ARAB 310 Advanced Arabic I
Mohammad Al-Masri
E-mail: mohd@ku.edu
Office 12E Bailey
( 864 -1071
110 Bailey, Tue Thu, 10:30 am - 11:50 am
Office hours: 10:00 - 11:00 Mon, Wed
09:30 - 10:00 Tues, Thurs or by appointment
Course Description
The course is designed to further develop students' proficiency and communication in Modern Standard Arabic in the four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The main objective of this course is to enhance the students' abilities to understand spoken Arabic, to converse on a variety of topics (e.g. the press, literature, social aspects, education, etc.), narrate, discuss and read authentic material in Arabic. More attention will at this level be paid to discussion and conversing in Arabic. Students will have little exposure to material in some Arabic dialects. This course builds on previous knowledge from previous courses on Arabic.
Textbook and Media resources
- Brustad, et. al. (1997). Al-Kitaab fi Ta cAllum Al-cArabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic, Part II. Georgetown University Press.
- The Hans-Wehr Dictionary of Modern Standard Arabic.
- Audio and video tapes housed at the Ermal Garinger Academic resources center.
- One blank tape. Visit the EGARC web-site www.ku.edu/~egarc/diglib
Prerequisites
Arabic 220, Part II or the equivalent. New students are required to take a placement test.
Requirements
Regular attendance, active in-class participation, assignments, oral discussions and presentations, four tests and a final project
Absences
Absent students are responsible for obtaining the material they missed, the assignments required and scheduled for next class.
Homework and Written assignments
Students are required to complete all assignments as scheduled and hand them in on time. Late homework assignment will be penalized
Evaluation and Grades
Class participation and attendance 15%
Presentations 15%
Homework 30%
Tests 30%
Final project 10%
The final project will be both written and oral. It will consist of approximately 500 words on topics that will be discussed later. The oral part of the final project will include a presentation on that topic and a recorded version of it.
There will not be make-up exams and exams will not be repeated for absent students unless the student shows certifiable excuse or unless the instructor is contacted ahead of time.
Students with a disability that might challenge their performance should contact the instructor.
جــــــــــــــــــدول الـــــــــــــدروس
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