Material

The primary course book used by Noor Majan is Al-Kitaab fii ta’allum al-’Arabiyya by Brustad/Al-Battal (3rd edition). Depending on whether you’re a complete beginner or an advanced student, our curriculum is based on this internationally recognized resource, complemented with excerpts from other renowned sources, e.g. Al Kitab Al Asasi (El Seyyid Badawi), Modern Standard Arabic (Eckehard Schulz) or Ahlan wa Sahlan (Mahdi Alosh). For the media course, classes are based on real-time current and authentic resources from print and broadcast media.

For students at the superior level or with those needing a more specific curriculum in the realm of diplomacy and politics, Noor Majan Arabic Institute has developed our own reader with relevant texts and exercises.

We are also able to teach the Omani dialect as a separate class for customized program courses or in private lessons. We follow our own curriculum that was developed with the communicative needs of students in Oman in mind. The dialect course mainly contains dialogues and points our specific grammar points that will help you master the local colloquial.

Our methodology is to engage the mind with a relevant and appropriate usage of the language. Thus, any opportunity to bring external sources and materials is exploited and very much encouraged by the Noor Majan methodology.

Although the material listed above is Noor Majan’s standard offering for Arabic courses; we can accommodate for an extensive set of curricula, dependent on your needs and requirements as an institute. Our institute and teachers are able and willing to deliver to your requirements. Please inquire for information regarding your requirements and curriculum.

Block 1 Learning Outcomes (beginner)
At the end of the unit/program, beginner students will be able to form short and simple sentences. Students will possess a good amount of basic vocabulary as used in familiar and everyday situations, with a limited ability to use this vocabulary correctly and grammatically in all related situations. They will be able to answer formulaic questions with only rare occurrences of mistakes in vocabulary and grammar. Students will start expressing their thoughts independently of formulaic expressions, albeit their uttering may be incomplete or incorrect at times. Students will be able to understand the general content of speech on familiar topics and will have developed a more accurate sense of differentiation between similar sounds of the Arabic alphabet for their own text production.

Block 2 Learning Outcomes (advanced beginners)
At the end of the unit/program, advanced beginner students will be able to express themselves about personal topics and issues relating to daily life in short sentences. Students will be able to express their needs, requirements, and wishes (in a restaurant, hotel, taxi, or shop) and speak about their hobbies. They will be able to answer non-formulaic questions to a certain extent and be sometimes able to correct themselves while speaking or writing. Students will have more fluent reading ability and develop a better sense of Arabic written expression. Students will be able to understand the general content of speech and will have developed a more accurate sense of differentiation between similar sounds of the Arabic alphabet.

Block 3 Learning Outcomes (Intermediate)
At the end of the unit/program, intermediate students will be able to converse confidently about social issues. They can retell stories and speak about events that happened in the past. Students at this level will be able to express themselves about a variety of topics in all tenses. They can be understood by native speakers and partake in their conversations. Students will be able to understand and analyze Arabic grammar as used in diverse sources. Students will be able to use new grammar and vocabulary in order to produce coherent texts about social, historical, and personal topics.

Block 4 Learning Outcomes (Advanced)
At the end of the unit/program, advanced students will be able to express their opinion supported by arguments and can coherently reply to other opinions being expressed. Students at this level will be able to speak and write about varied and complex topics and issues that do not pertain to their direct environment and life. They are able to understand abstract texts and speech and can express themselves on these topics intelligibly. They are able to process authentic text sources of the target language such as print and broadcast media, books, and websites. They can independently develop on the issues raised in these source texts and organize written and oral texts on a formal language level.

Block 5 Learning Outcomes (Higher Advanced)
At the end of the unit/program, higher advanced students will be able to express their opinion supported by arguments and can coherently reply to other opinions being expressed. Students at this level will be able to speak and write about varied and complex topics and issues that do not pertain to their direct environment and life. They are able to understand abstract texts and speech and can express themselves on these topics intelligibly. They are able to process authentic text sources of the target language such as print and broadcast media, books, and websites. They can independently develop the issues raised in these source texts and organize written and oral texts on a formal language level.