JAMB Arabic Syllabus

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Answer comprehension questions correctly in standard Arabic; translate simple texts from English to Arabic and vice versa; apply Arabic grammatical rules functionally; appreciate Arabic literary texts in their environmental and historical contexts; use Arabic effectively as a living world language for communication where necessary.

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Use appropriate words or phrases to express specific thoughts; deduce lessons from a passage; determine its main theme; give an appropriate title; interpret the meanings of particular words.

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Choose appropriate Arabic words or phrases to convey the meanings of English words or phrases; determine appropriate English equivalents for Arabic statements; interpret idiomatic expressions in both languages; transfer ideas from Arabic to English and vice versa; communicate effectively in Arabic and English.

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Identify the various forms of demonstrative and relative pronouns; recognise and use conditional and interrogative forms appropriately.

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Compare gender markers in Arabic and distinguish masculine nouns and forms from feminine nouns and forms.

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Identify the characteristics and identifying features of Arabic nouns.

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Differentiate between singular and dual forms of nouns and construct the dual correctly.

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Construct plural forms of singular nouns; distinguish between sound masculine, sound feminine and broken plurals; apply the appropriate plural forms in sentences.

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Identify construct phrases, understand their usages and construct them correctly in Arabic sentences.

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Differentiate between separable and inseparable pronouns and use them correctly in Arabic sentences.

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Identify and correctly use adjectives, conjunctions, permutatives and emphasis in Arabic sentences.

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Identify and apply appropriate prepositions and particles governing the subjunctive and jussive in given sentences.

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Differentiate between transitive and intransitive verbs and use them correctly in sentences.

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Identify perfect verbs and recognise their different forms in Arabic.

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Identify imperfect verbs and distinguish their indicative, subjunctive and jussive forms; recognise the grammatical particles and rules governing their use in sentences.

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Identify imperative verbs, recognise their forms and use them appropriately in Arabic.

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Identify the different types of modifiers and apply their grammatical rules correctly in Arabic usage.

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Differentiate between basic triliteral verbs and derived verbs; recognise their forms and patterns.

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Identify verbal nouns and recognise their forms and uses in Arabic.

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Identify the types of Arabic derivatives; recognise their forms, meanings and functions; distinguish between the active participle, passive participle, comparative or superlative, noun of instrument, nouns of time and place, relative adjective and hyperbole noun.

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Apply the rules governing conditional sentences; identify, construct and distinguish conditional sentences in ordinary Arabic sentences.

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Recognise and count using Arabic numerals from 1 to 1000; identify and apply the grammatical rules and complexities involved in their usage.

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Distinguish between the doer and the substitute subject; identify their forms and use them correctly in Arabic sentences.

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Identify the subject and predicate in nominal sentences and apply the relevant grammatical rules.

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Identify and distinguish the different types of accusative nouns, including direct objects, adverbs of place and time, circumstantial expressions, exceptions, specifications and vocatives; use them correctly in standard Arabic.

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Use appropriate Arabic words to express specific thoughts; employ correct Arabic idiomatic expressions; communicate effectively and express ideas clearly in Arabic; demonstrate knowledge and use of common Arabic idioms and proverbs.

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Identify the essence of Arabic literature; distinguish poetry from prose; recognise literary genres and identify the different literary periods.

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Identify pre-Islamic Arabic poetic and prose traditions and conventions; recognise the selected authors and their works; analyse their themes, styles and literary characteristics.

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Identify the selected Islamic-period authors and works; analyse their themes, styles and figurative expressions; describe the aesthetic features and cultural significance of the texts.

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Identify the selected modern Arabic writers and their works; analyse their literary styles, themes and aesthetic features; assess the cultural values and significance of modern Arabic literature.

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Identify the selected West African Arabic literary figures and their works; assess the successful use of Arabic as a medium for West African novels and drama; analyse literary content and describe major characteristics, themes and plots.

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Identify and analyse figurative expressions in Islamic literature; describe aesthetic features in literary texts; assess their cultural values in modern contexts; compare literary styles, themes, conventions and forms across different periods.