91475 |
ARAB 101 Beginning
Arabic |
Amir Moosavi |
M T W Th . |
8:50-9:50 am |
OLIN LC 210 |
FLLC |
Cross-listed: Africana Studies, 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. Class size: 22
91476 |
ARAB 201 Intermediate
Arabic |
Amir Moosavi |
M . W Th . |
11:50 -1:10 pm |
HEG 201 |
FLLC |
Cross-listed:
Africana Studies, Middle Eastern 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.
Class
size: 15
91477 |
ARAB 301 Advanced
Arabic |
Amir Moosavi |
. T . Th . |
1:30 -2:50 pm |
OLIN 302 |
FLLC |
Cross-listed:
Africana Studies, Middle Eastern 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. Class
size: 15