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Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester.
Last updated: 2 June 2020
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AIB251 or permission from unit chair to enrol
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 1.5-hour class per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week
1 x 1.5-hour class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week
This unit continues the work undertaken in AIB251 Arabic 2A and introduces students to more advanced texts in Arabic. It will also cover the remainder of essential aspects of Arabic grammar so that by the end of this unit students will have acquired a strong language foundation. Students will increase their oral fluency by participating in discussions dealing with a wide range of topics and issues. By reading a variety of styles used by novelists and journalists, students will be sensitised to discourse structures of Arabic unlike those familiar to them in English.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit
At the completion of this unit, successful students can:
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1
GLO1 Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2 Communication
GLO6 Self-management
ULO2
Apply natural and appropriate pronunciation and intonation
ULO3
Express own ans others' opinions on a range of familiar topics using MSA
GLO4 Critical Thinking
ULO4
Respond appropriately to utterances using a range of key grammatical constructions.
ULO5
GLO3 Digital Literacy
GLO7 Teamwork
ULO6
GLO8 Global citizenship
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
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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.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link AIB252 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.
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