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LfA Arabic Lower Intermediate - LFA00297L
- Department: Language and Linguistic Science
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Dan Li
- Credit value: Information currently unavailable
- Credit level: LFA
- Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
- See module specification for other years: 2024-25
Module summary
This course is aimed at students who have some knowledge of Arabic. Over the course of the year it will steadily build the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary to learn Arabic and take part in everyday routine exchanges. It will focus on developing a communicative competence at lower intermediate level and provide a foundation for further study.
Related modules
LfA Arabic Elementary / Arabic Language and Cultures: Elementary or equivalent.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Semester 1 2023-24 to Semester 2 2023-24 |
Module aims
The module aims are for students to:
- further develop the four language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking), while learning Arabic within the framework of diglossia (learning how to distinguish between the written and the spoken, formal and informal).
- gain further knowledge of cultural aspects of the Arab world and an understanding of additional structural patterns appropriate to this level
- gain more confidence in using the language in daily communication.
Students will engage, individually and in groups, in communicative activities and tasks emphasizing three modes of communication:
- reception activities (oral, audio-video, and reading comprehension),
- production activities (oral and written production),
- interaction activities (oral, written, and online interaction).
The mediums of instruction are English and Arabic.
Module learning outcomes
- Ability to understand straightforward factual texts with a satisfactory level of comprehension.
- Ability to produce short, complex texts on topics of interest and give and justify their opinion. Ability to summarise, report and give their opinion about accumulated factual information and to produce very brief reports in a standard conventionalised format.
- Ability to express personal opinions and exchange information on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events).
- Ability to generally respond appropriately to the most commonly used cultural cues to discuss in simple terms different perceptions of culturally determined actions.
Module content
Topics may include:
- The past tense
- The present tense
- Broken plural
- Talking about the past
- Daily routine
- Future plans
- Letter writing
- Numbers.
- Days of the week.
- Months of the year.
Assessment
| Task | Length | % of module mark |
|---|---|---|
| Departmental - attendance requirement Attendance requirement |
N/A | 100 |
Special assessment rules
Pass/fail & Non-reassessable
Additional assessment information
The course is non-assessed but students will receive an LFA Certificate of Completion if they participate in at least 13 sessions out of 18.
Reassessment
None
Module feedback
Regular homework tasks will provide opportunities for ongoing feedback on progress.
In addition, students will have the opportunity to complete coursework. Its purpose is not to provide a summative assessment of students’ performance but to provide the basis for relevant tutor’s feedback and feedforward.
Indicative reading
Course materials and guided readings will be provided by the module convenors via the VLE at the start of the semester.