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DreamClassSchedule
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Quarter1
Nahw(BasicGrammar)
MWF:ThematicStudyofQuran
T/Th:ActiveListening
ArabicReaderLevel1
NahwDrills
Quarter2
Sarf(Morphology)
MWF:ThematicStudyofQuran
T/Th:ActiveListening
ArabicReaderLevel2
SarfDrills
Quarter3
AdvancedNahw(AdvancedGrammar)
MWF:ThematicStudyofQuran
T/Th:QuranListening
ArabicReaderLevel3
AdvancedNahwDrills
Quarter4
Balagha(Rhetoric)
MWF:ThematicStudyofQuran
T/Th:QuranListening
AdvancedQuranComprehension
QuranStudies
CourseDescriptionsNAHW(BASICGRAMMAR)THEORYANDAPPLICATIONThiscoursecoverstheoriesinbasicArabicgrammar.Studentslearntoapplythesetheoriesprimarilyintherealmofrecognition,andsecondarilyintherealmofcomposition.Everygrammarlectureisaccompaniedbyadrillperiod,duringwhichstudentslearntorecognizethelearnedstructuresinQuranandothertexts.StudentsalsopracticeapplyingtheseconceptsinEnglish-Arabictranslation,onaverybasiclevel.
SARF(MORPHOLOGY)THEORYANDAPPLICATION ThiscoursecoversbasicandadvancedArabicmorphology(Sarf).Studentslearntri-literalrootextraction,word-building,andconjugation.Bytheendofthiscourse,studentsshouldbeabletoextracttherootlettersfrom99%+morphologicalwordsintheQuran.Studentsarealsotrainedtouseavarietyofdictionariesinordertolooktheserootletterup.
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ADVANCEDNAHW(ADVANCEDGRAMMAR)THEORYANDAPPLICATIONThisportionofthecurriculumcoversadvancedtopicsinArabicgrammar(Nahw).Studentslearnhowtofurtherrecognizeandcomposeadvancedstructures.Theseconceptsareappliedandreinforcedduringthedrillperiods,wherestudentsreceivefocusedattention.BALAGHA(RHETORIC)StudentsstudyBalagha(rhetoric)andcomplexgrammaticalstructures.Thisequipsstudentstobettercapturesubtletiesintranslationandtounderstandandtranslateadvancedstructures.StudentswillbegintobetterappreciatetheuniquenessandeloquenceoftheQuran.ARABICREADINGCOMPREHENSIONStudentsbegintheirjourneyinreadingatthestartofthesecondweekoftheprogrambylearninghowtoreadArabicwithvowels/harakaat.Thelevelprogressesthroughouttheprogramandvowels/harakaatareslowlyremoved.Bytheendoftheprogram,studentswillbeabletoreadun-voweledTafsirandotherArabicsources.ADVANCEDQURANCOMPREHENSIONStudentsreadaboutandstudypassagesoftheQuranthatcanonlybeunderstoodgivencontext(historicalorotherwise)andadditionalbackgroundknowledge.ThesearepassagesandayaatintheQuranwhosemeaningisstillunclearafterlookingupthewordsinadictionaryorreadingatranslation.
THEMATICSTUDYOFQURAN StudentsstepawayfrompurelyacademicArabicandQuranicstudiesduringthisdiscussion-basedperiodtoreflectonandtalkabouttheQuran.EachdiscussioncentersaroundauniquethemeintheQuranandstudentsaregivenrelatedpassagestothinkaboutthemdiscusswiththeguidanceofateacher.
QURANLISTENING StudentsdeveloptheirQuraniclisteningcomprehensionskillsandgraduallylearntokeepupwithandcomprehendfaster-pacedrecitation.StudentsalsobegintodeveloptheskillofcomprehendingspokenArabicreal-timethroughaudiolecturesonvarioustopics,includingTafsirandSeerah.TAFSIRStudentsreadtheTafsirof QuranwithateacherinordertogainadeeperunderstandingofandconnectionwithportionsoftheQuran.Thisactivityhelpsdevelopreadingcomprehensionandfluency,allowingstudentstoaccessthecommentaryofscholarsontheQuran.INTRODUCTIONTOQURANICSTUDIESStudentsexploretheQuranasitrelatestocontemporaryissues.Studentsbeginbystudyingaprimerinusulal-tafsirthenmoveontostudyvariouscontemporaryphilosophicaldiscussionsrelatedtotheQuran.Finally,studentslearnfromseveralsourcesthatcoverthemiraculousnatureandbeautyoftheQuran.