150-106 Advanced Arabic 1 Part B

Note

Available as 150-206 at 2nd-year level, 150-306 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

Prerequisites

Advanced Arabic 1 Part A or equivalent.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

This subject will aim at developing students' skills such as (a) using idiomatic and conversational forms 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 a sophisticated level of complexity occurring in a variety of audio-visual media and individual and group spoken forms; and (d) appraising literary forms. It will also cover the role and function of stylistic complexity in Arabic, the development of Arabic literature in the modern period including some examples of writing in the period and translation of texts of moderate difficulty in non-technical language 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).