Admission requirements
Modern Standard Arabic 2
Description
This course aims at helping students prepare for some of the situations that they may encounter during their study abroad semester in Cairo. Using different situational interactions as the starting point, students are introduced to vocabulary and structures of Egyptian Arabic. Students are also introduced to the Egyptian culture and aspects of similarity and difference between Egyptian Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic.
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should start using short, memorized phrases to interact in simple predictable situations. Students will be able to understand and express basic information about familiar topics like self, family, likes or dislikes. The course focuses on situations such as shopping, describing places and objects, requesting, and giving directions.
Timetable
The timetables are avalable through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Assessment method
Assessment
The course grade is calculated as the weighted average of the following components:
| Partial Assessment | Weighing |
|---|---|
| Homework assignments | 30% |
| Classroom participation | 10% |
| Quizzes | 15% |
| Project | 15% |
| Final exam | 30% |
Resit
Students who do not earn a passing grade (6.0) for the course may take a resit exam. The grade for the resit exam replaces that for the final exam and quizzes (45% of the course grade). No resit for the other components (project, participation, or homework) is allowed.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
Louis, S., & Soliman, I. A. (2007). Kallimni'Arabi: an intermediate course in spoken Egyptian Arabic. American University in Cairo Press
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office Herta Mohr
Remarks
Please note that the additional course information is an integral part of this course description.