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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.

Prescribed Texts

  • A Saeed, Modern Standard Arabic Book 1. Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies.
  • A Saeed, Reading and Pronunciation. Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies.
  • A Saeed, Introduction to Arabic Script. Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies.


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