This course is a continuation of the work undertaken in Advanced Arabic ‘A'. It includes advanced oral and written practices, in depth study of Arabic morphology & syntax and translation tasks. Negotiation and debating techniques will be practiced on a broad range of topics as well as supervised discussions on relevant issues to further promote oral and listening skills.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
By the end of this course students will have achieved language competency in the following skills:
Reading Proficiency:
(1) Demonstrate advanced comprehension to understand most factual material in technical prose as well as more advanced discussions on concrete topics related to personal interests
(2) Demonstrate advanced ability to separate main ideas and details from lesser ones and use that distinction to advance understanding
(3) Demonstrate use of linguistic context and real-world knowledge to make good and sensible guesses about unfamiliar material
(4) Possess an active reading vocabulary demonstrating the ability to identify main ideas and to distinguish these from subsidiary ideas
Speaking Proficiency:
(1) Initiate and maintain predictable face-to-face conversations and satisfy social demands such as travel and accommodation needs
(2) Use accurate advanced grammatical relations
(3) Exhibit more common and advanced forms of verb tenses
(4) Demonstrate advanced pronunciation
Writing Proficiency:
(1) Demonstrate ability to write routine social correspondence, daily situations, and/or current events with some errors
(2) Demonstrate good control of morphology of language and of the most frequently used syntactic structures
(3) Writing is legible to native readers
Listening Proficiency:
(1) Comprehend long conversations about most survival needs and social demands
(2) Demonstrate flexibility in understanding of a range of circumstances beyond immediate survival needs
(3) Understand more advanced common time forms and most question forms, most word order patternsIndicative Assessment
Homework (5%), language lab (5%), quizzes (10%), attendance and class participation (5%), report and presentation (15%), mid-semester exam (oral 5% and written 15%), final exam (oral 10% and written 30%).
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Workload
Three class hours and one hour of autonomous work in the language laboratory per week
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Alosh, M., Ahlna Wa Sahlan: Modern Standard Arabic for Intermediate Learners, New haven, London: Yale University Press, 2006.
Majors
Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $1164 | |
| 2014 | $2478 | |
| 2013 | $2472 | |
| 2012 | $2472 | |
| 2011 | $2424 | |
| 2010 | $2358 | |
| 2009 | $2286 | |
| 2008 | $2286 | |
| 2007 | $2286 | |
| 2006 | $2286 | |
| 2005 | $2286 | |
| 2004 | $1926 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $2574 |
| 2014 | $3246 |
| 2013 | $3240 |
| 2012 | $3240 |
| 2011 | $3240 |
| 2010 | $3240 |
| 2009 | $3240 |
| 2008 | $3240 |
| 2007 | $3132 |
| 2006 | $3132 |
| 2005 | $3132 |
| 2004 | $2916 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6401 | 21 Jul 2014 | 01 Aug 2014 | 31 Aug 2014 | 30 Oct 2014 | In Person | N/A |