LN705 Arabic: Level Three (Standard)

Students should show command (at both oral and written level) … see description of “Communicative content” and “Structural Content” of Level 2 Fast Track (LN704). Admission into the course after completion of level test and tutor’s approval.
Students should demonstrate commitment to regular attendance, completion of homework, completion of the dossier and all assessments.
Students should dedicate at least two hours per week for coursework in addition to classes.

Course aims

To develop the use of Arabic.
To establish the skills, language and attitudes required to promote and facilitate further study of Arabic.
Level B1 of Common European Framework.

Communicative content

Talking about past events and experiences
Talking about present events and experiences.
Describing places, people and objects.
Making comparisons.
Expressing wishes, plans for the future, uncertainty and doubts.
Giving opinions and judgements
Expressing agreement and disagreement.
Talking about current issues
Giving advise

Structural content

Revision of past tense and Present tense
Revision of negative phrases
Forms of the Arabic verb (1-10)
Plural patterns
Comparative forms
Verb Kana (To be) and other hollow verbs
Future tense
Numbers
Verb/subject agreements
Assimilated, doubled and defective verbs
Verbs with hamza
The subjunctive
Kana and its sisters
Inna and its sisters
Relative clauses
Imperative: do/don' t
Passive
Dual (verbs, nouns, adjectives, pronouns and relative clauses)

16 hours of classes in the MT. 22 hours of classes in the LT. 2 hours of classes in the ST.

This is a 40 hour-course. Please refer to the LSE timetable for course teaching arrangements.

Indicative reading

Textbook: Test your Arabic. Part. 2, Luay Hasan, Lightining Source, 2016 (there are some copies in the Library).
Students will be provided with a study pack.

Other useful materials for this level (All books can be found at the LSE library)

Mastering Arabic 2, Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Al-Kitaab fii Ta‘llum al-‘Arabiyya Pt. 1: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic by Brustad et al, Georgetown Univ.Press, 2011
Speed up your Arabic. Strategies to avoid common errors, Sebastian Maisel, Routledge, 2015
A student grammar of Modern Standard Arabic, Eckehard Schulz. Cambridge University Press, 2004

Dictionaries

The Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage (edited by N S Doniach, Oxford Univ. Press,1983)
Dictionary Arabic-English, English-Arabic by N.Awde and K. Smith, Bennett and Bloom

Continuous assessment (70%) in the MT and LT.
Oral examination (30%) in the LT.

Department: Language Centre

Total students 2019/20: Unavailable

Average class size 2019/20: 11

Please note that during 2020/21 academic year some variation to teaching and learning activities may be required to respond to changes in public health advice and/or to account for the situation of students in attendance on campus and those studying online during the early part of the academic year. For assessment, this may involve changes to mode of delivery and/or the format or weighting of assessments. Changes will only be made if required and students will be notified about any changes to teaching or assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.