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Arabic Language and North African Studies

Modern Standard Arabic Language Courses

Intermediate Arabic 2311
Intermediate Arabic 2312

Students at this level will have studied Arabic for approximately 2 to 3 standard semesters. By the end of the program students are expected to:

  1. Be able to understand main ideas in texts dealing with basic personal and social needs
  2. Write Arabic for various basic purposes
  3. Narrate and describe basic situations
  4. Handle a number of interactive and social situations
  5. Be familiar with the Moroccan colloquial variety of Arabic

This course carries 6 credits and consists of 160 contact hours. Typically, students complete 13 units in Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, parts 1& 2. Students at the intermediate level are required to attend all Arabic lectures and movies, and to participate in parallel activities in Arabic. On average, students should expect to work four to five hours per day outside of class, including the work done on an independent project.

Note: A “Lower Intermediate” class may be created to accommodate those students whose proficiency and language skills require that they start at a lower level.

Required Texts
Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, part 1. Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 1995.
Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, part 2. Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 1997.