Arabic 3B

Course aim

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

Course content

Critical reading and analysis; specialised vocabulary related to a range of themes and contexts (writing lists, short messages, postcards, and letters; explaining reasons and expressing obligation, describing future plans; describing people and state of affair; describing feelings and activities; making and accepting requests; giving directions; understanding and developing advertisements; describing countries and cities; describing climates and economies; relations between the sexes, etc.); consolidation of grammatical concepts and structures (such as adverbs of time and place; conditional sentences; asking about quantity; using exception in MSA; patterns of verb, types of Maa; etc.) with focus on the grammar of use; opinion, fact, evidence, argument; developing cohesion and coherence; intercultural knowledge integral to the range of situations and tasks in the language texts
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 AIB352 Arabic 3B 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

Al-Baalbaki, M. 2002, Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic/English Dictionary, Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, Beirut, Lebanon

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
LANG 3026	Arabic 3A

The course above or equivalent.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Tutorial	3 hours x 13 weeks
Directed Study	N/A x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Tutorial	3 hours x 13 weeks
Directed Study	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 presentations

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.000
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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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.