ARB 3301 STUDENT SURVEY FA 2021/Whitcomb

‫االسم‬: _______________________
‫!!أهال و سهال و السالم عليكم‬ Welcome to ARB 3301, Advanced Arabic Grammar! Since this
course brings together students from different backgrounds, and also since the past year and a
half have been quite unusual due to the pandemic, I’d like to get a sense of where each of you
is with your Arabic studies, in order to have the most productive semester possible. For that
reason, I ask that you fill out this survey to provide some information about your Arabic
experience and interests. Please don’t agonize over any question, but also, don’t skip any! I’m
very much looking forward to working together this semester, and hope that you’ll reach out to
me—anytime—with any suggestions or comments!

1) Have you been actively studying Arabic within the past 9-12 months, or have you
experienced a significant gap in your studies?

2) Approximately how many chapters of Al-Kitaab, Part 2 have you completed previously?

3) Do any of the reading passages from Al-Kitaab, Part 2 stand out in your mind? Please
give an English (or Arabic) approximation of any titles/topics you recall fairly clearly.

4) Do you feel that you already know some useful colloquial/regional spoken variety
expressions? Please list the top ones that come to mind (use any script/writing system).

5) Do you wish that you knew more colloquial/regional spoken variety expressions? Please
list a few English words or phrases that you think would be useful to know in Arabic
(either Modern Standard Arabic or a regional variety).

6) Would you be interested in studying abroad in an Arabic-speaking country? Also, please

feel free to comment on your reasons for your interest/lack of interest.
 7) Please provide an approximate ranking for the following types of texts, indicating your
preferences for working with/reading them in Arabic (if you have absolutely no interest
in a specific type, please leave it blank):
____Literary short stories ____News coverage of national politics

____Fables and proverbs ____News coverage of international politics

____Travel-related writing ____News coverage of sports

____Poetry ____News coverage of: ________________

____Other: ____________________________________

8) Please indicate your own self-assessment of your knowledge/ability in each of these

areas, with 1 for “very little confidence” and 10 for “very confident/fully understand”:
Accurate Arabic verb conjugation ____

Arabic grammatical terminology ____

General everyday (written) Arabic vocabulary ____

Important interactional Arabic expressions ____

Arabic nominal case marking ____

Understanding written Arabic texts (multiple paragraphs) ____

Understanding a spoken Arabic presentation (~several paragraphs, spoken aloud) ____

Reading aloud accurately and comprehensibly in Arabic ____

Identifying Arabic verbal patterns ( ‫____ )أوزان‬

Identifying consonantal roots of Arabic words ____

Using knowledge of Arabic verbal patterns to understand meanings _____

Distinguishing environments for different types of muDaari’a/present tns. (i.e. manSuub) _____

Expressing cause or reason accurately/grammatically _____

Using Arabic cohesive or connective elements appropriately _____