- Conversational Arabic

Catalog description

This course offers intensive practice in conversational skills in Arabic (both MSA and Dialectical). It aims at expanding students’ vocabulary and increasing their linguistic fluency and accuracy through a wide range of topics that gradually move from personal life and daily routines through one’s interests and surroundings to discussing community-related news and events. The course provides ample opportunities to intensively practice the language, narrate in the three time frames (past, present and future) and activate the vast amount of vocabulary accumulated over the course of four semesters of learning Arabic (around 1800 words). Such practice will be done through daily briefings, discussions, oral presentations, reporting on audiovisual materials and Arabic movies, in addition to supplementary authentic Internet-based material to deepen students’ understanding of Arab cultures. At the end of the course, students’ oral proficiency will develop from Intermediate Mid to Advanced low ACTFL levels. This course fulfills the Oral competency requirement (R).