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