AIB151 - Arabic 1A

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 1 Unit Chair:

Hakeem Kasem

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 1.5 hour Class per week, 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

1 x 1.5 hour Class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2 hour online Seminar per week

Note:

It is not expected that students have prior knowledge of the language.

Content

This unit is designed to provide a practical and basic introduction to modern standard Arabic for students who have no acquaintance with the language so that they have the confidence to communicate effectively at the threshold levels, involving listening and speaking in the first instance, followed by the ability to read and write. The language teaching is extensive, based on audio-visual methods, in order to give students a sound training in both spoken and written Arabic. An overview of the Arabic language, its historical changes and development, the place of Arabic in the Semitic languages group and in Islam and the notion of 'diglossia' are explained as general background.

Assessment

Campus:

Assessment 1 (Individual) - Online and Written Exercises (800 words or equivalent) - 30%

Assessment 2 (Individual or groups of 2-3 students) - Class Participation and Presentation (5-10 minutes) - 10%

Assessment 3 (Individual) - Oral Test (10 minutes) - 20%

Assessment 4 (Individual) - Test (online (75 minutes) and written (90 minutes)) - 40%

Cloud (online):

Assessment 1 (Individual) – Online and Written Exercises  (800 words or equivalent) - 30%

Assessment 2 (Individual) - Writing Exercise (200 words) - 20%

Assessment 3 (Individual - Mid-Trimester Oral Test (7 minutes) - 10%

Assessment 4 (Individual) - Final-Trimester Oral Test (10 minutes) - 20%

Assessment 5 (Individual) - Test (75 minutes) - 20%

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