This course includes advanced oral and written practice; advanced study of Arabic morphology and syntax; translation tasks using extracts from Arabic print media items and other sources. Negotiation and debating techniques will be practiced on a broad range of topics and supervised discussions on current and relevant issues will further promote oral and listening skills. Written sources will include recorded Modern Standard Arabic discourse material. These will offer a wide range of courses, register and style. Formal and informal speech, idiomatic expressions, proverbs and figurative language will be a focus. Selection of current affairs material from a variety of sources will be examined in order to acquaint students with a wide range of lexical and idiomatic variants.

Homework (5%), language lab (10%), quizzes (5%), attendance and class participation (5%), report and presentation (15%), mid-semester exam (oral 5% and written 15%), final exam (oral 10% and written 30%)

Three class hours and one hour of autonomous work in the language laboratory per week

ARAB2012 Intermediate Arabic B

SWAA2004 Classical Arabic A, Classical Arabic A ARAB2004

Alosh, M., Ahlna Wa Sahlan: Modern Standard Arabic for Intermediate Learners, New haven, London: Yale University Press, 2006.