Numbering Code	G-AAA05 85221 LJ48	Year/Term	2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits	1	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	From 1st to 5th year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Fri.5
Instructor name	TAKEDA TOSHIYUKI (Part-time Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	The aim is to learn the basic grammar of modern Arabic, the common language of Islam and the major language of the Middle East and North Africa.
Course Goals	Students are expected to be able to understand Arabic texts through the morphological and syntactic analysis.
Schedule and Contents	We will focus on learning the following items in basic Arabic grammar: 1. An outline of Arabic 2. Script and pronunciation 3. Parts of speech 4. Gender, number, and declension of nouns (i‘rab) 5. Personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns 6. Nominal sentences 7. Modification relations between nouns 8. Annexation structure (idafa) 9. Relative adjectives (nisba) 10. The concept of word roots and the basic forms of verbs 11. Classification of verbs 12. Conjugation of verbs (perfect form) 13. Derived forms 14. Active participles, Passive participles 15. Conjugation of verbs (imperfect form)
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Evaluation will be made based on attendance and class participation, and work assigned during class.
Course Requirements	Students should have already learned the Arabic script.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Preparation for class sessions is essential.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	Kyodai shiki arabiago jissen manyuaru [Kyoto University’s Practical Manual of Arabic]. , Kosugi, Yasushi; Okamoto, Tahei; and Takeda, Toshiyuki. , (Division of Global Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University; Center for Islamic Area Studies at Kyoto University (KIAS); and International Training Program (ITP) for Young Researchers, 2011.)
References, etc.	Arabiago hyogen tokoton training [Intensive Training for Arabic Expressions]., Takeda, Toshiyuki., ( Hakusuisha Publishing, 2013.) Developments in Contemporary Arabic and the Emergence of a New Arab Culture: From the Gulf States and Egypt to Mauritania (in Japanese), Takeda, Toshiyuki., (Nakanishiya Publishing, 2019) A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (Arabic-English), Hans Wehr (ed.) and Milton Cowan (English ed.), (4th ed., Ithaca / New York: Spoken Language Services, 1994.)