This is a reading course for students who have completed Intermediate Arabic ‘B' or its equivalent. Readings should be completed in line with the Guidelines provided to students. Focus will be on one area of Arabic studies, i.e. Linguistics. Students enrolling in this course should be able to undertake a small-scale research project in Arabic Linguistics and present their findings in a scholarly manner.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:- Demonstrate sufficient knowledge of some aspects of advanced Arabic syntax and morphology;
- Demonstrate proficiency in more complex written syntactic and discourse structures and extend their capacity to use such structures appropriately to undertake a small-scale research in Arabic linguistics;
- Demonstrate their ability to present their findings in a scholarly manner in Arabic;
- Demonstrate their advanced linguistic skills and functional understanding of Arabic Language; and,
- Demonstrate their knowledge of specific linguistic issues of Arabic syntax.
Indicative Assessment
2,500 word essay in Arabic due at the end of semester (50%)
30-minute oral presentation on essay topic due at end of semester (50%)
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 24 hours of language classes; and b) 106 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
The lecturer will provide material selected from Arabic newspaper news items, short stories, poems, novels and other sources.
Majors
Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
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- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $3000 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $4560 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3260 | 25 Feb 2019 | 04 Mar 2019 | 31 Mar 2019 | 31 May 2019 | In Person | View |