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Arabic Language and North African Studies

Modern Standard Arabic Language Courses

Beginning Arabic 1411*
Beginning Arabic 1412

This level is for students with little or no prior experience with Arabic. By the end of the program students are expected to:

  1. Participate in simple conversations
  2. Read and write simple, correct, short texts of Modern Standard Arabic
  3. Acquire vocabulary of about 1000 words
  4. Acquire word processing skills in Arabic

This course carries 8 credits and consists of 192 contact hours, which is equivalent to a full year of university level study. Typically, in addition to all units of Alif Baa, students complete 13 units in Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, part 1. Students should expect to work, on average, four to five hours per day outside of class.

Required Texts
Alif Baa, with DVDs. An Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds. Second Edition. Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004.

Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’Arabiyya, with DVDs. Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004.

*A section of ARA 1411 for novices will be offered in the second section only if five or more students are enrolled.