Level One Applied

Assalamualaikum,

Level One Applied was everything I expected and more!! It consolidated everything I learnt in the Level One course and helped me to work on those areas I wasn’t so confident with.

My favourite part of the course was being able to have a conversation in Arabic. I was also even able to write my own story in Arabic, something which I didn’t expect to be able to do at this stage of my learning! Alhamdulillah! I also enjoyed our last lesson, where our Ustaadh very articulately illustrated how far we had come with just 15hrs of teaching!

My least favourite part was the tedious task of learning vocabulary but Alhamdulillah our Ustaadh was kind enough not to overwhelm us with too many words

I look forward to studying with the institute in the near future Insha’Allah.

Rukshana

Assalmualaikum wa Rahmatullah,

I think Level One Applied played an essential role in establishing our foundation knowledge and it helped us ascertain our areas of weakness in application of the language.

As is the norm, one may find they feel confident in a certain area of study, however when commanded to apply the knowledge in different contexts whether it be spontaneous speech, creative writing or even simply deciphering and elaborating upon unfamiliar text, more often than not, the student finds the tasks are not as easy as could be assumed.

Essentially, I found myself in the same position! Alhamdulillah, the course only made me realise the importance of consistency in ones study and made me appreciate just how easily one could lose the skills attained and forget such knowledge if one neglects the pursuit of that science.

Professor Mortimer Adler mentions in a book (in regards to speaking and listening) that it cannot be assumed that one who is good at reading and writing is necessarily good at speaking and listening, and I think this is exactly what Level One Applied demonstrated where our theoretical knowledge was put to the test through the use of spontaneous speech and conversations. No doubt this area is in and of itself something which needs to be taught for the skill to be acquired.

Personally, I found I was very weak in such areas as they required one to simultaneously listen, understand the speech and apply the taught theory in order to give a suitable response (which I was definitely not the best student at doing!). My strengths lay more in areas of reading/understanding and translating, which I found I really enjoyed doing.

Overall the level made me come to many conclusions and renewed my determination to exert effort and have consistency in studying the language…inshaAllah!

Nurjahan

Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem

Assalaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh

After completing the Level 1 course back in April last year, I was very happy to hear that the applied course would be starting. I thought this would be an amazing opporunity for me to go over what I had learnt in level 1. This course went over aspects of level 1 in great detail, establishing the grammar we learnt through various speaking exercises as well as reading and writing exercises. I learnt a great deal more in this course than I originally thought I would had in such a small amount of time Maa Shaa Allaah, TabaarakAllaah.

I would recommend those who have studied level 1 with Ibn Mandhoor to take up the amazing opporunity to study the level 1 applied course with this institution as well!