Course Description Translation:
Course Title: General Arabic Language
Institution: Imam Al-Sadiq University (PBUH) - College of Arts
Department/Center: History Department
Course Code: [Course Code]
Attendance: Mandatory
Semester/Year: year
Total Credit Hours: 60
Date of Preparation: September 17, 2022
Course Objectives:
- To preserve the Arabic language from extinction and loss in light of the openness to the world and the invasion of foreign languages into the Arab world.
- To enable students to read the History correctly and without errors.
- To preserve the Arab identity and culture in the face of globalization.
- To develop the literary and creative abilities of learners.
Course Learning Outcomes, Teaching and Learning Methods, and Assessment Methods:
A. Cognitive Objectives:
- A1: To demonstrate the beauty of the Arabic language and the breadth of its meanings, writing styles, and rhetoric.
- A2: To teach students the principles of correct reading, including the vocabulary, sentences, and structures of the Arabic language.
- A3: To connect the student with his literary heritage in its different eras and to introduce him to its conditions and arts.
- A4: To accustom the student to the logical thinking style in presentation and analysis.
- A5: To develop the student's expressive abilities in speech and writing.
B. Skills Objectives:
- B1: To teach the student how to research and explore sources, references, and linguistic dictionaries.
- B2: To introduce the student to his cultural and literary heritage through its different eras.
- B3: To teach the correct rules of the Arabic language, which helps him to speak correctly and read the History correctly.
- B4: To develop the student's linguistic wealth and provide him with many words and structures.
Teaching and Learning Methods:
- Using the lecture and discussion method.
Assessment Methods:
- Oral exam (dialogue, discussion), written exam.
C. Affective and Value Objectives:
- C1: Ability to describe the prescribed material.
- C2: Testing the student's ability to memorize, understand the material, and answer correctly.
Teaching and Learning Methods:
- The method followed in the paragraph above.
Assessment Methods:
- The method followed in the paragraph above.
D. General and Transferable Skills:
- D1: Classroom management skills.
- D2: To motivate the student to discuss and ask questions.
- D3: Encouraging students to obtain information from sources specific to the topic as well as through the use of the internet.
Course Structure:
Week |
Hours |
Learning Outcomes |
Unit/Topic |
Teaching Method |
Assessment Method |
1 |
2 |
Introduction to the factors of strength and expansion of the Roman Empire |
Middle Ages |
Lecture |
Monthly exam and reports |
2-3 |
3 |
Factors of weakness and fall of the Roman Empire, the role of political, military, economic and social factors |
Middle Ages |
Lecture |
Monthly exam and reports |
4-5 |
3 |
The rise of Christianity and its spread - The government's position on Christianity - The era of persecution |
Middle Ages |
Lecture |
Monthly exam and reports |
6 |
3 |
The Edict of Milan in 313 AD The spread of Christianity during the fourth and fifth centuries |
Middle Ages |
Lecture |
Monthly exam and reports |
7 |
3 |
The Germanic tribes and their relations with the Roman Empire |
Middle Ages |
Lecture |
Monthly exam and reports |
8 |
3 |
The Huns, their origins and movements towards the west |
Middle Ages |
Lecture |
Monthly exam and reports |
9 |
3 |
The Battle of Adrianople and its importance, the Visigoths and their kingdom |
Middle Ages |
Lecture |
Monthly exam and reports |
10 |
3 |
The Vandals, the resurgence of the Hunnic threat - The end of the Roman Empire in the West 476 AD |
Middle Ages |
Lecture |
Monthly exam and reports |
11 |
3 |
The most important Germanic kingdoms that emerged after the fall of Rome 476 AD |
Middle Ages |
Lecture |
Monthly exam |
12-13 |
3 |
The Kingdom of the Ostrogoths - The Kingdom of the Burgundians - The Franks The rise of the Merovingian kingdom |
Middle Ages |
Lecture |
Monthly exam and reports |
14-15 |
3 |
Clovis' wars - Clovis converts to Catholicism - The return of imperial power to Italy - The Lombards |
Middle Ages |
Lecture |
Monthly exam and reports |