20802241Intro to Modern Arabic 2
Course Information
Description
Intro to Modern Arabic 2 builds on the basic understanding of the Arabic sounds and writing system and conversational skills in Modern Standard Arabic established in Intro to Modern Arabic 1. Emphasis is placed on the continued development of more complex communicative skills through practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. By the end of Arabic 2, students will acquire the communicative skills necessary to handle simple everyday survival tasks in Arabic. You will also have a better understanding of and appreciation for people and cultures other than your own and an increased awareness of Arabic-speaking countries in the world. This course fulfills the needs of those wishing to pursue studies of the Quran and classical texts as well as those wishing to be proficient in contemporary Arabic in both its written and formal spoken forms. Knowledge of this form of Arabic can serve as a basis for further studies of regional dialects. At the end of the course, students will be able to speak and write about themselves with advanced control of the Arabic writing system. This course, combined with Intro to Modern Arabic 1 transfers to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as equivalent to the 5 credit African Lang. Lit 321: First Semester Arabic.
Total Credits
3
Prior Learning Assessment
  • Exam-College Developed Challenge Exam
Course Competencies
  1. Explain daily routine in the target language
    Assessment Strategies
    Written response, oral presentation
    Criteria
    Accurate written and oral responses include present tense, negative words, and verbs like "Adruso, Askuno, Ohibbo"
    Performance is well organized
    Accurate written and oral responses include daily routine vocabulary

  2. Set an appointment with a doctor through the phone in the target language
    Assessment Strategies
    Test, written response, oral performance
    Criteria
    Accurate use of body part and health problems vocabulary and discussions
    Accurate written and oral responses include object pronouns, present tense, and human body parts

  3. Express feelings in the target language
    Assessment Strategies
    Test, written response, oral performance
    Criteria
    Written and oral responses use correct tense
    Correct and accurate written and oral responses including expression of feelings vocabulary
    Participate in activities as assigned
    Responses to Arabic spoken by the teacher are accurate
    Responses to Arabic spoken by other students are accurate

  4. Communicate personal information about immediate and extended family in the target language
    Assessment Strategies
    Test, written response, oral performance
    Criteria
    Accurate use of the plural form of verbs, nouns, and adjectives properly
    Appropriate use of immediate and extended family vocabulary
    Appropriate written and oral responses including the use of plurals
    Appropriate written and oral responses including daily routine vocabulary

  5. Describe places and locations in the target language
    Assessment Strategies
    Test, written response, oral performance
    Criteria
    Correct use of negation, negative words, and verbs like "memorize"
    Appropriate use of places and locations vocabulary
    Appropriate use of written and oral responses including negation, negative words, adjectives and verbs like "Say’"
    Accurate written and oral responses including daily routine vocabulary