.APIP 2010 - ADVANCED ARABIC
Course Description
The goals of this course are for you to continue to increase your vocabulary, to develop your abilities in oral and written expression, and to complete the study of the fundamental syntactical and morphological structures essential to an understanding of modern literary Arabic. It is assumed that the students successfully completing this course will be proficient in the principles governing the voweling of texts and have a working knowledge of the concepts taught Arab secondary students in their study of Arabic morphology and syntax and approach a degree of oral fluency equivalent to "intermediate high" on the scale devised by the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). The one skill to be given primary emphasis in the classroom is ORAL PROFICIENCY. It is the belief of the instructor that once a given level of oral proficiency is gained, bringing the other three language skills to the same level is relatively painless.
Note: This course is designed for persons who have successfully completed at least four semesters of Arabic at the university level. Students with another kind of background must satisfactorily demonstrate to the instructors a breadth of knowledge of the language equivalent to such study, including a sound conceptual structure of the language (e.g., morphology of nouns and verbs as well as the fundamentals of syntax). This course is not intended for persons who have studied for more than nine years in schools in which Arabic was the primary language of instruction. In case students with such a background wish to enroll, they must first seek permission of the instructor. Course requirements for such students will vary, for they will be required to exert an effort commensurate with that exerted by students without such a background.
