Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA2000: Year Abroad

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

Module Aims

The aim of this module is to advance your knowledge of Arabic grammar and syntax as well as reading, writing, speaking and listening skills through a wide range of authentic Arabic texts, to facilitate your acquisition of a spoken dialect of Arabic, and to immerse you in first-hand experience of Arab society and culture.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. Read and demonstrate understand a range of Arabic texts and linguistic styles such as in literature, poetry, religious texts, and media 2. Communicate in a spoken Arabic dialect.
Discipline-Specific Skills	3. Assimilate information about another culture and to experience at first hand the cultural and social aspects of an Arab country.
Personal and Key Skills	4. develop time management skills and ability to demonstrate how to conduct independent study, as well as how to work in pairs and groups in conversation and on text-based work. 5. demonstrate confidence in the use of a foreign language

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Set by Year Abroad institutions

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
0	0	1200

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

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Placement/study abroad	1200	Lectures and practical classes: Standard Arabic; Spoken Arabic, Media Arabic and essay writing

Online Resources

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

ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/

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.

Set by YA institutions.