AIB351 - Arabic and the World 3A: Contemporary Arabic in a Range of Contexts
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Zouhir Gabsi |
| Prerequisite: | AIB252 or AIB205 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided) 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 300-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Students will increase their listening and speaking skills of Modern Standard Arabic, enabling them to participate in discussions on a wide variety of topics with confidence. The unit provides further practice in more advanced forms of oral and written expression. Students will be expected to develop a high standard of fluency in speech and reading and an ability to analyse complex grammatical structures. The basic syntactic patterns and vocabulary acquired will be consolidated and will involve the use of more complex linguistics. Class material will be chosen from contemporary writing: newspapers, magazines, journal articles and short stories.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Scan, synthesise, summarise and present complex information when responding to a range of sources in Arabic. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO2 | Plan and construct original texts in different genres; formal and informal using key grammatical construction | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO3 | Speak with fluency in Arabic using various speech acts as appropriate to context | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Interpret rhetorical language and stylistic expressions and evaluate these in the context of Arabic culture and language use | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO8: Global citizenship |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Online and Written Exercises | 2400 words or equivalent (in foreign language) | 30% | Ongoing |
| Assessment 2: (Groups of 2-3 students) Class Participation and Presentation | 15-20 minutes | 10% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3: Writing Exercises | 1600 words or equivalent (in foreign language) | 20% | Week 11 |
| Assessment 4: Final Oral Test | 20-minutes | 20% | Week 12 |
| Assessment 5: End-of-unit assessment | Online test, 90-minutes | 20% | End-of-unit assessment period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for AIB351 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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