Postgraduate Course: Advanced Arabic H (IMES11082)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course is intended to equip students with the skills required to teach Arabic to non-native speakers using communicative teaching pedagogy. Although it is not a teaching qualification, it would provide a good foundation for a student who is interested in teaching Arabic to adults at further or higher education or any other context. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Course only available to students on MSc Advanced Arabic, MSc Middle Eastern Studies with Advanced Arabic or MSc International Relations of the Middle East with Advanced Arabic.
FOR STUDENTS IN YEAR 2 OF AN ARABIC PROGRAMME: YOU MUST HAVE PASSED ADVANCED ARABIC G AT POSTGRADUATE LEVEL (50%) IN ORDER TO TAKE THIS COURSE. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 90,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
302 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
39 %,
Coursework
45 %,
Practical Exam
16 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework - 45%
Final examination (including centrally arranged writtin exam, in-house oral and listening exams) - 55% |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Final Written Exam | 3:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- hone communicative Arabic skills in speaking through a wide range of communicative activities.
- use their Arabic in simulated practical ways such as interpreting and presenting.
- listen to Arabic interviews and summarise their content.
- fine tune their Arabic so that correct language is used in the correct context.
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Reading List
| All teaching material to be provided by IMES staff. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
a) the ability to deliver clear & concise presentations
b) the ability to communicate in and understand the language of another culture
c) the ability to code switch from different registers of language
d) the ability to learn a language intensively over a short period
e) the ability to write clear, accurate, precise and concise prose.
f) the ability to listen to news broadcasts and summarise the main points both orally and in written form |
| Keywords | AAH |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Farah Aboubakr
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Course secretary | Mrs Alisa Wilkinson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4465
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