Numbering Code	G-AAA05 85222 LJ48	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second 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 aims are to increase the students’ knowledge of the grammar of modern Arabic, the common language of Islam and the major language of the Middle East and North Africa, and to improve their reading ability.
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 Arabic grammar: 1. Passive voice 2. Verbal sentences 3. Moods of verbs (subjunctive mood, jussive mood) 4. Imperatives 5. Use of particles 6. Comparatives, superlatives 7. Special uses of the accusative 8. Complete verbs and incomplete verbs 9. The use of kana and verbal tenses 10. Derived verbs 11. Strong verbs and weak verbs 12. Inna and its sister words 13. Relative pronouns 14. Conditional sentences 15. Use of numerals
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Evaluation will be made based on attendance and class participation, and work assigned during class.
Course Requirements	Completion of Arabic I
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.)