Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA1015: Arabic for Beginners

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Alif Baa, Introduction to the Arabic Letters and Sounds

Al-Kitab 1 (Third Edition)

Learning and Teaching

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

Online Resources

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

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
Listening/ writing homework	10 assignments; 30 minutes per assignment (book unit)	1, 4	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	60	10

...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
Examination	60	120 minutes	1, 2, 3, 5	Written feedback
Oral and listening exam	10	30 minutes listening and 5 minutes oral exam	1-5	Written and oral feedback
Continuous assessment	30	Ten in-class tests of 30 minutes each	1, 3, 5, 6	Class feedback
	0
	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
Examination	Examination - 90%	1, 2, 3, 5	August/September assessment period
Oral and listening exam	30 minutes listening and 5 minutes oral exam - 10%	1-5	August/September assessment period

Re-assessment notes

Referral/ deferral examination: 1 x 2 hour written paper: to replace continuous assessment and examination 90%.

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.

Indicative Basic Reading List:

Brustad,K, Al-Batal, M, Al-Tonsi A, Alif-Baa: An Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds

Brustad,K, Al-Batal, M, Al-Tonsi A, Al-Kitab (vol. I), 3^rd Edition, Georgetown University Press, Washington DC 2011

Supporting Materials:

Wehr, Hans A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, Wiesbaden, Harassowitz, 1976.