110-011 Arabic 3B

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Credit Points

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Prerequisites

Arabic 3A or equivalent.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

This subject will develop 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 medium level of complexity occurring in a variety of audio-visual media and individual and group spoken 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. Students will choose any 4 units from the following: (a) speaking; (b) writing; (c) translation; (d) Arabic literature; (e) grammar; (f) guided reading and (h) research methods.

Assessment

Written work totalling 1500 words, and a 2-hour examination, and a 15-minute aural/oral test. Weighting of assessment components will be made known at commencement of the unit.

Prescribed Texts

• A Saeed & A S Abdullah, Advanced Arabic Texts 2. Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies.