150-105 Advanced Arabic 1 Part A

Note

Available as 150-205 at 2nd-year level, 150-305 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

Prerequisites

Intermediate Arabic Part B or equivalent.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

This subject aims at developing students' skills such as (a) the capacity to use some basic idiomatic and conversational forms and ability to use them freely in speech; (b) proficiency in written structures of moderate complexity and the capacity to use such structures clearly and accurately; (c) interpreting messages of medium level of complexity occurring in a variety of audio-visual media and individual and group spoken forms. It will also cover some aspects of advanced Arabic syntax and morphology, methods of text analysis, the historical development of Arabic language and literature up to the modern period including some examples of writing in various periods, and translation of texts of moderate difficulty from Arabic to English and vice versa using dictionaries.

Assessment

Written assignments in total not more than 2000 words, one 2-hour written examination, and an aural/oral test of not more than 15 minutes. Weighting of assessment components will be made known at the commencement of the unit.

Prescribed Texts

For details, see Arabic Studies Course and Subject Guide (available from the Department).