98248 |
ARAB 101
A Beginning Arabic |
Youssef Yacoubi |
M . W . . . T . . . |
1:30
-2:50 pm 1:30
-2:50 pm |
OLINLC
115 OLINLC
210 |
FLLC |
98165 |
ARAB 101
B Beginning Arabic |
Elizabeth Holt |
M T W . . |
9:00
- 10:20 am |
OLINLC
118 |
FLLC |
Cross-listed: Middle Eastern Studies Students are trained
through the use of the most current pedagogical developments of communicative,
visual and narrative methods developed by primarily AL-Kitaab fii Ta` allum
al- `Arabiyya. Students will enlarge their speaking, reading, writing and
comprehension skills in Modern Standard Arabic, the form of Arabic shared by
all Arab countries. Classroom time is devoted to conversation (skits and
discussions) and grammar exercises (including skim-reading tasks, spiraling and
inference, analogy, problem solving, and educated guessing), stemming from the
DVDs and other untainted materials. For example, in the course of the semester
you will learn Arabic through a variety of musical traditions both classical
and modern. The course will continue to introduce students to some Egyptian
colloquial. Consistent emphasis is placed on authentic resources that derive
from the most updated cultural contexts, realities and creative work of the
Arab world such as gender issues, Arab-Muslim and Arab-Christian traditions,
social clubs, ethnic groups, the role of the media etc. Students are expected
to devote adequate time for homework, meet with a tutor every week to help them
with homework and attend a session of Spoken Arabic.
98166 |
ARAB 201 Intermediate Arabic |
Youssef Yacoubi |
M T W . . |
10:30
- 11:50 am |
OLINLC
118 |
FLLC |
Cross-listed: Middle East Studies This course will focus on
the functional use of Arabic in a natural communication setting. The four basic
linguistic skills will be dealt with simultaneously. Active and passive lexicon
as well as advanced grammatical structures will be taught through exposure to a
wide range of texts. Aspects of Arab culture and differences between Modern
Standard Arabic and the spoken language will be highlighted. Conducted mainly
in Modern Standard Arabic.