AU Student

Delivery Method: Face-to-face: Scheduled sessions.

Venue: C6 Hugh Owen, Penglais Campus.

This course is aimed at students who have attended Arabic Beginners 2 or similar or have a basic knowledge of Arabic. It will introduce students to contemporary Arabic, developing all four skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Course Description

This course is aimed at students who have attended Arabic Beginners 2 or similar or have a basic knowledge of Arabic. It will introduce students to contemporary Arabic, developing all four skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing.

The module will equip students with a very basic knowledge of the countries where Arabic is spoken and encourage their curiosity about the language, the country, the people, their environment, society, traditions and culture. It will enable the student to reach a level of very basic competence in the four main areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

The student will acquire basic language skills, to enable students to:

• Expand upon daily routines
• Describe houses, buildings and places
• Discuss social events: going to the cinema, theatre…
• Compare and contrast things
• Using Arabic dictionary
• Talk about cultural issues: hospitality, Arabic names and countries
• Discuss issues of differences and similarities in different Arabic countries