Undergraduate Course: Arabic 4 (IMES10040)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is a comprehensive, progressive course expanding students' knowledge of Arabic grammar, style, and vocabulary at an advanced level. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Arabic 2 (IMES08006)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | 0 |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2020/21, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 76,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 16,
Summative Assessment Hours 7,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
97 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
45 %,
Coursework
35 %,
Practical Exam
20 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
2 x mid-semester tests (15% [i.e. 7.5% each])
December online essay (20%)
Listening assessment (May) (20%)
May exam, 3 hours (45%)
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 3:00 | | | Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 1:30 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand, transcribe, and extract information from aural media texts in Modern Standard Arabic on a variety of topics.
- Translate written media texts, such as news reports and opinion pieces, from Arabic into English and vice versa.
- Understand and summarise complex media and literary texts in Modern Standard Arabic.
- Write essays, reports, and opinion pieces in Modern Standard Arabic on a wide variety of topics, from politics and current affairs to culture, social issues, history, and the environment, with appropriate use of high-register grammatical structures such as al-maf'uul al-muTlaq, al-istithnaa', al-Haal, etc.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | IMES Arabic4 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jona Fras
Tel: (0131 6)50 3625
Email: jona.fras@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Monique Brough
Tel: (0131 6)50 3618
Email: Monique.Brough@ed.ac.uk |
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