UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES
& INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Course Units 2015‐2016 Arabic Syllabus D Prerequisite for entry Successful completion of Arabic Syllabus C at the UCL CLIE or if you are reasonably fluent in the language and are able to discuss a range of issues (low ‘A’ level grade). Course duration 20 x 2‐hour classes. Self‐Study 80 hours in total. Course codes LCAR6004, LCARG004, LCARM004, LCAR6034, LCARG034, LCARM034 (together with Arabic syllabus C), LCAR6045, LCARG045, LCARM045 (together with Arabic for Business and Current Affairs). Aims and Objectives The aim of this course is to enable students who already have a good knowledge of Arabic to acquire a better fluency in the language. Students should then be able to communicate in all situations within Arabic speaking countries. Students will be able to converse with native speakers, follow debates and give presentations relating to their degree as well as discussing current issues (local and worldwide) using more complex and linguistically accurate structures (different types of discourse, register). Cultural awareness will be further developed and raised within a European/global context. Language learning skills, including autonomous learning and how to approach authentic material, will be further enhanced. Various transferable skills will also be covered. Functions 
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Social activities and events; Hobbies, interests and daily life activities; Expressing a wide range of opinions and reactions; Plans and ambitions; Stories and films (comments and basic criticism); Culture and society; Arabic culture and festivals; Media and culture; Arabic Dialects; Text analysis. Course Content Main topics/themes to be covered 
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Hobbies, interests or daily life activities; Your future ambitions; Media and press; Education; Work and employment; Environment and Health; Story or film: opinion and comment; News items and some media articles. Multiculturalism; Linguistic Structures Grammar 
Nominal and verbal sentences (further structures); 
Irregular verbs; 
Imperative verb forms (other forms); 
Transitive and intransitive verbs; 
Defective verbs; 
Complex sentences: conditional sentences; 
Active and passive forms (other forms); 
Nouns ending cases: nominative, accusative and genitive; 
Verb ending cases: nominative, accusative and jussive; 
Arabic Dialects: further grammar and pronunciation. Learning Resources There will be no specific textbook, however various materials from different books and sources will be distributed to all students. Additional Material
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Al‐Kitaab fi Ta'llum Al‐Arabiyya, M. Al‐Batal and others (Georgetown University Press) 1995 – ISBN: 9781589011045 
Standard Arabic, An Elementary‐ intermediate course, Eckehard Schulz and others (Cambridge University Press) 2004 – ISBN: 9780521774659 
Elementary Modern Standard Arabic: Peter F. Abboud, & Ernest N. McCarus (Cambridge University Press) – ISBN: 9780521272957 
Arabic ‐ English / English – Arabic dictionary, M. Baalbaki, R.Baalbaki & R. Baalbaki (Dar El Ilm Limalayin) – ISBN: 9789953631097 HANS WEHR, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, J. Milton Cowan (Spoken Language Service. Inc.) 
– ISBN: 9780879500030 www.BBC.co.uk/arabic www.aljazeera.net A selection of authentic material will also be used. In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials available for self‐study in the Self‐Access Centre.