ARB111: Introductory Arabic B
About this Unit
This is a continuation of ARB110 Introductory Arabic A
Teaching Staff
Convenor:
Dr Nijmeh Hajja
Mrs Nijmeh Habib
When offered
2008 Semester 2
Contact Hours
4 hours per week (Tue 4-6pm & Thur 4-6pm)
Pre/Co-Requisites
Prerequisites : ARB 110
Corequisites : none
Credit Points
3 credit points
Content Overview
In ARB111, students will build on what they have previously acquired and will learn "functional" Arabic grammar in a gradual, structured method. Like ARB110, the course uses a communicative, proficiency-oriented approach with audio-visual media to teach modern Arabic as a living language. Students will further develop the four skills of reading, writing, listening-comprehension, and speaking in an integrated way by the use of dialogues, class interaction, oral drills and written exercises.
Nijmeh Hajjar, Living Arabic in Context, Stage II (with CDs).
Assessment
The proposed assessment for this unit consists of two main components:
1 Continuous assessment (50% of total assessment)
- Mid-semester exam (25%): This consists of
Oral examination (approxcimately 5 minutes; weighting 25% of the mid-semester examination).
Written examination (2 hours duration, weighting 75% of the mid-semester examination; permitted materials; biligual dictionaries). Generally, this consists of 3 main sections. - Homework (15%) - Written activities and Oral activities (WebCT)
- Conversation (5%)
- Class participation (5% )
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a serious breach of the University's rules and carries significant penalties. You must read the University's practices and procedures on plagiarism. These can be found in the Handbook of Undergraduate Studies or on the web at: http://www.student.mq.edu.au/plagiarism/
Grading Policy
Academic Senate has a set of guidelines on the distribution of grades across the range from fail to high distinction. Your final result will include one of these grades plus a standardised numerical grade (SNG).
Your raw mark for a unit (i.e., the total of your marks for each assessment item) may not be the same as the SNG which you receive. Under the Senate guidelines, results may be scaled to ensure that there is a degree of comparability across the university.
For an explanation of the policy see:
http://www.mq.edu.au/senate/MQUonly/Issues/Guidelines2003.doc or
http://www.mq.edu.au/senate/MQUonly/Issues/detailedguidelines.doc