CE4633: Arabic For Beginners I
School | Continuing and Professional Education |
Department Code | LEARN |
Module Code | CE4633 |
External Subject Code | T610 |
Number of Credits | 10 |
Level | L4 |
Language of Delivery | English |
Module Leader | Dr Zoulikha Zaidi |
Semester | Autumn Semester |
Academic Year | 2013/4 |
Outline Description of Module
This course is aimed at students who have no knowledge of Arabic, who wish learn basic communication skills in order to get by in Arabic speaking countries.
This module aims to provide students with the basic grammatical structures of Arabic in order to communicate at a basic level in essential social and survival situations in Arabic speaking countries. METHODS OF TEACHING: i) Weekly two-hour workshops
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT: i) Coursework (20%) 2 pieces of text production
ii) Oral continuous assessment (40%) iii) Aural class test (40%)
Email: Languages@cardiff.ac.uk
On completion of the module a student should be able to
Knowledge and Understanding:
- demonstrate their ability to recognise familiar words and very basic phrases by taking part in role plays and similar learning tasks.
- demonstrate their ability to understand the gist and extract information of basic texts by adequately completing listening tasks.
- show their ability to use basic phrases and sentences by talking about themselves, their family and everyday life.
- demonstrate a knowledge of basic grammatical structures,phrases and characters by completing written tasks.
Intellectual Skills
- integrate information provided in taught sessions and private study
Discipline Specific (including practical) Skills:
- demonstrate their ability to understand simple instructions and respond appropriately in everyday situations
- demonstrate their ability to communicate in spoken and written form using limited vocabulary and formulaic expressions
- collect information from short texts in the target language
How the module will be delivered
Students will actively participate in dialogues, group discussions and other interactive language exercises. Tapes and authentic work-sheets will enhance students active and passive language learning.
48 contact hours – interactive language work-shops
Skills that will be practised and developed
- to be responsive to the discipline of working with others as part of a group
- to understand and reflect upon different cultures and societies
How the module will be assessed
Coursework (20%) to test students ability of understanding basic texts and produce basic written language
Oral continuous assessment (40%) to test students ability to produce basic oral dialogues in Arabic
Aural class test (40%) to test students basic understanding of familiar day to day life
Assessment Breakdown
Type | % | Title | Duration(hrs) |
---|---|---|---|
Written Assessment | 100 | Arabic For Beginners I | N/A |
Syllabus content
Introduction to Arabic language,
greetings,
introduce your self,
numbers,
telling the time,
Grammar: pronunciation, alphabet, feminine marker, tashkeel
Essential Reading and Resource List
J Smart/F Attoorfer, Teach yourself Arabic
S Ali, Arabic for Beginners
Start Speaking Arabic Today, Language 30/Arabic
One full course in Arabic , Linguaphone