Advanced Arabic I

Catalog description

This course promotes multiple literacies in an integrated approach to Arabic language and culture studies and builds students' ability to function at the Intermediate High/Advanced Low level in a variety of topics. It also embraces the diglossic nature of Arabic by explicitly integrating the teaching of Arabic regional spoken varieties alongside Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). The course is aligned with ACTFL updated Arabic guidelines that perceive the Arabic language as a continuum in which both the regional spoken varieties and Modern Standard Arabic constitute a whole in terms of usage. Students will identify and examine cultural contexts pertaining to the religious and ethnic minorities in the MENA region and the United States. Students will also learn to analyze and examine cultural contexts pertaining to the usage of Arabic language dialects. Students will also analyze the role of cultural norms and humanitarian institutions in the perpetuation of structural inequalities in both the MENA region and the United States. Prerequisite: 82-212