Postgraduate Course: Advanced Arabic 2 (IMES11062)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course will build on Advanced Arabic 1 and provide the student with advanced communication skills to enable him or her to carry out high level interviews in Arabic. Language teaching will be intensive (20 hours per week) for the first four weeks at the American University in Cairo. The student will then have three weeks to complete a small language-based project in Egypt which must include an interview (or short interviews) (totalling 30 minutes) in Arabic and short report (1,500 words) in Modern Standard Arabic. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 80,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
116 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
50 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
To learn advanced Egyptian Arabic though authentic materials.
To develop students¿ oral fluency in Educated Spoken Arabic (ESA)
To improve students ability to listen to Arabic films and summarise their content.
To enhance students' aural, oral and reading abilities in Modern Standard Arabic
To be able to apply knowledge of Arabic in carrying out high-level interviews in Arabic.
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Assessment Information
Pass/fail based on attendance at American University in Cairo for the four weeks.
Short report in Arabic (1500 words) (50%) plus 30 minutes recorded interview or set of interviews (50%).
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Four weeks of intensive language study at the American University in Cairo to focus on the Arab Spring and its influence on novels, short stories and plays.
This will be followed by the short project which will require the student to carry out an interview or series of interviews in Arabic totalling 30 minutes with an accompanying report in Arabic of 1500 words.
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| Transferable skills |
a) the ability to conduct recorded interviews.
b) the ability to study a language intensively in a foreign country.
c) the ability to function professionally in a foreign language and in a foreign country.
d) the ability to complete a small project to a strict deadline
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| Reading list |
All teaching material will be provided by the American University in Cairo. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
For the four weeks intensive Arabic this will be delivered in class 4 hours per day with three hours of homework. |
| Keywords | AA2 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Farah Aboubakr
Tel:
Email: Farah.Aboubakr@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Linda Grieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 4114
Email: linda.grieve@ed.ac.uk |
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