Undergraduate Course: Arabic 2 (IMES08006)
Course Outline
	
		| School | 
		School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures | 
		College | 
		College of Humanities and Social Science | 
       
	
		| Course type | 
   	    Standard | 
		Availability | 
		Available to all students | 
     
	
		| Credit level (Normal year taken) | 
		SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) | 
		Credits | 
		40 | 
       
	
		| Home subject area | 
		Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies | 
		Other subject area | 
		None | 
       
	
		| Course website | 
		
        None
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		Taught in Gaelic? | 
		No | 
       
	
		| Course description | 
		The course consolidates the students' knowledge of modern standard Arabic which covers the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking.  The students occasionally read some modern Arabic literature. | 
      
 
Information for Visiting Students 
    
		| Pre-requisites | 
		None | 
     
 	
		| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | 
		Yes | 
     
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11  Full Year, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
		| Location | 
		Activity | 
		Description | 
		Weeks | 
		Monday | 
		Tuesday | 
		Wednesday | 
		Thursday | 
		Friday | 
	 
| Central | Lecture |  | 1-22 |  |  14:00 - 14:50 |  |  |  |  | Central | Lecture |  | 1-22 |  14:00 - 14:50 |  |  |  |  |  | Central | Lecture |  | 1-22 |  |  |  |  14:00 - 14:50 |  |  | Central | Lecture |  | 1-22 |  |  |  |  |  14:00 - 14:50 |  
| First Class | 
Week  1, Monday,  14:00 - 14:50,  Zone: Central. William Robertson Building, Room G.01  |  
	| Additional information | 
	Plus tutorials | 
 
| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
    Hours:Minutes | 
    Stationery Requirements | 
    Comments | 
  
| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Arabic 2 | 3:00 | 20 sides |  |  | Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) |  | 3:00 | 20 sides | c/w U04999 |  | Resit Exam Diet (August) |  | 3:00 | 20 sides |  |  
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
    
		| To understand and respond to writing and spoken Arabic, communicate in speaking and writing, translate and interpret from English to Arabic and vice versa. | 
     
 
Assessment Information 
    
        Class work (15%): Regular tests and exercises.  
1 three-hour interim exam: written and oral (25%),  
1 three-hour degree exam: written and oral (60%). | 
     
 
Special Arrangements 
    
		| None | 
      
 
Additional Information 
    
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		| Syllabus | 
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		| Transferable skills | 
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		| Reading list | 
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		| Study Abroad | 
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		| Study Pattern | 
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		| Keywords | 
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Contacts 
	
		| Course organiser | 
		Dr Richard Todd 
Tel: (0131 6)51 3202 
Email: richard.todd@ed.ac.uk | 
  		Course secretary | 
		Mrs Anne Budo 
Tel: (0131 6)50 4161 
Email: a.budo@ed.ac.uk | 
       
 
    
    
      
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 13 January 2011 6:10 am
 
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