91223 |
ARAB 101 Elementary Arabic |
Dina Ramadan |
M T W Th . |
12:00 -1:00 pm |
Olin L. C. 120 |
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.
91267 |
ARAB 201 Intermediate Arabic |
Elizabeth Holt |
M T W . . |
11:50 -1:10 pm |
Olin L. C. 210 |
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.
91268 |
ARAB 301 Advanced Arabic |
Elizabeth Holt |
M . W . . |
1:30 -2:50 pm |
Olin L. C. 120 |
FLLC |
Cross-listed: Middle East Studies The course focuses on developing a
significant level of linguistic and communicative competence in the
language. The four linguistic skills will
be dealt with simultaneously. Modern
literary and expository texts, as well as a selection of texts from Arab media
will be read to expand active and passive lexicon and grammatical structures. Differences between modern standard Arabic
as well as aspects of Arab cultures will be highlighted.