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Arabic Language and Cultures: Elementary - LFA00249L

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• Department: Language and Linguistic Science
• Credit value: 20 credits
• Credit level: F
• Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
  • See module specification for other years: 2023-24

Module summary

This course is aimed at students who have a basic knowledge of Arabic. Over the course of a semester, it will steadily build the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary to learn Arabic and communicate in familiar everyday situations. It will focus on developing a communicative competence at elementary level and provide a foundation for further study.

Related modules

Arabic Language and Cultures: Beginner or equivalent

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Semester 1 2024-25
B	Semester 2 2024-25

Module aims

The module aims are:

• to further develop skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing

• to improve students’ confidence in interacting in Arabic

• To improve grammatical accuracy

Students will engage, individually and in groups, in activities and tasks emphasising three core communicative skills:

1. reception activities (oral, audio-video and reading comprehension);

2. production activities (oral and written production);

3. interaction activities (oral, written and online interaction).

The mediums of instruction are English and Arabic.

Module learning outcomes

• Ability to understand phrases and expressions related to areas of most immediate priority (e.g. basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment)

• Ability to produce short, simple texts describing people, living or working conditions, daily routines. likes/dislikes, places, everyday life and culture, etc.

• Ability to communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters to do with work and free time and to handle very short social exchanges

• Ability to recognise and apply basic cultural conventions associated with everyday social exchanges (e.g. different greetings, rituals).

Module content

Topics may include:

• Asking / showing the way and directions.

• Countries and nationalities.

• Counting things.

• The nominal sentence.

• Adjectives.

• Talking about your hometown, where you live.

• At the grocer’s. Buying things.

• Eating and drinking. At the restaurant / cafe.

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled)	60
Oral presentation/seminar/exam	40

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled)	60
Oral presentation/seminar/exam	40

Module feedback

Feedback on exams and essays as per University regulations.

Indicative reading

Course materials and guided readings will be provided by the module convenors via the VLE at the start of the semester.