Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA1015: Arabic for Beginners

This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.

Alif Baa, Introduction to the Arabic Letters and Sounds

Al-Kitab 1 (Third Edition)

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
110	190	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity	80	Lectures. Emphasis on active and passive learning, listening and reading skills, as well as developing confidence to speak Arabic
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity	30	Group and pair work with emphasis on conversation and writing skills
Guided Independent study	22	Language laboratory work with the help of DVDs provided
Guided Independent study	22	Assessed in-class tests contribute towards continuous assessment mark. An average mark will be taken of all the marks of assessed in-class tests.
Guided Independent study	146	Private study

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).