ARB 012 - Arabic 1B

Arabic 1B is the second half of the first year Arabic language course for students who have no background in Arabic. This course fulfills part of the Foreign Language graduation requirement. It continues the study of basic vocabulary and grammar topics. Students are expected to continue developing communicative competency in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Vocabulary units cover words for describing the everyday circumstances and surroundings for a typical student as well as those used to describe trips and vacations. Grammar topics include present and past tense verb forms, noun-adjective agreement and the proper use of pronouns. Students should be able to communicate at a beginning level using the basic vocabulary and grammar covered in class and should be able to understand and produce sentence-length passages. One day per week is dedicated to practice in the language lab using multimedia materials available on-line. Cultural topics include salient historical events from the Middle Ages to the present as well as important political and geographical aspects of the modern Arabic-speaking world. Additionally, students will gain insight into the language-learning process and the importance of possessing accurate cultural background information about the native speakers of other languages. ARB 021 Arabic 2A is the intermediate Arabic language course for students who initially had no background in Arabic and successfully

Credit Hours
.50
Satisfies a Requirement
Foreign Language
Area
High School
When Offered
Spring
Note
Lab fee
Prerequisite
ARB 011 or permission of the instructor/department

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ARB 012 - Arabic 1B