A gift from Corey for your project

Digital Flash cards available from any computer or mobile device browser are now available for Units 6 and 7. http://iflipr.com/deck/search?query=UNH+Ruwa
I suggest using the http://www.alkitaabtextbook.com/books/ website to hear the sound of the word if you are unsure.

New stuff:
Color coding is the same as the book. Green is Egyptian, Purple is Levantine, Blue is formal.
If you are only focusing on one dialect just click the green "Correct" mark for cards you dont care to learn and you wont be asked them again.

Ruwa suggested going over all of our vocab to get an idea of what language we have available to us for the final. This may be a good use of these decks.

Please notify me of any mistakes you find.

Respectfully,

Corey Nesk

A wonderful opportunity

The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University is pleased
to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2011-2012 Qatar
Scholarship Program.

The Qatar Scholarship Program offers dedicated Arabic language students from
the United States the opportunity to master their skills in an intensive
Arabic language program at Qatar University (QU) in Doha for an entire
academic year (September to June). The scholarship includes tuition, room
and board in university dorms, round-trip airfare, local transportation, and
books.

Interested students must have obtained a Bachelor's degree by the beginning
of the program, have two years of formal Arabic study, and be at the
intermediate level of proficiency in Arabic.

Please share this opportunity with anyone in your department who may be
interested. Attached to this email is a PDF formatted flyer for
distribution.

For more information, please visit:

http://ccas.georgetown.edu/academics/scholarships/qsprogram/

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions regarding the Qatar
Scholarship Program.

Sincerely,

Qatar Scholarship Program
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Georgetown University
241 ICC
37th and O Sts., NW
Washington, DC 20057
qatarscholar@georgetown.edu


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After Thanksgiving

Dear students:

Due to the many hard circumstances that I've been dealing with relating to my move, and the lack of sleep resulting from that, I feel unfit and unable to teach today. Please continue with studying the material on your own, as though we were in class. You would be doing me and yourselves a favor by doing so, because when we come back from عيد الشكر hopefully better rested, we can go about finishing our material full speed.

Monday calss and final presentations

اهلا يا شباب

Arabic 401:

Please come to class on Monday, having prepared to share your written composition (in fuSHa)with class. You're not required to memorize it, however, please familiarize yourselves with it, so that you're comfortable reading it in class.

Also, I wanted us to talk about the final presentation. This Monday's take-home quiz is meant to be a good practice for that. Your final presentation will be a better, more substantial form of this quiz. Let's talk some more about that in class tomorrow.

Arabic 503:

There will not be a class on Monday,November 22, due to the need to be at the inspection of my new home. I do hope for your forgiveness.

Please come to class on Tuesday, having memorized your new مفردات. We will also talk about your final presentation. It will be a composed piece, much like your Midterm paper, which will use a healthy and rich variety of concepts and vocabulary. This will show me the extent to which, you've both learned and reviewed, your material from this semester. You will of course be expected to read it in class, and so your oral presentation will count for 50% of your grade.

We'll have the chance to talk about that in class on Tuesday.

preparing for Monday's class

طلابي الاعزاءفي 503

Please come to class having viewed القصة as many times as it takes, to be able to answer the questions. To aid you in this process, please use تمرين21 which we did in class. Please rehearse, so that you feel at ease using your language skills in class tomorrow. Let's have fun.

Tullaabi fii 401 :

Please familiarize yourselves with your skits to the point of feeling comfortable talking, as though in a real invironment. Try to use as many of your vocabulary words from throughout the semester. We will spend a lot of time on vocab, both Egyptian and fuSHa, and skits in class tomorrow. I look forward to having fun with you.

Monday

اهلا يا طلاب

Arabic 401:

I'm looking forward to having fun watching your skits, using as much as possible of your new and old vocabulary.

Arabic 503:

Please have ALL your new vocabulary be memorized, so that we can do some translation with ease. Also, bring any questions you have about the take-home quiz to class.

Mond

1001 inventions: Science in Muslim lands

The 1001 Inventions US Exhibit is approaching. You can sign up to be notified of the status here:

http://www.nysci.org/visit/1001-inventions-sign-up

upcoming quiz

Marhaba

Arabic 401,

Your quiz on Monday will be on the vocabulary words in the list we compiled in class from unit 6. This means that you might be asked to spell as well as define these words.

Arabic 503,

For your quiz on Tuesday, Please practice writing sentences combining your مفردات from chapter 11 with the quantifiers.

Your Midterm

ahlan ya shabaab.

I wanted to wish you luck on your Midterm. Also, I wanted to remind you, especially my students in 401, to practice reading your composition, so that you gain the confidence you need for tomorrow's presentation. NO TRANSLITERATION PLEASE !

HaTH sa'iid

The Lion King in Arabic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFReeDTJmiQ&feature=related

Quiz on Thursday, October 14

ahlan ya shabaab اهلا يا شباب

Tullaabi fii Arabic 401:

Your quiz on Thursday will be dictation on the new definitions in Unit 5 that include "shedda" "seen" and "sheen". I counted 15 in total. So you will be given dictation from that list, as well as a vocab section asking you about words from the same list.

طلابي في 503:

Your امتحان will be on your المفردات و المضارع المنصوب from chapter 10. You will be asked a task much like what we did in class with تمرين 9.

Midterm

أهلا يا شباب ahlan ya shabaab

I would like to make two announcements:

- There will be no class on Wednesday,October 20.

- Your midterm; a written piece that will be orally presented in class, will be on Monday, October 18.

We will have a chance to talk about both these points in class.

Arabic 401 Quiz

Ahalan Ya Tullaab fii Arabic 401,

Please prepare for your next dictation quiz on Wednesday, September 29, which covers Unit 4.

Corey's flash cards

Ahlan my fellow student,


I’ve created computerized flashcards that are accessible from any computer or mobile device. I will be adding to this collection of “digital card decks” as the semester goes on as well as into next semester of Arabic. I can see that some have already started using them.

The decks currently include:

-Units 1-3 vocab from charts

-Unit 4's numeral chart

-All of the vocab we can write out plus additional words given to us by Ruwa (this deck will grow as the year goes on)

This list will grow as the year goes on.



To access the files go to http://www.iFlipr.com

Then click Decks, then search, then type UNH. You will see the decks there.

There is a 5 dollar iphone app available as well that will load faster than using your mobile phone browser.

I only ask that as a service you email me and correct me when you have found a mistake and in addition help me start an Arabic support group to work on homework together even if its over web cams. Thank you.

cpk26@unh.edu
--
Corey P. Neskey

For Monday

Aizzaai-Tullaab fi Arabic 401,

In addition to coming on Monday well prepared with written sentences of greetings and introductions to activate in class, I would like to remind you of the following. Do drill 9, and drill 10 , and practice reading the words in drill 11. We will go over all that in class.

اعزائي الطلاب في Arabic 503,

Don't forget to review your المفردات, and learn the Ordinal Numbers, as well as study "What time is it?"

Two IA alumni give public talks

A public talk that two IA alumni will give on October 8 from 10:00 to 11:30 am at the Mub Entertainment Center.

Daniel Hilliard (’88), an international studies and political science major, is executive director of the Zoo Conservation Outreach Group, an organization affiliated with the Audubon Zoo and concerned with the preservation of species in Latin America. He is an adjunct assistant professor at the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute.
Robert Leavitt (’88), who paired his international affairs major with English, works in the White House where he is a National Security Council director for Africa.

I can imagine that the career paths of those 2 men may be an inspiration for a lot of our dual IA and language majors. For more information please go to:

http://unh.edu/news/campusjournal/2010/Sep/22affairs.cfm

1001 inventions: Science in Muslim lands

Dear Students,

This wonderful exhibition will be coming to New York city soon. It will be held at the New York Hall of Science, the first week of December, 2010.

Reminders

Ahlan ya Tullaab,

Dear students in Arabic 401,

In addition to your dictation quiz on unit 3, please begin studying unit 4, and keep reviewing your old vocabulary.

Dear students in Arabic 503,

In addition to your quiz, please learn your مفردات from chapter 9, and practice them by doing تمرين 2. Any chance you get, review your old vocabulary, and use them with the new in your imaginary conversations, if you're not getting together with others in group study. I hope that you do have groups that meet on regular basis to practice your Arabic. It is essential to your learning, and level of comfort with the language.

TA's latest news

Ahlan,

Faris will not hold office hours tomorrow, Friday September 17, due to a doctor's appointment. He also has moved his area of work, for meeting with you, to the third floor of Murkland.

1001 inventions: Science in Muslim lands

Dear students,

Please enjoy the site below. It talks about a production that is done, to educate the world about the wonderful contributions of early Muslim scientists and scholars to the world.

http://www.1001inventions.com/

No office hours

Dear students,

I will not have any office hours today,Tuesday September 14, due to a meeting that I must attend. With apologies.

Boren awards

Hi

If you are interested in receiving financial support to study critical languages (i.e., less commonly studies languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, or Russian), you might be interested in signing up for Boren Scholarship Webinar, which will take place on Monday, September 13 at 2 pm. This will give you an overview of the award, and it will also offer them the opportunity to ask questions.

To register for the webinar, please visit https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/587681568

All that is required to participate is a computer and a phone or headset.

And for more information on Boren, go to: www.borenawards.org I will be organizing a meeting of all interested students in the near future.

Best,

Lawrence C. Reardon (李道明)
Hood House Professor
Department of Political Science
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824-3586
USA
Tel. 603.862.1750
Fax. 603.862.0178
Email chris.reardon@unh.edu

Quiz

Dear students,

You will have your first quiz on Monday, September 13.

Arabic 401-1,and Arabic401-2:

Your quiz will be on dictation words from your drills.

Arabic 503:

Your quiz will be on المفردات و الاعداد from chapter 8.

Hadh sa'iid (Good luck)

A hundred short lessons in Arabic

طلابي الاعزاء My dear students,

Please enjoy the fun link below, and have a wonderful summer. عطلة سعيدة

mp3s

http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/index.htm

Possible quiz

My dear students,

In addition to continuing with new material this coming week, I'd like us to begin the reviewing process of some important grammar. In preparation for our final quiz of the semester, which will possibly be on Tuesday April 27, please begin reviewing the following:

Arabic 402: Starting from Chapter 4, go over verb conjugation on pages 56&57, and questions from exercise 12. Chapter 5, Noun-Adjective phrases page 75, and Demonstratives on page 77. Chapter 6, المصدر page 89, لماذا page 91, لان plus pronouns on page 93, and whatever we've been working on from chapter 7. Come to class with questions.

Arabic 504: المستقبل صفحة 211و 212, الجملة الفعلية صفحة 214
Verbs on page 224, المضارع المرفوع و المنصوب و المجزوم pages 228&229. also, please review page 232&234. This in addition to whatever we're working on now. Come to class with questions.

Quiz on Tuesday

اهلا طلابي الاعزاء
تذكروا: لكم امتحان في يوم الثلاثاء

Arabic 504: Your quiz is on your vocabulary from chapters 12&13.

Arabic 402: Your quiz is on your vocabulary from chapter 6 and days of the week.

حظ سعيد

Sholarships for study abroad information meeting

David L. Boren Scholarship

Undergraduate Scholarships for Study Abroad

Information Session

Thursday, March 25, 2010

12:30 p.m. - Hood House 203

The David L. Boren 2009-10 scholarship competition provides opportunities for exceptional U.S. students planning study abroad (summer 2011, fall 2011, spring 2012) to become more knowledgeable about the cultures and proficient in the languages of world regions critical to U.S. security interests, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

The Boren Scholarship is designed to provide U.S. students with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experiences in areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation, in exchange for a commitment to seek work in the federal government (Department of State, Homeland Security, Department of Defense or the Intelligence Community).

The UNH campus deadline for the completed application is December 15, 2010. In addition to attending an information session, interested students should attend visit http://www.borenawards.org/ to learn more about the program. Campus interviews will be held in late January or early February 2011 in preparation for the February 10, 2011 national deadline.

NSEP Campus Advisor: Sheila McCurdy, Hood House 224

Interesting events to attend

Just relaying this announcement from the department of anthropology:

Dear Colleagues: I would like to ask you to encourage your students to come to two events taking place this week. Both of these events are significant as they are meant to inform the students about contemporary lives of Muslims in different parts of the world; political and social activism by Muslim women and men; and struggle with contemporary critical issues, indeed global in their scope, such as economic depression and political oppression and violence.

The first event is a documentary “Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think” truly lives up to its title. It is a 50 min. intense and interesting film based on in-depth research carried out by the Gallup Poll. The documentary will be screened on Tuesday, March 23d at 12:40 pm (MUB 332). This event is envisioned as an opening part of the 2010 Holden Lecture, which will be given by a famous scholar of gender, politics and Islam, Dr. Margot Badran.

Dr. Badran’s lecture “Islamic Feminism Today,” is 2010 Holden Lecture sponsored by John T. Holden Memorial Fund in the COLA, the Department of Anthropology and Center for the Humanities. It will take place on Thursday, March 25th at 12:40 pm (MUB 334/336).

Please, join us at these events.

Svetlana Peshkova, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of New Hampshire

Exam after vacation

اهلا اعزائي الطلاب ان شاء الله عطلتكم سعيدة

For your exam on March 26, keep the following in mind. Think of it as a cumulative test that covers all vocabulary and grammatical concepts which you have learned thus far. For Arabic 402, it should be one paragraph, or up to a page if double spaced. For Arabic 504, it should be two paragraphs, or up to two pages if double spaced. You will be required to read it in class, and you will be judged on your ability and ease of reading. Feel free to write to me or Faris if you have any questions.

حظ سعيد

For Tuesday, March 9

اهلا طلابي الاعزاء

لدرسنا في يوم الثلاثاء

Arabic 402 quiz:

Don't forget to practice conjugation with verbs from your vocabulary list and ones on page 59, in addition to memorizing going back and forth between Arabic and English for your vocabulary.

Arabic 504:

In addition to your homework, and instead of عنوان المقال, please read the short articles from exercises 14 and 15 for comprehension and summary.

The quiz is on

Dear Students,

It looks like, that despite the power outages, the school remains open. And so it follows, that we must have our quiz tomorrow, March 2.

Arabic 402:

Come having studied your plurals, your possessive pronouns and the vocabulary on page 46, exercise 12.

Arabic 504:

Please complete and bring to class Exercises 3&4 as your take-home quiz.

Rubbing elbows with celeberties

Ahlan,

Above is a photo of my family with Matt Greoning, the creator of the Simpsons. My family is in the middle, Mr. Groening is on the left, and Diana Pokorny, who is a movie producer and my sister in law, is standing on the right. This was taken at his office in LA, shortly before the launching of "Futurerama"

Class today

Ahlan my students in Arabic 402.

The storm is quite bad over here, and I assume that weather conditions are similar where you are. I'm sorry to say, that at this point I'm unable to make a decision as to whether I should cancel class or not. I would like to wait and see how it looks at the time that I'm planning to leave my house. So kindly check this website again around 2:30 this afternoon. If there is no announcement, this means that I've decided to tough it out, and sacrifice myself for you :)

No classes today,Tuesday February 16

Dear students,

The weather forecast is calling for a severe winter storm for today, and hazardous driving conditions. Therefore, I'm canceling classes today. Let's also postpone our exams till next Tuesday. Please use today to review, and catch up on what you need to. Go over your vocabulary, not just the most recent ones, but previous ones, and study as though you were still having the exam on Thursday. That way, you can ask me if you have questions.

Enjoy the snow :) انا لا احب الثلج

Let's have a quiz, shall we?

اعزائي الطلاب

Arabic 402 should have a quiz on the new vocabulary from Chapter 3, this Thursday February 18.

Arabic 504 should have a quiz on the grammar sections of chapter 11. Those are: المضارع المرفوع/المضارع المنصوب . Study Tamreen 8, page 191. The other section is جملة الصفة. Study Tamreen 12 for that. Lastly, Quantifiers. You will be asked to translate sentences using the right quantifiers. We will work on this a bit more in class on Tuesday. This quiz will be on Thursday, February 18.

No class

اعزائي الطلاب

There will be no Arabic 402 today, Wednesday February 10, due to the storm.

TA Office Hours

Dear students,

Faris's office hours are as follows:

Mondays and Wednesdays, 9-10
Fridays, 10-11

He will be at the lounge area in front of my office, on the second floor of Murkland.

You can contact him at:

fgl3@cisunix.unh.edu

امتحان

اهلا اعزائي الطلاب

Please remember, that you have a vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, Chapter 2 for Arabic 402, and chapter 11 for Arabic 504.

The article below is for your enjoyment.

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200702/from.arabic.to.english.htm

Welcome back my dear students

اهلا و سهلا برجوعكم اعزائي الطلاب

I hope you had a fun and restful break. I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.