Undergraduate Course: Introductory Arabic language 2 (IMES07003)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course is suitable for students who have successfully completed Introductory Arabic Language (IMES07001) or Arabic 1a (IMES08026) courses at Edinburgh, or an equivalent level course elsewhere and have a good grasp of reading and writing the Arabic script, a fair command of basic grammar and syntax, including at least the past and the present tense of Form I verbs, and are able to conduct a simple conversation in Modern Standard Arabic.
All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination. Auditing (Class Only) is not allowed. |
| Course description |
The course is designed to expand upon students' existing knowledge of Arabic grammar and syntax and will aim to cover, but is not limited to, the following topics: broken plurals, comparatives/superlatives, the dual, irregular verbs, verb forms, and use of different tenses, including the future.
Progression through the grammar points will be done in conjunction with improving the students' reading skills and expanding their vocabulary by covering the topical units of the course book Mastering Arabic 1 (second half) and some selected topics from other sources.
Students will be introduced to basic composition in Arabic (short essay).
Students' oral skills will be developed in class exercises and presentations.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed (
Introductory Arabic Language (IMES07001) OR
Arabic 1a (IMES08026))
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | The course is suitable for students who have successfully completed Introductory Arabic Language (IMES07001) or Arabic 1a (IMES08026) courses at Edinburgh, or an equivalent level course elsewhere and have a good grasp of reading and writing the Arabic script, a fair command of basic grammar and syntax, including at least the past and the present tense of Form I verbs, and are able to conduct a simple conversation in Modern Standard Arabic. |
| Additional Costs | Course books (compulsory), dictionary (optional). NB. Students who have completed Introductory Arabic Language will be able to use the same course book |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Entry is at the discretion of the course organiser and subject to a language test. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 30 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 11,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
160 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework : 40%
Written exam (May diet) 60%
All students take all elements of assessment including the examination.
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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) | Introductory Arabic Language 2 | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Introductory Arabic Language 2 | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Read and understand the main points in short and straightforward texts and subjects of different topics.
- Start a conversation on topics that are familiar, give personal information, express their opinions on abstract topics, give prepared presentations and describe past, present and future events.
- Write about a variety of familiar subjects using a range of different grammatical structures and vocabulary including verb forms, irregular verbs and use of different tenses.
- Translate short texts and sentences from both Arabic into English and English into Arabic.
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Reading List
Compulsory:
Wightwick, Jane, Gaafar, Mahmoud, Mastering Arabic 1, Second edition,
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007;
Wightwick, Jane, Gaafar, Mahmoud, Mastering Arabic Grammar, Palgrave
Macmillan, 2005 (essential grammar supplement to the above).
Recommended:
Dictionary: Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, edited by
J M. Cowan (any edition).
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
htp://www.llc.ed.ac.uk/open-languages |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
No students on programmes owned by IMES will be admitted to this course.
All students take all elements of assessment, including the examination. Auditing (Class Only) is not allowed.
Introductory Arabic Language 2 is not a sufficient pre-requisite for Arabic 2. Those who have successfully completed Arabic 1a (IMES08026) may join the course, but will no longer be able to carry on with Arabic 2.
This course is open to all students as a credit bearing course, or over and above their full credit load, as a non credit bearing course. Visiting Students may only take this course for credits.
Please note that auditing this course is not allowed. You must be enrolled as CE (Class and Assessment including centrally arranged exam). |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
See Web Timetable.
Please note that it is not possible to audit this course. |
| Keywords | OLIARAB2SEM1&2 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Alaa Alshaikh Sulaiman
Tel:
Email: Alaa.Sulaiman@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Anne Budo
Tel: (0131 6)50 4161
Email: a.budo@ed.ac.uk |
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