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Studies in language and literature

IB Arabic A: Language and Literature SL and HL

22 lessons at SL. 25 at HL, with every HL-only topic. Five-minute lessons, exam-style questions and timed mock papers.

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Units
5
SL lessons
22
HL lessons
25
Questions
173
Key terms
80

What you will study

Every lesson follows the current IB guide. Lessons marked HL are in the HL course only. The first unit is free.

Non-literary texts (النصوص غير الأدبيّة)6 lessons · free
  1. Non-literary textsText types, audience and purpose
  2. Non-literary textsRegister: fuṣḥā, dialect and tone
  3. Non-literary textsPersuasion: questions, commands and repetition
  4. Non-literary textsImagery: tashbīh, istiʿāra and kināya
  5. Non-literary textsContrast and sound: ṭibāq, muqābala, sajʿ and jinās
  6. Non-literary textsVisual and multimodal texts
Literary forms and the Arabic tradition (الأجناس الأدبيّة)4 lessons
  1. Literary formsClassical poetry: the qaṣīda and its metres
  2. Literary formsModern poetry: revival, free verse and the prose poem
  3. Literary formsThe novel and the short story
  4. Literary formsDrama, the maqāma and autobiography
Areas of exploration and concepts (مجالات الاستكشاف والمفاهيم)5 lessons
  1. Course overviewThe course, the reading list and works in translation
  2. Areas of explorationReaders, writers and texts; time and space
  3. Areas of explorationIntertextuality: connecting texts (al-tanāṣṣ)
  4. Central conceptsIdentity, culture, creativity and communication
  5. Central conceptsPerspective, transformation and representation
Paper 1: guided textual analysis (التحليل النصّيّ الموجَّه)3 SL · 4 HL lessons
  1. Paper 1Paper 1 at a glance
  2. Paper 1Planning and writing the analysis
  3. Paper 1Practice: an unseen appeal
  4. Paper 1HL Paper 1: two texts, two analysesHL
Paper 2, the individual oral and the HL essay (المقالة المقارِنة، الامتحان الشفويّ، مقالة المستوى العالي)4 SL · 6 HL lessons
  1. Paper 2Paper 2 at a glance
  2. Paper 2Comparing and structuring
  3. Individual oralThe individual oral
  4. Individual oralBuilding the oral
  5. HL essayThe HL essay: a line of inquiryHL
  6. HL essayWriting the HL essayHL

Try a question

From “Text types, audience and purpose”.

Questions are in Arabic, like the exam. Every answer comes with an explanation.

ما المقصودُ بـ«مجموعة أعمال» في دراسة النصوص غير الأدبيّة؟

  1. Aنصوصٌ غيرُ أدبيّةٍ لمؤلّفٍ أو منتِجٍ واحد
  2. Bجملٌ مفردةٌ مقتطَعةٌ من سياقها
  3. Cترجماتٌ لأعمالٍ أدبيّة
  4. Dنصوصٌ كُتبت كلُّها قبلَ عام 1900
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A. نصوصٌ غيرُ أدبيّةٍ لمؤلّفٍ أو منتِجٍ واحد

A body of work groups related non-literary texts by one author or producer, such as one brand’s campaign.

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