91907 |
ARAB 101
Beginning Arabic |
Dina Ramadan
|
M
T W
Th 10:30 am-11:30 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
91908 |
ARAB 201
Intermediate Arabic |
Elizabeth Holt
|
T W Th 10:10
am-11:30 am |
OLINLC
120 |
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: 18
91909 |
ARAB 301
Advanced
Arabic |
Elizabeth Holt
|
T Th 11:50
am-1:10 pm |
OLINLC
120 |
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