UCL LANGUAGE CENTRE
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Arabic Level 5
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Arabic syllabus level 4+ at UCL Language Centre (or equivalent)
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to become competent in the Arabic Language.
The course is designed as a part of a sequence that will enable students to understand,
speak, read and write Modern Standard Arabic with ease. Students should be able to
understand a range of Arabic parables, poetry and verses.
Functions
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Islam, Christianity and Judaism
Economic Issues in the Middle East
Bedouins
Arabic Music & Songs
Arabic Architecture
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Arabic literature
Texts from ibn Battuta
Orientalism
Feminism in the Arab World
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Grammar
‫الفعل المضعف‬
‫اسم الفاعل والمفعول‬
‫كان وأخواتھا‬
‫الفعل المبني للمجھول‬
Learning Resources
Books
UCL Language Centre
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Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum Al-Arabiyya. Part 2 By M. AlBatal and others. Georgetown Univ.
Press. 1995. Unit 1-2-3
Bilingual Dictionaries
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Hans Wehr Arabic English Dictionary Of Modern Arabic (edited by JM Cowen ,
Spoken Lang Service 1976.
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The Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage. Oxford Univ. Press. 1982
Useful websites:
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www.bbc.co.uk/arabic
www.aljazeera.net
www.laits.utexas.edu/aswaat/
UCL Language Centre
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‫أصوات عربية‬
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