91509 |
ARAB 101 Beginning Arabic |
Elizabeth Saylor |
M . W Th F |
10:30 am -11:30 am |
OLINLC 118 |
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
91510 |
ARAB 201 Intermediate Arabic |
Dina Ramadan |
M T W . . |
1:30 pm -2:50 pm |
OLINLC 118 |
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: 18
91511 |
ARAB 301 Advanced Arabic |
Elizabeth Saylor |
. . W . F |
1:30 pm -2:50 pm |
HDR 101A |
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