Step by Step Guide to the Arabic Online Class Please read this file carefully, hopefully it will answer all your questions Time: Starting on November 21 st and 22 nd, 2009

3 Outlines 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

4 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.

5 General Information FreeCourse Price: Absolutely Free Course Duration: 6-8 weeks according to the level. Rate of classes: Once weekly. Duration of each class: 1 to 1:30 hours according to the teacher. Course levels taught in this batch: Two levels only: (Level Zero and Level One).

6 Current Team Sister Noha: Teacher Sister Mervat: Teacher Sister Ameenah: Teacher Sister Massarrat: Teacher Sister Amal: Teacher Brother Essa: Teacher Brother Ali: Teacher Brother Mohamed: Registration coordinator 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: –Arabic grammars material was obtained from:” القواعد الاساسيه في النحو و الصرف ”;A High School Level Arabic grammar book issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Education in 1991.

7 Choose your class level FIRST FAQ: What is the difference between Level zero and level one? 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. 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.

8 2- Choose the class that suits your level and time and send an to the class teacher to confirm your registration in that particular class Saturdays at 8:00-9:30am EST/USA. Teacher: sis Ameenah. her at: Sundays at 3:30-5:00pm EST/USA. Teacher: sis Amal. her at: Saturdays at 6:00-7:30am EST/USA. Teacher: sis Mervat. her at: Sundays at 9:00-10:30pm EST/USA. Teacher: sis Mervat. her at: PS: We would really appreciate titling your s to the teachers: “Arabic class registration confirmation”

9 FAQ: How do I calculate the EST/USA class time to my own time zone? Please go to this website: 1.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. 2.Then, you should add/subtract this difference to/from the time of the classes identified before. Also you can go to (click on Worldwide clock list):

10 New Class If you have a visual impairment or you know someone who is visually impaired please contact brother Ali at to join the upcoming new

Preparation for the Class Must-Read Information

12 1-Download Course Material Level Zero Students: Please download all slides: (worksheets + 19 Class slides) from this link: Level One Students: Please download all slides in thins link: alphabet/qlc1.htmlhttp:// alphabet/qlc1.html Please also download both the Textbook and Workbook in this link: dmin/user_upload/courses/short/engli sh/Textbook_short_course.pdfhttp:// dmin/user_upload/courses/short/engli sh/Textbook_short_course.pdf And dmin/user_upload/courses/short/engli sh/Short_Course_Workbook.pdfhttp:// dmin/user_upload/courses/short/engli sh/Short_Course_Workbook.pdf Obtained from

13 2-Download programs that will allow you to view course material a)To be able to view the slides, you should have Microsoft PowerPoint program,if you don’t, you can download PowerPoint Viewer 2003 for free from Microsoft website at: us/powerpoint/HP aspxhttp://office.microsoft.com/en- us/powerpoint/HP aspx Or PowerPoint viewer 2007 at: 8dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485&displaylang=en

14 b)To be able to view the Textbook and Workbook (For Level 1), also worksheets (For Level 0), you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free at:

Where to Attend the Class? Step By Step Demo

16 FAQ: Where is the Class held? Answer: 1-Add your name here 2-Click on Enter 16

17 FAQ: How do I use the online class room? 17

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19 What to Bring to Class? 1.You should have a microphone and headphones ready and working before joining the classes. 2.Bring a notebook and a pen. 3.Have the course material downloaded & ready to open: (PowerPoint Presentations or Adobe PDF files), according to your level. Details mentioned in slide number 12.

20 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 won’t 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.

21 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 Thank You Questions: Submit to your teacher OR ArabicInEnglish.com Team