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The Arabic Language department teaches a number of language courses for non-native speakers after they take a level exam in Arabic language, which determines their language abilities.

 If the student scored a mark above 60%, they are exempted from language courses, and they only take Arabic 99 and Arabic 101 courses.

But if the student scored a mark below 60% and above 40%, they are required to take two courses specific to teaching non-native speakers: communication skills, comprehension and conversation, in addition to Arabic 99 and Arabic 101. if the student scored a mark of less than 40%, they are required to take three subjects: communication skills, comprehension and conversation, reading and writing, in addition to Arabic 99 and Arabic 99.

Accordingly, the courses are divided into three levels, each level is given in 48 class hours, three hours per week, interspersed with external activities, training sessions in the exhibition hall, and office meetings, and they are classified as follows:

Level one - reading and writing:

This level is concerned with teaching writing and pronouncing Arabic letters, distinguishing between sounds, teaching vowels and diacritics, constructing syllables and words, constructing simple sentences, differentiating between nouns, verbs, and letters, and distinguishing demonstrative and relative pronouns and adverbs.

Level Two - Comprehension and Conversation:

   This level depends on providing many vocabulary, phrases, and sentences, through a compilation of traditional and modern texts in order to develop the student’s conversational skill, by motivating them and creating opportunities that allow them to speak and express what is going on in their mind, and also striving to develop the student’s understanding ability by showing them written texts, pictorial situations, and audio recordings; In order to strengthen their listening, analysis and comprehension skills.

Level Three - Communication Skills:

  At this level, the linguistic skill acquired by the student in the previous levels is practiced, and all of this is invested in the areas of the student's social life, facilitating their interaction with members of the community.

 At this level, the spoken Jordanian dialect appears alongside the classical language; So that the student can deal with those around him/her in their dialect without being misunderstood or ridiculed by others, and the student also learns at this stage some physical gestures specific to the society in which they live.

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