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 110-008 Arabic 2B

Note

Formerly available as 150-104/204/304. Students who have completed 150-104/204/304 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

Second and third year

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr A S Abdullah

Prerequisites

110-006 Arabic 2A or equivalent. Students must be concurrently enrolled in 110-009 Arabic 2B-Conversation.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Four hours per week

Subject Description

This subject is a more detailed presentation of functions of the language; oral and aural practice; syntax and morphology; reading of texts and writing compositions. It also deals with some important cultural issues, including modern Arabic literary movements and ideas. On completion of this subject students should have acquired: proficiency in basic idiomatic and conversational forms and ability to converse freely using these forms; written structures of moderate complexity and an ability to formulate such structures clearly and accurately; a grounding in commonly used grammatical structures of Arabic and an ability to apply them in speech and writing; the ability to interpret messages at an intermediate level of complexity; familiarity with major cultural issues and modern literary movements and ideas in the 20th century in the Arab Middle East.

Assessment

Written work totalling 1500 words, a 2-hour examination and a 15-minute aural/oral test.

Prescribed Texts

  • A Saeed, Modern Standard Arabic. Book 4. Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies.


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