Certificate in Arabic Language (CAL)

Certificate in Arabic Language

Dear Student,                                                                         

We hope you enjoyed reading this course and found it useful in applying it to your classroom.

In order to help you understand the material better and prepare you for the examination later, we have an assignment for each of the courses. All the assignments are Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs and carry 10 Marks each). In addition to that, we have oral component which carry 20 Marks in each course as a part of continuous assessment.

Aims; The TMAs are mainly concerned with your ability to understand the material and learn the common words and simple sentences of daily use.

Guidelines:  You will be required to answer the questions based on the units.

As in day - to-day life, planning is important in doing the assignments well. Read the assignments carefully and answer all the questions properly.

The top of the first page of your response sheet should look like this:

                                                                                    Enrolment No…………………….

                                                                                    Name……………………………..

                                                                                    Address…………………………..

                                                                                                ………………………….

Course Title………………………

Assignment No…………………..                            

Study Centre……………………..                             Date:……………………………..

Please remember that it is compulsory to submit your assignments before you can take the Term End Exams. Also remember to keep a copy of your assignments with you and do take a receipt from your Study Centre when you submit the assignments.

Last Date for Submission of Assignment:

v  For January 2015 session – By 31^st March, 2015

v  For July 2015 Session – by 30^th Sep, 2015.

Dr.Mohammad Saleem

                                                                                         CAL Programme Coordinator

                                                                                          SOFL, IGNOU

Assignments for CAL Jan 2015 Session (BAL-002)

                          Course Code:     BAL 002  

                        Course Title : COMMUNICATION SKILLS

      Maximum Marks: 100

Note: Answer all the Questions.

1.      a. Mention names of ten (10) animals in Arabic.

b. Write names of fifteen fruits and vegetables in Arabic.

2.      Write fifteen simple Arabic sentences related to Conversation between two friends.

3.      Make sentences with أَحْضِر aHDir( bring/get). Here two sentences are given to serve as examples:

Bring the note book	aHDir al-kurrasa	أحضِر الكـراسة
Bring the fruits	aHDir al-fawakeh	أحضر الـفواكه

المِلَفْ	الـقـلم
الخضار	المانجو
الطَعَام	البطاطا
التـمر	الموز
البرتـقال	التـفاح

4.      Fill in the blank appropriate Arabic words.

al-ustādh  yulqī…………………………..………………الأُسْتَاذ يُلْقِي

al-walad dāhhib ilā …………………………….………اَلْوَلَد ذَاهِب إِلَى

sunū  yashtarī………………..…………………………..سُوْنُو يَشْتَرِي

anā uHibbu………………………………...…………………أنا أُحِبُّ

aT-Tālib  mawjūdun fi……………………..…...……اَلطَّالِب مَوْجُوْدٌ فِي

aS-Sadīq  yataHaddath………………...……...……….اَلصَّدِيْق يَتَحَدَّثْ

rāshid yal’ab……………………..………......……..………راشِدْ يَلْعَب

nabil ya‘kul………………………………………....……….نَبِيْل يَأْكُل

al-bint taqra‘………………………..…….........……………اَلْبِنْت تَقْرَأْ

samīr yadhhab ilā ……………………..………...….…..سَمِيْر يَذْهَب إِلى

5.      Match the words of column A with the words of column B.

A	B
ممتع	Friends
غدا	Thanks
أمس	Comfortable
حافلة	Tomorrow
مفيد	Yesterday
أنا آسف	Useful
شكرا	Bus
أصدقاء	I am sorry
تُفَّاح	Please
مِنْ فَضْلِك	Apple
فَاتُوْرَة	Dates
سَلْطَةُ الْفَاكِهَة	Bill
تَمَر	Fruit salad

Assignments for CAL Jan 2015 Session (BAL-001)

Course Code: BAL 001  

   Course Title: BASICS OF ARABIC

Maximum Marks: 100

Note: Answer all the Questions.

1.      a.   Give the meaning of the following Arabic words.

مَطَاْرْ  (maTār)   مَدْرَسَةْ (madrasa), طَبِيْبْ  (Tabīb),  مُدِيْرْ  (mudīr), مَكْتَبْ  (maktab), سَيَّاْرَةْ  (sayyāra), طَاْئِرَةْ (Tā'ira), بَيْتْ (bayt), نَعَم ْ (na٬am),  لا (lā),

     b. Write exact Arabic words for the following English words.

Worker, Staff, Driver, Engineer, Policeman, Manager, Hospital, Aeroplane, Car, Nurse.

2.      a.    Give the meaning of the following Arabic words related to Personal `   Introduction;                

      (أَنْت) (anti), هُو (huwa), أَنْت(anta), أَنَا (ana), هِيَ (hiya)

b.      Translate the following simple sentences into Arabic.

أَنَا رَجُلْ (anā rajul ), أَنَا هِنْدِيْ (anā hindī), أَنْتَ طَبِيْبْ (anta Tabīb), هُوَ مُدِيْرْ (huwa mudīr), أَنْتِ مُهَنْدِسَةْ (anti muhandisa), هِيَ اِمْرَأَةْ (hiya imr‘a), هُوَ مُحَاسِبْ (huwa muHāsib)

3.      Write all the twenty nine (29) alphabets of Arabic in correct order.

4.      a.   Write the meaning of the following Arabic words related to the Family.

أُم  (umm), أُخْتْ  (ukht), بِنْتْ (bint),  أَخْ (akh), جَدَّةْ  (jadda) زَوْجَةْ  (zawja),  أَبْ (ab),  اِبْن (ibn),  زَوْجْ (zawj), جَدّ  (jadd).

     b.    Translate the following sentences into Arabic.

He is my brother. She is your mother. He is your father. Where is your office? This is my Pen. This is your book. That is my school. This is your garden.

5.      a.   Write the appropriate Arabic words for the following Months of the Year.

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

b.      Write ten Arabic words related to the Restaurant and use them in simple Arabic sentences.

Know Your Course Coordinator - Dr Mohammad Saleem CAL (Certificate in Arabic Language)

Dr. Mohammad Saleem is an assistant Professor of Arabic at the School of Foreign Languages. His area of specialisation is teaching and learning Arabic as a foreign language. He writes in Arabic Urdu and English and published more than thirty articles in all the three languages in various reputed magazines and news papers. He is the first to advocate new methods and techniques for teaching Arabic as foreign language in his research work for M Phil titled Methods of Arabic language study in Indian madrasas between teaching and achievement and PhD titled Teaching and learning Arabic as a foreign language in India,problems and prospects with twenty model lessons.

His other areas of interest are culture and literature of Pre Islamic Period. He also takes keen interest in Arabic, Urdu and Persian Poetry

Currently, Dr Saleem has designed along with several young Arabic experts, a very simple, innovative and learner friendly study material for the learners at IGNOU. The material is increasingly becoming popular both is India and Arab countries.

He is also looking after Persian programmes in IGNOU.

Official Address:
School of Foreign Languages,
Indira Gandhi National Open University,
Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi - 110068
New Delhi, India
  29571637

  saleem@ignou.ac.in

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