This course continues the work undertaken in introductory Arabic B, Ahlan wa Sahlan Part 1; lessons 19-24. It introduces students to more advanced texts in Arabic and emphasis will be given to the development of the four language skills reading, writing, speaking and listening. Each lesson contains five parts:
- 1- Basic Text
The purpose of the Basic Text is to present new lexical and grammatical materials in a context that is meaningful and suitable for intensive oral work.
- 2- Vocabulary
Vocabulary is controlled and the number of new words per lesson is limited. Efforts are made to use the new words in the following lessons in order to help students learn and retain active vocabulary.
- 3- Grammar and Drills
The grammar notes explain the structures that have appeared in the Basic Text.
The drills aim at providing a systematic and regular review of grammatical structures.
- 4- Comprehension passages
Every lesson contains one or more reading passage/s as well as a listening passage recorded on CD.
- 5- Class Participation and Discussion
Students will increase their oral fluency by participating in discussions dealing with wide rage of topics and cultural issues.
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 sufficient comprehension to understand most factual material in nontechnical prose as well as some discussions on concrete topics related to personal interests
(2) Demonstrate 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 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 limited social demands such as travel and accommodation needs
(2) Use fairly accurate basic grammatical relations
(3) Exhibit more common forms of verb tenses
(4) Demonstrate understandable 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 short conversations about most survival needs and limited social demands
(2) Demonstrate flexibility in understanding of a range of circumstances beyond immediate survival needs
(3) Understand more common time forms and most question forms, some word order patterns.
Indicative Assessment
Homework (5%), language lab (10%), quizzes (10%), attendance and class participation (5%), report and presentation (10%), mid-semester exam (written 20%), final exam (oral 10% and written 30%).
The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.
Workload
Four class hours and one hour of autonomous work in the language laboratory per week
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.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. 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 |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2604 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1278 | 16 Feb 2015 | 06 Mar 2015 | 31 Mar 2015 | 29 May 2015 | In Person | N/A |