Arabic 5

This subject offers students the opportunity to learn, internalise and activate more sophisticated aspects of Arabic morphology and syntax and to develop a deeper analytical understanding of the language. This will be achieved through interacting with a variety of written and spoken texts ranging from travellers’ accounts to biographical pieces, evaluative and analytical articles to interviews and short lectures. These will allow students to further their understanding of the history of the Middle East, Islam and Muslim society, as well as modern educational and social trends and movements emerging in the region. Conversations and discussions will provide opportunities to express one’s own opinions and feelings on topics of cultural, social and political nature. Written expression will be developed through the preparation of resumes, summaries, complex narratives, descriptive, informative and evaluative pieces, and students will be able to engage in the creative process of producing imaginative writing of their own. This subject further enhances students’ proficiency of Arabic language through reading in modern standard Arabic and understanding and application of grammatical and stylistic rules and listening comprehension of authentic texts of different complexities in Standard Arabic to develop skills in a real context to enhance students’ listening comprehension.

学习阿拉伯语高级语法与阅读。

• 1Develop the ability to interact with unvocalised Arabic texts with some support, and to use dictionaries independently to read texts and understand its content, ranging from travel narratives to informative, analytical, and evaluative writing and essays
• 2Identify grammatical structures and explain the functions of grammatical structures with ability to use correct grammatical structures in written form and in oral conversation
• 3Write resumes, summaries, complex narratives, informative and evaluative pieces and to produce imaginative writing of their own
• 4Recognize the main ideas and many details of connected discourse on a variety of topics spoken at slower than normal speed
• 5Establish the ability to elaborate, narrate, describe, and evaluate, demonstrating that through preparing and delivering presentations of significant length and some complexity on a wide range of topics, and can handle many normal, high frequency social conversational situations
• 6Acquire knowledge of the values, beliefs and religious observances and rites of the Arab World, some aspects of the history of the Middle East and North Africa, Islam and Muslim society as a result of engaging with written and spoken texts on such topics
• 7Learn about some aspects of the history of the Middle East and North Africa, Islam and Muslim society Africa, Islam and Muslim society.