2009 Fall ARABIC 1-003
Bulletin Course Description Understanding, speaking, reading, and writing modern standard Arabic. Language laboratory. Instructor: Lo
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Title ELEMENTARY ARABIC Department ARABIC Course Number 2009 Fall 1 Section Number 003 Primary Instructor Lo,Mbaye B Prerequisites Course Homepage www.duke.edu/web/aall/arabic.html
Synopsis of course content
Introduction to reading, writing, speaking and understanding modern standard Arabic. This course is proficiency based. It aims to place the student in the context of the native speaking environment. The primary course materials are:
Textbooks
Kristen Brustad et al, Aif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds (with DVDs ).
Kristen Brustad et al, Al-Kitaab fii ta’allum al- ’Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic. Part One (with DVDs).
Handout assignments
Additional Information
The course focuses on:
developing proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing in Modern Standard Arabic;
expressing oneself and participate in simple one-to-one conversations involving basic practical and social situations;
practicing basic grammatical structures through exploring the drills, exercises and class discussion, students will develop basic communicative skills and learn the fundamental structure of basic sentences;
understanding Arab culture through class materials, discussion, Internet, film and outside activities.
