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110-002 Arabic 1A | |
Note | Formerly available as 150-101/201/301. Students who have completed 150-101/201/301 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 1st and 2nd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr A Saeed & Dr A S Abdullah |
Prerequisites | Students must be concurrently enrolled in Arabic 1A-Conversation. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Four hours of language classes per week |
Subject Description | An introduction to spoken and written Arabic language as well as culture for students with little or no knowledge of Arabic. On completion of the subject, students will have acquired: (a) a spoken facility at a basic level in Modern Standard Arabic; (b) the ability to read and understand simple Arabic texts ranging from newspaper ads and timetables, road signs etc. to simple stories within a vocabulary range of 200 - 400 most commonly used words in Arabic; (c) some basic grammatical structures of Arabic language; (d) the ability to write simple journal entries relating to the themes focused on in the semester; and (e) a familiarity with some Arab cultural habits and traditions. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 1500 words, and a 2-hour written examination, and a 15-minute aural/oral test. Weighting of assessment components will be made known at the commencement of the unit. |
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