Arabic 1B

This subject is not offered in 2011.

This subject forms a thorough introduction to spoken and written Arabic language and culture for students with some knowledge of Arabic. On completion of the subject students will have acquired a clear spoken facility at a basic level in Modern Standard Arabic, the ability to read and understand a variety of Arabic texts within a vocabulary range of 500-1000 most commonly used words, the basic grammatical structures of the Arabic language, and attained the capacity to apply them in speech and writing. They have the ability to write personal letters and journal entries relating to everyday activities, write summaries and short stories and fill in forms and a familiarity with a number of important Arab cultural practices and traditions.

• command a clear spoken facility at a basic level in Modern Standard Arabic.
• command the ability to read and understand a variety of Arabic texts ranging from newspaper ads and news items, timetables, to biographies, short newspaper and magazine articles and stories within a vocabulary range of 500-1,000 most commonly used words in Arabic.
• have acquired basic grammatical structures of Arabic language, and have attained the capacity to apply them in speech and writing.
• have ability to write personal letters and make journal entries relating to everyday activities and to write summaries, biographical entries and short stories.
• have acquired a familiarity with a number of important Arab cultural practices and traditions.

Continuous homework assessment, best 8 pieces 15% (throughout the semester), a mid-semester test 20% (during the middle of semester), an aural/oral examination of 10 mins 15% (during the exam period) and a 3-hour written examination 50% (during the exam period).

Class attendance is required for this subject; if you do not attend a minimum of 80% of classes without an approved exemption you will not be eligible for a pass in this subject. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

• Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-;Arabiyya with DVDs. A Textbook for Beginning Arabic. Part One. Second Edition. (Brustad, Al-Batal and Al-Tonsi) Georgetown University Press, 2004.

None.

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Engineering

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

• acquire skills to deploy limited resources creatively to engage with an unfamiliar structure and content.
• be able to allocate time regularly and consistently to acquire knowledge that can only be built up over long periods.
• and to be able to recognise complexity of cultural practices and traditions, and aim to increase one's understanding of this complexity.
• show attention to detail through assignment preparation and writing.
• acquire time management and planning skills through managing and organising workloads for assignment completion.
• acquire public speaking skills through classdiscussion.