This course continues the work undertaken in Intermediate Arabic A. It includes oral, listening and written practices, study of Arabic morphology & syntax and translation tasks. Negotiation and debating techniques will be practiced on a range of topics as well as weekly supervised conversational tutorials to increase students' oral fluency and cultural awareness.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Demonstrate routine written social correspondence and daily situational conversation in Arabic to an intermediate level.
- Critically analyse the differences between the main ideas and subsidiary ideas in Arabic texts.
- Demonstrate use of a comprehensive range of Arabic grammar forms and vocabulary in writing and speaking to an intermediate level.
- Initiate and maintain extended face-to-face conversations in Arabic.
- Demonstrate comprehension of the Arabic language presented in a variety of audiovisual sources.
- Apply oral skills in real Arabic speaking situations.
Indicative Assessment
2 x 2 hour in-class Exams (45%) (Learning Outcomes 1, 2 ,3 ,5)
Oral Presentation, 15 min (15%) (Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 4, 6)
2 x 30 minute in-class Quizzes (5% each for a total of 10%) (Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
Conversation (ongoing participation in weekly conversation hour) (10%) (Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6)
Written assessments x 4 (Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
Listening and transcription 3 x 200 words (5% each)
Translation 1 x 200 words (5%)
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Workload
4 hours of lectures and 1 hour conversation class per week for 13 weeks. Students are expected to undertake a further 5 hours of independent study each teaching week of the semester (total 130 hours).
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Alosh, M., Ahlan wa Sahlan, Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2000.
Specialisations
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
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- 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 |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2604 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1279 | 20 Jul 2015 | 07 Aug 2015 | 31 Aug 2015 | 30 Oct 2015 | In Person | N/A |