ARAB 320 Advanced Arabic II                         e-mail: mohd@ku.edu                            

Line # 50932                                                     Tel       864 – 1071                                                                

Office 12E Bailey                                              Class: 11:00 to 12:20 TR                                                                                                   

Office hours 9:30 – 10:30 MTR                           4047 Wescoe                              

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. In addition to focusing on MSA, some material in dialectal Arabic will be presented from time to time. This course builds on previous knowledge from previous courses on Arabic.

Textbook and Media resources

-  Brustad, et. al. (2001). Al-Kitaab fi Ta ^cAllum Al-cArabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic, Part III. 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 310, Part I or the equivalent. New students are required to take a placement test.

Requirements

Regular attendance, active in-class participation, assignments, oral discussions and presentations, and four tests

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.

Evaluation and Grades

Class participation and discussions                                            15%

Presentations                                                                            15%

Homework                                                                              30%

Tests                                                                                       30%

Final paper                                                                               10%

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.

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