Arabic 3

Students will be introduced to more complex elements and functions of the language. This will enable them to read and engage with authentic texts of moderate complexity ranging from advertisements, personal and formal letters and emails through newspaper articles and informative texts to biographies. Through these materials, students will internalise vocabulary and structures and better understand the historical, intellectual and spiritual currents informing present-day Arab society and culture. The various audio-visual activities will further develop students’ listening comprehension and help maintain and augment existing knowledge of vocabulary and structures. Knowledge gained through developing reading and listening skills will be conducive to activating vocabulary and structures, and students will be able to see their progress through the varied writing and speaking activities offering plenty of opportunities for communication.

学习阿拉伯语中级语法与会话。

• 1Read and interpret basic unvocalised Arabic in a variety of text types
• 2Write personal and informative texts of moderate complexity
• 3Initiate and sustain a basic conversation in Modern Standard Arabic about various topics with clarity and increasing sociolinguistic competence
• 4Comprehend and interpret short aural texts on familiar topics at a slower-than-normal speed
• 5Apply new grammatical concepts in writing and speaking and identify these concepts in reading and listening
• 6Analyse, in Arabic, modern and pre-modern cultural issues and trends in the Arab world, as well as the work and achievements of some Arab poets, writers, and thinkers.