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Departmental Representative:
Ramez Islambouli
Office Guilford 107
Phone 216-288-6145
Email rai2@Case.edu / rislambouli@yahoo.com
Arabic Course Descriptions:
ARAB 101: Beginning Arabic I
This course introduces learners of Arabic to the sound and writing systems of this language and provides them with basic structural and lexical knowledge to enable them to say things in Arabic, such as greeting others, thanking someone, introducing oneself, describing one's background, seeking and providing information, and so forth. The ability to perform these language functions in real-life or lifelike situations is developed by engaging the learner in structured functional activities and grammatical exercises.
ARAB 102: Beginning Arabic II
Arabic 102 builds on the proficiency that students should have acquired in Arabic 101. The course follows a student-centered communicative approach in which class time is used in active learning through pair or group activities, role-play, games, selective listening and reading and other activities. The course emphasizes the four basic skills, reading, speaking, listening and writing. Students will be exposed to real audiovisual material in order to enhance comprehension and they will have to develop short oral and written responses about it.
ARAB 201: Intermediate Arabic I
This course enables the students to develop advanced communicative skills to use the Arabic language (Standard Arabic) as native speakers would use it in formal and semiformal situations. This variety is used and understood by all educated Arabs, media, prints, papers, and all formal setting. MSA or Modern Standard Arabic is the language of the program and it will help the students learn any dialect they would like to learn later as any Arabic Colloquial Form is structurally less complex than MSA. We will focus on speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, with an emphasis on active and creative use of the language.
ARAB 202: Intermediate Arabic II
This course is a continuation of Arabic 201.
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