Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic discipline
L-OR/12 (ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course
WORLD POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2021 - 28/05/2021)
Lesson hours
40 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
No previous knowledge of Arabic is required
Learning outcomes
This course aims to provide basic knowledge of written and spoken Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), introducing the alphabet and writing system, principles of grammar and syntax as well as simple set texts and basic conversation skills.
Course contents
In the first module, students will learn the writing, the phonology and the reading of the Arabic alphabet, along with the basic rules of Arabic grammar and morphology (roots and patterns) and the essential vocabulary to perform elementary conversations, in addition to the geographic and political terminology.
Teaching methods
Lectures, group activities.
Reccomended or required readings
The teaching material will be provided by the teacher in digital form
Suggested grammar:
A. Manca, Grammatica teorico-pratica di arabo letterario moderno, Roma 1989 (pdf available online)
Arabic alphabet (texts available at the Linguistic Center):
Aguilar Cobos, José David, Al-birka A1-, Introduzione alla scrittura araba, Kutub AlBujayra, Almeria 2015.
K. Brustad, M. Al-Batal, A. Al-Tonsi , Alif Baa. Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Georgetown University Press, 2010.
Assessment methods
The exam consists of written and oral tests. The written exam will consist in a short written comprehension and in grammar exercises. The oral exam will consist in a conversation with the mother tongue teacher.
Further information
A constant frequency of lessons is required, included the supplementary teaching classes with the mother tongue teacher.
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