Course search
2022 unit information
Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates.
Last updated: 4 March 2022
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (Online)
Nil
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-hour class per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week
1 x 1-hour class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week
In this unit, students are introduced 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.
Analyse grammatical, structural, and semantic conventions in Arabic across a range of social interaction
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
Apply pronunciation, intonation, grammar, vocabulary, and speech rhythm to a range of contexts, including those requiring specific grammatical constructs and linguistic protocols
GLO4: Critical Thinking
GLO7: Team work
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
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.
Click on the fee link below which describes you: