopolitics of the Arab world
Governance systems
Ministries
Political activity
Justice
Grammar
- Verbs
قال ، ذكر ، أعلن ، أعلم ، أوضح ، صرّح ، أذاع ، أخبر ، أبلغ
أكّد ، أثبت
أضاف ، أكمل
نصح ، أوصى
- Elative
أفعل م فعلى
التمييز
- Hypothetical sentence
إنْ
إذا
لو – لولا
حتى ولو
لعلّ
ربما
- Connectors
ثمّ – إلى جانب – زيادة على – بالإضافة إلى
من ناحية / جهة… من ناحية / جهة أخرى – على صعيد آخر
قبل – بعد – حين – لـمّا – عندما – كلّما – بينما
بسبب – لأنّ
مثل – كـ
حيث
رغم
إلّا – عدا – سوى – غير
- Expressions
من الممكن – من المحتل – من المتوقّع – من المعروف إلخ
- Passive construction
فُعِلَ يُفْعَلُ
تمّ يتمّ – جرى يجري + المصدر
- الحال
- المفعولالمطلق
Linguistic Functions
- Articulate a short speech on a familiar theme (present, past, or future) or related to current events
- Telling a story, the plot of a book or a movie
- Relate the speech of others
- Express preferences, opinions, and feelings
- Describe places and people
- Identify and describe objects and devices (type, shape, size, purpose, and use)
- Compare and make comparisons
- Ask for and provide directions and travel information
- Describe damaged goods or inadequate services
- Criticize or complain
- Compliment
- Talk about obligations, requests, and procedures
- Advice
- Talk about possibility and certainty
- Hypothesize and deduce
- Express goals, causes, and results
- Asking questions to an interlocutor (clarifications, reformulations, explanations)
Topics & Vocabulary:
- News and media.
- Talking about news headlines.
- Broadcasting
- Comparing media.
- The Arab world (a look at Yemen and the Gulf area).
- Talking about the weather and the climate.
- Holiday plans.
- The Arab world (a look at Libya).
- Health and happiness.
- The Arab world (a look at Sudan).
- Arts and cinema.
- Film genres.
- Critical reviewing.
- The Arab world (a look at Jordan and Palestine).
- Future verbs.
- Negating future verbs.
- If…..then.
- Present and past passive.
- Cultural Content:
- Cultural activities.
- Poets
- Different languages used in Algeria.
- Traditional clothes.
- Wedding party.
- Arabic proverbs.
- Description about different Arabic dialects.
- Practical drills to master reading and writing.
- Listening comprehension
- Write simple sentences using the Arabic script.
- Communicative role plays
- Practical assignments and tasks.
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