Module ARA2139 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA2139: Intermediate Arabic Language II
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Aims
Building on the Year Abroad learning experience, this module aims to develop a deeper knowledge of grammatical and syntactical structures; to develop active and passive learning of Arabic through a wide range of written and audio-visual materials; to strengthen your awareness of different styles and registers of Arabic; to broaden your skills in using Arabic; to develop the your skills in composition and translation. The module also aims to consolidate your use of colloquial Arabic.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. deal with grammatical and syntactical features of written Arabic and spoken Arabic 2. read various genres of Arabic texts, to write in Arabic, as well as to translate from and into written Arabic, with and without the use of bilingual and monolingual dictionaries 3. listen to Colloquial and Media Arabic and to communicate in standard and colloquial Arabic. |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. express yourself in Arabic, in writing and orally |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. develop time management skills and ability to conduct independent study. 6. develop written and oral communication skills in a foreign language. |
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Writing, reading and translation assignments | One writing and one translation or reading assignment per week. Also each student will present a 2-3 minute class presentation on a given topic. | 1,2, 3, 4 | Written and verbal feedback |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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30 | 50 | 20 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Continuous assessment | 30 | One assessed homework assignment on writing or translation per week. One 20 minute oral presentation. An average mark will be taken of all the marks both of assessed homework assignments and in-class presentation | 1-6 | Written and verbal feedback |
Oral examination | 10 | 10 minutes | 4 speaking | Written and verbal feedback |
Listening examination | 10 | 30 minutes | 4 Listening | Written and verbal feedback |
Written examination | 50 | 3 hours | 1,2,3,6 | Written feedback |
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Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Oral examination | Oral examination | 4 speaking | August/September assessment period |
Listening examination | Listening examination | 4 Listening | August/September assessment period |
Written examination | Written examination | 1,2,3, | August/September assessment period |
Re-assessment notes
Referral/ deferral: Written examination 1 x 3 hour written paper (80%); Listening examination (10%); and Oral examination (10%).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Haywood and Nahmad, A new Arabic Grammar of the Written Language, Lund Humphries, London 2005.
Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi, Al-Kitab (vol.3), Georgetown University Press, Washington DC 2004.
Supporting Materials:
Wehr, H, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1979.
Concise Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage, Oxford University Press, 1982.