Arabic Beginner 2 (MLT110)

• University credits: 10
• University levels: 1-4
• Pre-requisite: MLT109A/B, GCSE grade E (2), CEF A1-
• Co-requisite: N/A.
• Availability: Students, members of staff, members of the public
• Teaching period: Spring semester (See timetables and course dates)
• Contact times: 3 hours per week over 12 weeks, starting in Week 1 of the semester, and including a two-hour class and a one-hour lab session.
• Group size: Maximum of 23 students per class-group and 10-15 per lab-group.
• Language Co-ordinator: Anna Ferrarese
• Module Leader: Dr Samia Amaniana
• Pathway: MLT209

Assuming successful completion of the Beginner 1 unit or equivalent, this unit aims to consolidate a general foundation in the language and culture in order to cope with a range of predictable, everyday communicative situations encountered when interacting at a basic level, orally and in writing, with sympathetic native speakers during, for instance, a brief visit abroad.

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

• perform at Level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
• understand and make themselves understood orally by a sympathetic native speaker in simple, routine, predictable situations, requesting or providing factual information, and coping with unfamiliar language or unexpected responses by asking for repetition or clarification
• read aloud and extract key information from short, simple texts and written documents (messages, notices, instructions, brochures, etc.)
• talk about holidays (e.g. places they visited, food they ate) in the past and the weather
• write simple notes, messages and short personal letters or emails (e.g. write a postcard to a friend, fill in a simple form)
• demonstrate a basic insight into the most common aspects of the culture and everyday life in the target country so as to react appropriately in simple situations
• demonstrate a practical understanding of essential grammar terminology and a basic ability to study the language by themselves, using essential tools such as the World Wide Web or a dictionary and developing techniques for the acquisition and retention of new language
• demonstrate awareness in a number of transferable skills such as IT skills, presenting information, handling simple unexpected communicative situations, taking intercultural differences and language barriers into account, learning independently, etc.

Set textbook

• Mastering Arabic 1, Wightwick & Gaafar (Palgrave: 2014), ISBN: 9781137380449.

This module can be validated as part of the following schemes:

• Undergraduate degree
• MLTC Confirmation of Attendance or Completion
• Higher Education Achievement Record
• Doctoral Development Programme & Research Training Programme

Assessment:

Important: the method of assessment to be used in 2023-24 is subject to change and the below is for the 2022-23 academic year. This page will be updated with further information in due course.

• Written Examination (in the examination period): 50%  
• Oral Assessment: 50%

Feedback: In addition to on-going individual and collective feedback during class-activities, learners will receive individual written feedback on the two pieces of assessment above.

MLTC Timetables