• Offered by Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Arabic
  • Areas of interest Arab and Islamic Studies
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Kinda AlSamara
  • Mode of delivery Online or In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in First Semester 2023
    See Future Offerings

This course continues the work undertaken in Intermediate Arabic 2 and introduces students to advanced and complex texts in Arabic. The course assumes previous knowledge of the language for two years or equivalent. 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:

  1. demonstrate routine written social correspondence and daily situational conversation in Arabic to an upper intermediate level, and maintain predictable face-to-face conversations in Arabic;
  2. differentiate between the main ideas and subsidiary ideas in Arabic texts;
  3. demonstrate appropriate application of Arabic grammar and vocabulary to an upper intermediate level;
  4. demonstrate good comprehension of the Arabic language presented in a variety of audiovisual sources; and
  5. apply upper intermediate oral skills in real Arabic speaking situations.

Indicative Assessment

  1. Final Exam (20) [LO 1,2,3,4]
  2. Oral presentation (8-10 minutes) (15) [LO 2,3,4,5]
  3. 3 Quizzes (reading, writing, grammar, listening) (8.3% each) (25) [LO 1,3]
  4. Homework assessments (400-500 words) (15) [LO 2,3,4,5]
  5. Tutorial activities (10) [LO 1,3,4,5]
  6. Oral Exam (15) [LO 2,3,4,5]

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Workload

120 hours of total student learning time made up from:

a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks: made up of lectures and tutorial activities; and

b) 72 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed ARAB2012 or ARAB6502, or have equivalent level of language proficiency as demonstrated by placement test, or with permission of the convenor. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed any of the following courses: ARAB3002, ARAB6103, ARAB6501, ARAB6502, ARAB6503 or ARAB6504.

Prescribed Texts

Alosh, M., Ahlna Wa Sahlan: Modern Standard Arabic for Intermediate Learners, New haven, London: Yale University Press, 2013

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found 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
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2023 $3960
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2023 $5100
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
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
On-campus
4376 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person View
ANU Online
4377 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 Online View
OUA Online
4378 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 Online View

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