Step by Step Guide to the Arabic Online Class

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Step by Step Guide to the Arabic Online Class
By the Name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most
Merciful
Time Starting on January 31st, 2009

• Please read this file carefully, hopefully it
  will answer all your questions

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Outline

• Course Scope For Who? -------------P4
• General Information.------------------P5
• ArabicInEnglish Team-----------------P6
• How to Choose your Level?-----------P7-9
• Preparation for the Class-------------P11-14
• Where to Attend the Online Class?--P15-18
• What to Bring?------------------------P19
• Class Rules-----------------------------P20

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Course Scope

• For learning Quranic or classic Arabic to improve
  your understanding of the Quran and the
  traditional Islamic text.

• Not for learning spoken Arabic.
• Not for learning recitation rules of the Quran
  Tajweed.
• Not for learning general information about Islam.
• Not for advanced levels students unless you are
  interested to teach Arabic.

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General Information

• Course Duration 6-8 weeks according to the
  level.
• Rate of classes Once weekly.
• Duration of each class 1 to 130 hours according
  to the teacher.
• Course levels in this batch Two levels. Level
  Zero and Level One.

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Current Team

• Sister Amal Teacher
• Sister Mervat Teacher
• Sister Noha Teacher
• Sister Amenah Teacher
• Brother Mohamed Registration coordinator
• Brother Essa Teacher
• Brother Ali Teacher
• Background Volunteers native Arabic speakers or
  have taken advanced Arabic courses and were
  trained to teach this course.
• References
• PowerPoint slides were designed by team members.
• Level-One books, worksheets and posters are
  obtained from Understand-Quran Academy website
  http//www.understandquran.com/
• Arabic grammars material was obtained from
  ??????? ???????? ?? ????? ? ?????A High School
  Level Arabic grammar book issued by the Egyptian
  Ministry of Education in 1991.

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Choose your class level FIRSTFAQ What is the
difference between Level zero and level one?
Level One
Level Zero

• Eligibility If you know how to read Arabic
  (moderate-excellent) but you do not understand
  the Quranic verses.
• Objective To teach you general skills to help
  you in translating the verses of the Quran using
  models of short suras (Quranic chapters) in
  addition to a focus on the basics of the Arabic
  grammar.

• Eligibility If you are a real beginner i.e. you
  do not know Arabic at all or you know some of the
  alphabet but you can not read and write simple
  words.
• Objective To teach you the Arabic Alphabet,
  difficult Arabic phonetics, and to compose simple
  Arabic words as well as few introductory
  information of the Arabic grammar.

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2- Choose the class that suits your level and
time and send an e-mail to the class teacher to
confirm your registration in that particular class
Level One 1 option
Level Zero 2 Options

• Saturdays at 8-900 am EST. Teacher sis Mervat.
  E-mail her at voti2004_at_yahoo.com
• Sundays at 100- 230 pm EST . Teacher sis Amal.
  E-mail her at discussionwithamal_at_gmail.com

• Saturdays 1030 am to 1200 noon EST. Teacher
  Sister Noha. E-mail her at arabicalphabet_at_gmail.c
  om
• P.s. We will really appreciate it if you title
  your e-mails to the teachers Arabic class
  registration confirmation

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FAQ How do I calculate the EST class time to my
own time zone?

• Please go to this website
• http//www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
• Choose US/Eastern ( EST) from the upper list and
  choose your country zone in the lower list. This
  way, you will know what is the difference between
  your own time and the EST.
• Then, you should add/subtract this difference
  to/from the time of the classes identified
  before.

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New Class

• If you have a visual impairment or you know
  someone who is visually impaired please contact
  brother Ali at alish54_at_gmail.com to join the
  upcoming new class.

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Preparation for the Class
Must-Read Information
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1-Download Course Material

• Level One Students
• Please download all slides in thins link
• http//www.arabicinenglish.com/arabicalphabet/qlc1
  .html
• Please also download both the Textbook and
  Workbook in this link
• http//www.understandquran.com/fileadmin/user_uplo
  ad/courses/short/english/Textbook_short_course.pdf
  
• And
• http//www.understandquran.com/fileadmin/user_uplo
  ad/courses/short/english/Short_Course_Workbook.pdf
  

• Level Zero Students
• Please download all slides in this link
• http//www.arabicinenglish.com/arabicalphabet/inde
  x.html

Obtained from
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2-Download programs that will allow you to view
course material

• To be able to view the slides, you should have
  Microsoft PowerPoint program ,if you dont, you
  can download PowerPoint Viewer 2003 for free from
  Microsoft website at
• http//www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?F
  amilyId428D5727-43AB-4F24-90B7-A94784AF71A4displ
  aylangenRequirements
• Or PowerPoint viewer 2007 at
• http//www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?f
  amilyid048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485displ
  aylangen

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• For level One students To be able to view the
  Textbook and the Workbook, you need Adobe Acrobat
  Reader, you can download it for free at
• http//www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.ht
  ml

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Where to Attend the Class?Step By Step Demo
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FAQ Where is the Class held?

• Answer http//www.arabicinenglish.com/class/

1-Add your name here
2-Click on Enter
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FAQ How do I use the online class room?
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What to Bring to Class?

• You should have a microphone and headphones ready
  and working before joining the classes.
• Bring a notebook and a pen.

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Class Rules

• Attending all classes is extremely important. If
  you are absent for more than 2 classes without
  excuse (sent to the teacher), your IP will be
  blocked so you wont be able to attend for the
  next 2 courses.
• Please check the room and all the educational
  material this week to make sure everything is
  working fine.
• Come by time to the class , so you do not
  interrupt the session for other students.
• Please choose your real name or short nick name
  that can be easily recognized by the teacher. You
  should use the same name in all classes.
• Please do not use your audio to speak unless
  invited by the teacher. When you are invited then
  put your headphones on so you do not cause
  background noise for others.
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May Allah Reward You For Your Intention
and Benefit You And Others Around You By The
Information You Learn Here . May Allah Accept
from Those Who Helped to Organize This
Course Ameen
ArabicInEnglish.com Team
Questions arabicalphabet_at_gmail.com
Thank You