Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA3103: Advanced Arabic Language

This module descriptor refers to the 2024/5 academic year.

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
Weekly practical and written assignments	Weekly practical and written assignments	1-17	Written and verbal

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
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
Continuous assessment	30	One 30 minutes listening assignment One Speaking assignment One 90 minutes written test Literature: One 1000-word essay in Arabic	1-12, 14-17	Written and verbal feedback
Written Examination	50	3 hours	1,3,5,6,11,13	Verbal feedback
Oral Examination	10	15 minutes	2,6,11	Written and verbal feedback
Listening Examination	10	30 minutes	3,6,11,12,13	Written and verbal feedback
	0
	0

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
Continuous Assessment	One 30 minutes listening assignment One Speaking assignment One 90 minutes written test Literature: One 1000-word essay in Arabic	1-17	August/September reassessment period
Written Examination	Written examination (3 hours; 50%)	2,5,6,8,11,12,13,14	August/September reassessment period.
Oral Examination	Oral examination (15 minutes; 10%)	2,6,11	August/September reassessment period.
Listening Examination	Listening Examination (30 minutes; 10%)	3,6,11,12,13	August/September reassessment period.