Module ARA3160 for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA3160: Intermediate Arabic Language I
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to continue development of your active and passive knowledge of Arabic through writing and conversation and to enrich your command of Arabic grammar and vocabulary. It aims to continue development of your language to CEFRL level B1, consolidating and expanding your grammatical knowledge and developing reading, writing, translation and conversation skills. You will communicate and comprehend more complex topics, and build fluency. The module will enable you to read authentic texts in Arabic such as media and literary texts.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Extract a broad sense and some specified detail of written texts at CEFRL level B1. 2. Extract a sense and some specified detail of aural communications at CEFRL level B1. 3. Write short and simple texts on selected topics at CEFRL level B1. 4. Verbally elicit, understand and communicate basic factual information and simple selected topics relevant to everyday situations in Arabic, displaying reasonable levels of accuracy, at CEFRL level B1. 5. Achieve straightforward translations out of Arabic. 6. Demonstrate a sound grasp of the basic grammatical structures of Arabic and utilise it to understand and produce texts in it. |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 7. Learn how to consolidate your own learning by using available learning aids, in a variety of media, and organise this process with guidance from course tutors. 8. Understand the principles of intensively learning a new language and organise learning time with guidance from course tutors. 9. Use a reference grammar book and a bilingual dictionary to check the structural and lexical accuracy of your writing and expression in Arabic. |
| Personal and Key Skills | 10. Work in groups at solving basic linguistic tasks. 11. Deploy time management strategies through developing skills of self-study. 12. Exercise autonomy and judgement by developing independent learning skills. 13. Deploy strategies for coping with unpractised linguistic, social and cultural situations. 14. Show appreciation of the cultures of people who speak Arabic. |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- More complex Arabic grammar tools and concepts.
- Introduction to vocabulary enabling students to us Arabic in abstract and diverse subject areas.
- Building learning independence as an Arabic scholar, with increasing ability to analyse morphology and syntax, and to use grammatical knowledge and dictionary skills to understand more complex texts.
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 using an interactive learning approach: Pair work, group work; emphasis on active and passive development of reading, writing and translation skills. |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 30 | Group and pair work with emphasis on conversation and writing skills |
| Guided Independent study | 190 | Directed learning and private study outside the classroom, includes homework assignments and preparation for classes. |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
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 | 1-14 | verbal and/or written 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 90 minutes written test including reading, writing, grammar and translation One listening test (30 minutes) One oral test (10 minutes per student) | 1-14 | verbal and/or written feedback |
| Written Examination (May/June assessment period) | 50 | 3 hours | 1,3,5,6,11,13 | verbal and/or written feedback |
| Oral examination | 10 | 10 minutes | 2,4,10,11 | Verbal feedback |
| Listening Examination | 10 | 30 minutes | 2,6,11 | verbal and/or written feedback |
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 | Oral Assignment: (4 minutes Video Recording) Listening Assignment (up to 30 minutes) Written assignment under exam conditions (350 words in Arabic, 2 hrs) | 1,3,5,6,11,13 | August/September reassessment period |
| Written Examination | Written Examination (3 hours) 50% | 1,3,5,6,11,13 | August/September reassessment period |
| Oral Examination | Oral Examination (10 minutes) 10% | 2,4,10,11 | August/September reassessment period |
| Listening Examination | Listening Examination (30 minutes) 10% | 2,4,10,11 | August/September reassessment period |
