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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Undergraduate Course: Arabic 4 (IMES10040)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course is a comprehensive, progressive course expanding students' knowledge of Arabic grammar, style, and vocabulary at an advanced level.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Arabic 2 (IMES08006)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs 0
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2023/24, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( 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 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 45 %, Coursework 35 %, Practical Exam 20 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 2 x mid-semester tests (15% [i.e. 7.5% each])
December exam, 1.5 hour (20%)
Listening assessment (May) (20%)
May exam, 3 hours (45%)
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Arabic 4 Exam1:30
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Arabic 4 Exam3:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Understand, transcribe, and extract information from aural media texts in Modern Standard Arabic on a variety of topics.
  2. Translate written media texts, such as news reports and opinion pieces, from Arabic into English and vice versa.
  3. Understand and summarise complex media and literary texts in Modern Standard Arabic.
  4. 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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsIMES Arabic4
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jona Fras
Tel: (0131 6)50 3625
Email: jona.fras@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Iain Harrison
Tel:
Email: iharriso@ed.ac.uk
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