ARAB - Arabic (ARAB)

Learning the basic skills of Modern Standard Arabic: pronunciation and writing. Stress on listening comprehension and the ability to communicate in everyday situations through classroom practice and drills, reinforced with audio-visual materials and Internet and computer programs. Special emphasis will be placed on interactive learning. Prerequisites: for ARAB 1011, none; for ARAB 1012, ARAB 1011 or equivalent.

Learning the basic skills of Modern Standard Arabic: pronunciation and writing. Stress on listening comprehension and the ability to communicate in everyday situations through classroom practice and drills, reinforced with audio-visual materials and Internet and computer programs. Special emphasis will be placed on interactive learning. Prerequisites: for ARAB 1011, none; for ARAB 1012, ARAB 1011 or equivalent.

This course will focus on intermediate level grammar, vocabulary, listening comprehension, reading and writing of standard Arabic. Stress on listening comprehension and the ability to communicate in everyday situations through classroom practice and drills, reinforced with audio-visual materials and Internet and computer programs. Special emphasis will be placed on interactive learning. Prerequisites: for ARAB 2101, ARAB 1012; for ARAB 2102, ARAB 2101 or equivalents.

This course will focus on intermediate level grammar, vocabulary, listening comprehension, reading and writing of standard Arabic. Stress on listening comprehension and the ability to communicate in everyday situations through classroom practice and drills, reinforced with audio-visual materials and Internet and computer programs. Special emphasis will be placed on interactive learning. Prerequisites: for ARAB 2101, ARAB 1012; for ARAB 2102, ARAB 2101 or equivalents.

This course continues with the third volume of your textbook, al-kitab, covering Lessons 2 to 5. The course focuses on advanced grammar, listening, reading, writing, and speaking, with attention to the language of contemporary Arabic society, politics, and culture. The course is conducted in Arabic and uses task-based language teaching to strengthen communication skills, and it is technologically enhanced. Students learn strategies for comprehending and expressing ideas in both oral and written contexts and deepen their understanding of Arabic-speaking cultures. Classroom time is devoted to conversation (skits and discussions) and grammar exercises (including skim-reading tasks) plus an advanced level of writing/ composition and oral expression.

This course continues work begun in Advanced Arabic I working through the third volume of al-ktaab focusing on lessons 5 to 10, emphasizing contextually appropriate and accurate use of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). This advanced level further develops reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills through oral/aural practice, including interactions with native speakers and extensive use of media and other materials produced in Arabic. The course is technologically enhanced. The course focuses on developing active control of a large vocabulary through communicative activities, training in composition, and oral expression. Grammatical work focuses on complex constructions and demands increased accuracy in understanding and producing complex structures in extended discourse. Additional materials and texts provide cultural supplement and introduce short literary and analytical texts.

This course focuses on one of the main dialects of Arabic (Egyptian, Levantine, Moroccan Darija). Dialects are spoken in homes and on the street and have a strong presence in television, cinema, and advertising. The course uses a communicative, proficiency-oriented approach with integrated audiovisual media to help students acquire a solid background in communicating using a dialect. Students may choose one of the three dialects and will be trained by a native speaker of that dialect to achieve the highest level of spoken proficiency and familiarity with the use of the dialect Students are introduced to basic words, phrases, expressions, and structures used in everyday life. Listening comprehension, oral reading practice, and interactive work are the main focus with emphasis on practical communication skills. The course uses a communicative methodology to build conversational competence through role-plays, simulations, and group work with native speakers, along with cultural context to improve cross-cultural communication. This course is technologically enhanced.

This second part of Professional Arabic for Media and Diplomacy is an intensive language and practicum course whose aim is to train students in the classroom and in the diplomatic field related to the Middle East and North Africa. Students will continue to deepen their competences in translation, reporting, and use of digital tools for Diplomacy, and will be required to harness these in the field work through organized visits to the UN in New York, and through close work with Middle East Diplomatic missions based in the US or the Middle East. Students who are preparing for a diplomatic career related to the region will have a chance to practice what they have learned in the classroom, and through part I and be able to network with important actors in the diplomatic scene of the Middle East. The practicum component includes, for example, interviews and workshops with officials from several embassies and foreign ministries in exactly the mode of formal Arabic language they will need for their roles as diplomats, through customized curricula and the use of relevant topics that most concern those involved in diplomacy in the region especially the role of US policy and the quality of Diplomatic ties between the US and countries in the Middle East and North Africa. This second part of the course centers around 5 document based Modules: 1. Diplomatic Relations between the US, Middle East and North Africa 2. The United Nations: History, Structure, Functions 3. United Nations on Human Rights 4. Practicum, Human Rights/ Middle East Mission in US/ Human Rights Reports 5. United Nations programs on Sustainable Development.