ARAB C280B: Intermediate Arabic 1B
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Top Code | 111200 - Arabic |
| Units | 2 Total Units |
| Hours | 36 Total Hours (Lecture Hours 36) |
| Total Outside of Class Hours | 0 |
| Course Credit Status | Credit: Degree Applicable (D) |
| Material Fee | No |
| Basic Skills | Not Basic Skills (N) |
| Repeatable | No |
| Grading Policy | Standard Letter (S),
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| Local General Education (GE) |
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| Global Society Requirement (CGLB) | Yes |
| California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) |
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| Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) |
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| California State University General Education Breadth (CSU GE-Breadth) |
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Course Description
Continuing intermediate course in Modern Standard Arabic which stresses reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as expanding cultural awareness of Arab speakers worldwide. ARAB C280A and C280B equal ARAB C280. PREREQUISITE: ARAB C280A. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC: Must be taken with C280A for UC credit.
Course Level Student Learning Outcome(s)
- Demonstrate oral/aural or written competency at the intermediate level.
- Demonstrate knowledge of significant differences in cultural practices of the Arabic-speaking countries.
Course Objectives
- 1. Employ correct pronunciation and intonation in Arabic at the intermediate level.
- 2. Compose a two-hundred word composition in Arabic using vocabulary learned in this course.
- 3. Manipulate the grammatical structures necessary to communication (oral and written) at the intermediate level.
Lecture Content
Vocabulary Numbers Classroom conversation Journalism Arab geographers Holidays and family life Idiomatic expressions The university Feminism Literature Grammar Indefinite relative clause Dual Conditional Superlative and comparative Case endings on nouns Feminine plural New uses of verbal noun, nouns of place Continuous past Doubled verbs Active and passive participles Masculine plural in possessive construction Passive construction Diptotes Other Pronunciation and intonation Assigned 200-word compositions Culture and civilization of Arabic countries Holidays, family life, history and customs
Method(s) of Instruction
- Lecture (02)
- DE Online Lecture (02X)
Instructional Techniques
The course will combine a variety of activities, including lecture employing current technology and/or handouts, video and/or audio presentations. Intensive and extensive listening and reading in the target language is directed toward raising learners awareness of the lexical nature of language. Activities will be structured to enable the learners to comprehend lexical phrases as unanalyzed "chunks" and to use whole phrases without necessarily understanding their constituent parts.
Reading Assignments
Culture and civilization of Arabic countries Holidays, family life, history, and customs
Writing Assignments
Assigned 200-word compositions
Out-of-class Assignments
Character practice, completing the conversation, translation, reading in Arabic
Demonstration of Critical Thinking
Activities which require learners to become more active and questioning critical thinkers such as group work, project-based work and presentations which involve comparing and contrasting; classifying; evaluating; cause and effect; ranking; identifying right from wrong and facts from opinion; and summarizing will be employed.
Required Writing, Problem Solving, Skills Demonstration
200 word compositions
Eligible Disciplines
Foreign languages: Masters degree in the language being taught OR bachelors degree in the language being taught AND masters degree in another language or linguistics OR the equivalent. Masters degree required.
Textbooks Resources
1. Required Brustad, Kristen. Alif Baa with Multimedia: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds (with CD), 2nd ed. Georgetown University Press, 2004 Rationale: - Legacy Textbook Transfer Data: Legacy text 2. Required Frangieh, Bassam K. Arabic for Life with DVD, 11 ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012 Rationale: - Legacy Textbook Transfer Data: Legacy text
Other Resources
1. Coastline Library