91717 |
ARAB 101 Beginning
Arabic |
Elizabeth
Holt |
T W Th F 10:10 am-11:10 am |
OLINLC 118 |
FL |
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
91718 |
ARAB 201 Intermediate Arabic |
Dina Ramadan |
M
T W 11:50 am-1:10 pm |
OLINLC 118 |
FL |
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
91719 |
ARAB 301 Advanced Arabic |
Elizabeth
Holt |
W F 1:30 pm-2:50 pm |
OLINLC 118 |
FL |
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. Registration by permission of the professor. Class size: 15