Advanced Arabic

Catalog description

This course helps students to increase their understanding of Arabic and to acquire a better grasp of the language patterns, idiomatic usage, and grammar. This knowledge, coupled with more intensive vocabulary and enhanced familiarity with Arabic characters, facilitates reading. The students develop comprehension skills through conversations in a variety of situations, and also in different styles: formal and classical Arabic, and colloquial Arabic. Besides mastering the material presented in the textbook, students must be able to read and understand the daily newspaper. Prerequisite: ARA 2002