Arabic 2B

Course aim

To extend students’ spoken and written communication and critical literacy skills in Modern Standard Arabic at the intermediate level with intercultural aspects integral to the language contexts covered.

Course content

Vocabulary related to a range of themes and contexts (describing daily activities and past events; expressing frequency; expressing opinion and supporting it; expressing preferences; expressing degree and frequency; travel related activities; family members and relations); a review of grammatical concepts and structures (negating imperative verbs; weak verbs; verb position; relative nouns; agreement with non-rational nouns; writing the hamza; the five nouns) with a focus on functional use; cultural knowledge integral to the range of situations and tasks in the language texts; oral and multimedia presentations; critical reading, thinking and analysis.

Please note that this course is available to UniSA students only. It is not available to students of other Universities wishing to study cross-institutionally.

Students must enrol concurrently in the equivalent Deakin University online course AIB252 Arabic 2B via cross-institutional enrolment. On successful completion of the Deakin University course students must apply for credit at UniSA.

Textbook(s)

Alosh, M & Clark, A. 2010, Ahlan wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners (Hardcover with DVD and mp3 CD), 2nd edition, Yale University Press, -

Alosh, M & Clark, A. 2010, Ahlan Wa Sahlan: Letters and Sounds of the Arabic Language (Paperback with DVD and mp3 CD), Yale University Press

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
LANG 2028	Arabic 2A

The above course or equivalent.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Tutorial	3 hours x 13 weeks
Directed Study (Directed study (Deakin Studies Online))	N/A x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Tutorial	3 hours x 13 weeks
Directed Study (Directed study (Deakin Studies Online))	N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment tasks, Examination, Oral presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.000
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.