ARABIC
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
The aim of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) syllabus in Arabic is to prepare candidates for admission into tertiary institutions through the Board’s examination. It is designed to test their achievement of the course objectives, which are to:
1. answer comprehension questions correctly in standard Arabic;
2. translate simple texts from English to Arabic and vice versa;
3. apply the rules of Arabic grammar functionally;
4. appreciate Arabic literary texts within the contexts of their environment and eras;
5. use Arabic as a living world language in communication where necessary.
| Topics / contents / notes | Objectives |
|---|---|
SECTION A: COMPREHENSION It consists of a passage of seventy (70) words. Five multiple-choice questions are to be set on the passage. The contents should be within the experience of the candidates e.g. current affairs, sports, education, politics, economy, health, culture and ethics. | Candidates should be able to: i. use appropriate words or phrases for specific thought; ii. deduce the lesson in the passage; iii. determine the main theme of the passage; iv. give an appropriate title to the passage; v. interpret the meanings of particular words. |
SECTION B: TRANSLATION This section consists of ten (10) questions. Five of them are on translation from English into Arabic while the other five are on translation from Arabic into English. Translation into English includes key words and phrases in a sentence. Translated questions are to be based on standard Arabic and English usages. | Candidates should be able to: i. use an appropriate Arabic word or phrase to convey the meaning of an English word or phrase; ii. determine an appropriate English word or phrase for an Arabic statement; iii. interpret idiomatic expressions in both Arabic and English; iv. transfer ideas expressed in Arabic to English and vice versa; v. communicate effectively in Arabic and English. |
SECTION C: GRAMMAR Major grammatical features in Arabic to be examined include: . ماهفتسلااو طرشلاو ةلوصوملا و ةراشلإا ءامسأ . 1 | Candidates should be able to: i. identify the various forms of demonstrative and relative pronouns; ii. compare gender markers in Arabic; |
1. Demonstrative, relative pronouns, conditional and interrogative. .ثنؤملا و ركذملا . 2 | |
2. Gender (Masculine and Feminine). .مسلاا تاملاع . 3 | iii. identify the characteristics of Arabic nouns; iv. differentiate between singular and dual forms of |
3. Characteristics of noun. . ىنثملا . 4 | nouns; v. construct plural forms of singular nouns; |
4. Dual. :عومجلا . 5 | |
5. Plurals: .ملاسلا ركذملا عمج – أ a. sound masculine plural ملاسلا ثنؤملا عمج – ب b. sound feminine plural ري سكتلا عمج – ج c. broken plural .هيلإ فاضملا و فاضملا . 6 | vi. identify construct phrases and their usages; vii. differentiate between separable and inseparable |
6. Construct phrase. ةلصتملا و ةلصفنملا رئامضلا . 7 | pronouns; viii. identify correct usage of adjectives, conjunctions, |
7. Separable and inseparable pronouns. :عباوتلا . 8 | permutative and emphasis in Arabic sentences; |
8. Appendants: a. adjective. .تعنلا – أ b. conjunction. .فطعلا – ب c. the permutative. .لدبلا – ج d. emphasis .ديكوتلا – د مزجلاو بصنلاو رجلا فورح . 9 | ix. apply correct preposition particles in a given sentence; x. differentiate between transitive and intransitive |
9. Prepositions. .يدعتملا لعفلا و مزلالا لعفلا . 10 | verbs and use them in sentences; xi. identify the perfect verbs and their forms; |
10. Transitive & Intransitive verbs. ي ضاملا لعفلا . 11 | xii. identify the imperfect verbs and their grammatical |
11. The perfect verb. :عراضملا لعف . 12 | words in sentences; |
12. The imperfect verb: a. the indicative. عوفرملا – أ b. the subjunctive. بوصنملا – ب c. the jussive. .موزجملا – ج .رملأا لعف . 13 | xiii. identify the imperative verbs and their forms; xiv. identify the kinds of modifiers and apply them in |
13. The imperative verb. :خساونلا . 14 | Arabic usage; |
14. The modifiers: اهتاوخأ و ناك – أ a. Kana and its associates اهتاوخأ و نإ – ب b. Inna and its associates اهتاوخأ و نظ – ج c. Zanna and its associates .هيف ديزملا و درجملا يثلاثلا لعفلا . 15 | xv. differentiate between trilateral and derived verbs; |
15. Trilateral and derived verb. .ردصملا . 16 | xvi. identify the types of derivatives; |
16. Verbal noun. :تاقتشملا - 17 17- Derivatives: .لعافلا مسا - أ a. active participle. .لوعفملا مسا - ب b. passive participle. .ليضفتلا مسا - ج c. comparative/superlative. .ةللآا مسا - ـه d. noun of instrument. .ناكملا و نامزلا امسا - و e. nouns of time and place. .ةبسنلا مسا - ز f. relative adjective. ةغلابملا مسا - ح g. hyperbole noun. ةيطرشلا ةلمجلا . 1 8 | xvii. apply the rules governing conditional sentences, identify, construct and differentiate them in normal sentences; xviii. recognise and count Arabic numerals from 1 to 1000 and identify the intricacies involved in their usage; xix. distinguish between doer and doer-substitute and apply them in sentences; |
18. Conditional sentence. )طقف 1 000 – 1 ( ددعلا . 1 9 | xx. identify different types of adverbial clause, the exempted, specification and the vocative and use them in standard Arabic; |
19. Numeral (1 – 1000). .لعافلا بئان و لعافلا . 20 | |
20. Active and passive voice. .ربخلاو أدتبملا . 2 1 2 1 . Subject and predicate. :ءامسلأا تابوصنم . 2 2 | |
22. Nouns in the accusative .هب لوعفملا – أ a. direct object. .)فرظ( هيف لوعفملا – ب b. adverbs of place and time. .لاحلا – ج c. adverb of circumstance. .لاإب ىنثتسملا – د d. the exempted with illa. .زييمتلا - ـه e. the specification. .ىدانملا – و f. the vocative. | |
SECTION D: COMPOSITION This section consists of five (5) questions on subjects relating to the lives and environment of the candidates, e.g. education, culture, health, politics, economy, sports and current affairs. | Candidates should be able to: i. use appropriate words for specific thoughts; ii. use correct idiomatic expressions in Arabic; iii. communicate effectively in Arabic; iv. express ideas clearly in Arabic; v. demonstrate the use of common Arabic idioms and proverbs; |
SECTION E: ARABIC LITERATURE This section consists of ten (10) questions on notable literary figures and their works cutting across the various periods which include the following: .يبرعلا بدلأا ىلإ لخدملا – أ a) Introduction to Arabic literature. .هنونفو هماسقأو هفيرعت بدلأا - .ةيبد لأا روصعلا - .هضارغأو هعاونأو هفيرعت رعشلا - هنونفو هفيرعت رثنلا - .) م 610 – 500 ىلاوح( يلهاجلا رصعلا – ب a) The Pre-Islamic Period (500 – 610 C.E.). . " # مكيطم رودص يمأ ينب اوميقأ" هتيملاو ىرفنشلا - . ".. .ءايشلأا لضفأ نإ" ىرسك دنع هتبطخو يميمتلا يفيصلا نب مثكأ - .)م 1798 – 610 ( ة يملاسلإا ر و صعلا – ج b) The Islamic Periods (610 – 1798 C.E.). . ".يف متحبصأ دق سانلا اهيأ" ةيظعولا هتبطخو يفقثلا فسوي نب جاجحلا - صلاخلإاب داهجلا يف هتبطخو بلاط يبأ نب يلع - . " كقيدصل لذبأ" اهتيادبو قيدصلا هتلماعم يف هتلاسرو عفقملا نب اللهدبع - . زيزعلادبع نب رمع ةفيلخلا حدم يف هتديصقو ةيطع نب ريرج - .)مويلا ىلإ م 1798 ( ثيدحلا رصعلا – د c) The Modern Period (1978 to date). "ملعملا بجاوو ميلعتلاو ملعلا " هتديصقو يقوش دمحأ - "... عونصم سانلا يف ريخلا" بكوملا هتديصقو ناربج ليلخ ناربج - "ةرعاشلا ةغللا" هباتكو داقعلا دومحم سابع - . ايقيرفإ برغ يف يبرعلا بدلأا - ـه d) Arabic Literature in West Africa . ايكباو ادوج ينيعأ" اهتديصقو يدوف نب نامثع خيشلا تنب ءامسأ - " يتبيبحل "ةلوفطلا ثبع ةصق هباتكو يلسعلا رداقلادبع يلع - ةقيرعلا ةيقيرفلإا ةراقلاب راختفلاا" هتديصقو اماس غ اوبماس نيملأا دمحم - " "روركتلا لهأ" هباتكو ينلافلا ىيحي مدآ - | Candidates should be able to: i. identify the essence of Arabic literature; poetry, prose and their periods. ii. identify pre-Islamic Arabic poetic and prosaic traditions and conventions; iii. identify and analyse the style of figurative expressions contained in a given Islamic literature; iv. describe the aesthetic features in literary texts and assess their modern cultural values; v. evaluate areas of successful use of Arabic as a medium of West African novel and drama, analyse contents their and describe their major characteristics and plots. |
Recommended texts
- 1. COMPREHENSION, COMPOSITION AND TRANSLATION .هئانبأ و ىملا نط ةكرش ٬ ايرىيجين - ونك ٬ ٬ ةحضاولا ةعلاطملا ٬ يضرملا راتخم يضرملا و نيدلا ييحم دمحأ ريشب . 1 . س .ل .ب ةعماجلا ةعبطم ٬ ندابإ ٬ )ةيوناثلا سرادملل( طسوتملا ي برعلا ءاشنلإا ٬ )م 2005 ( كلام ةرمح ديس . 2 . فراعملا راد ٬ ةرهاقلا ٬ 4 – 1 ءزجلا ٬ ةديشرلا ةءارقلا ٬ كب رمع يلعو ي ربص حاتفلا دبع . 3 . رشنلا بتكم ٬ موطرخلا ٬ 2 – 1 ءزجلا ٬ ذيملاتلا ريمس ٬ بيطلا الله دبع . 4 . ورياب ةعماج ةعبطم ٬ ايرىيجين - ونك ٬ ءاشنلإا بتكت فيك ٬ )م 1999 ( ايراز .ط برغ . 5 .رشنلاو ةعابطلل مرتكبس راد ٬ ندابإ ٬ ةيوناث لا ةلحرملل ةديدجلا ةرسيملا ةيبرعلا ٬ نورخلآاو ركبوبأ لولأا دمحم . 6 ٬ شوغلا - اجيكإ ٬ 3 - 1 باتكلا ٬ ايريجين ىف ةديدجلا ةيبرعلا :ومدآ نيسح ج ا حلا و ميكح ميلس و فيرش عيدب دمحم . 7 . نامغنول 8. Adekilekun, A. L. A.: Learning Arabic Language, Ilorin. 9. Balogun, I. A. B. and Oseni Z. I. (1982) A Modern Arabic Course Book 1 Lagos: Islamic Publications Bureau. 10. Haywood, J. A. and Nahmad, H. M. (1965), A New Arabic Grammar of the Written
- Language, London: Lund Humphries.
- 11. Malik, S. H. A. (1982) A Guide to Arabic Composition, Books I & II, Lagos I.P.B. 12. Arabic newspapers, magazines and journals.
- 2. GRAMMAR . ٬ فراعملا راد ٬ ةرهاقلا ٬ 3 – 1 ءرجلا ٬ ةيلولأا ةلحرملا سرادمل حضاولا وحنلا ٬ نيمأ ىفطصم و مراجلا ي لع . 1 . ةرهاقلا ٬ ةيمورجلأا نتم ٬ ي جاهنصلا مورجأ دمحم . 2 .ركفلا راد ٬ توريب ٬ ةيم ورجلأا ةم د قملا حرشب ةينسلا ةفحتلا ٬ ديمحلا دبع نيدلا ييحم دمحم . 3 4. Haywood, J.A and Nahmad, H.M (1965), A New Arabic Grammar of the Written
- Language, London: Lund Humphries.
- 3. ARABIC LITERATURE .ةيمومعلا فراعملا ٬ ةرهاقلا ٬ يبرعلا بدلأا خيرات يف لصفملا ٬ نورخلآاو يردنكسلاا دمحأ - 1 .رونلا راد ٬ ي ثتوأ ٬ ايقيرفأ يف ةيبرعلا بلاطلل ةيبدلأا ةبدأم لا ٬ ) م 2004 ( نيسح ايركز - 2 . ندابإ ةعماج ةعبطم ٬ ندابإ ٬ تاقرولا نييزت يدوف نب دمحم نب الله دبع - 3 كيب ةعبطم ٬ ايريجين - رجين ةيلاو ٬ رضاحلاو يضاملا نيب يريجينلا يبرعلا رعشلا ٬ ) م 2009 ( ثئش دلاند باهولا دبع - 4 . ةدودحملا . راهنلا ٬ ايريجين - وويإ ةنيدم ٬ ضايرلا ناويد ٬ )روتكدل ا(ركبوبأ يبلأ ىسيع - 5 . ةيملاسلإا رشنلا راد ٬ سوغلا ٬ ايريجين يف ةيبرعلا ةغللا لبقتسم ٬ ) م 1997 ( يصامدب ىضترم - 6 . ةفرعملا ةعبطم ٬ ةرهاقلا ٬ يروللإا الله دبع مدآ خيشلل ربنملا تاهيجوت نم تاراتخم ٬ اضر لا وبأ قوراف قيدص - 7 . شابمس ةعبطم ٬ ونك ٬ 2 ط ٬ اننوهركي اذامل ٬ ) م 2006 ( وغنأ يم ثلاث دمحم - 8
From JAMB’s UTME syllabus (Integrated Brochure and Syllabus System), set out as a web page by Konetuto. JAMB updates the syllabus from time to time; confirm on jamb.gov.ng.