UCL LANGUAGE CENTRE
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Arabic Level 5+
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Arabic syllabus level 5 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. The course will enhance
knowledge of Arabic literature, society and business and culture using complex and
linguistically accurate structures
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
UCL Language Centre
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Books
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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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