Intensive Intermediate Arabic I&II

Catalog description

This is a six-week intensive course offered in the summer through LPS; see the Penn Summer Course Guide. This is the continuation of Elementary Arabic II or Intensive Elementary Arabic I & II. This course is also proficiency-based, implying that all activities within the course are aimed at placing the student in the context of the native-speaking environment from the very beginning. As in ARAB 0100 - ARAB 0200 or ARAB 0250 , evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, grammar and translation exercises). Completion of this course fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences language requirement in Arabic. However, it should be emphasized that the student will need a longer period of study to achieve proficiency in Arabic. We anticipate that students range from Intermediate Low to Intermediate High according to the ACTFL scale.