Mr Luay Hasan TW3.6.01

• Students should command (at both written and oral level) … see description of “Communicative content” and “Structural Content” of Level 4 (LN707). Admission into the course after completion of level test and tutor’s approval.
• A high level of oral fluency expected from students. 
• This course is suitable for students wanting to improve Modern Standard Arabic to an advanced level.
• To focus on oral skills while reviewing some grammar key points.
• To focus on current issues related to the Arab World.
• Students should be motivated to study and research independently.

Course aims

• To extend the ability to use Arabic effectively for purposes of general communication in a variety of academic, social and work-related contexts
• To develop a high degree of independence and flexibility in Arabic
• To understand and analyse complex texts about culture and society in Arabic speaking countries
• To establish specific linguistic skills and strategies required to communicate about current issues in Arabic speaking countries
• Level C1 of Common European Framework

Communicative content

Advanced Arabic language with reference to the Arabic media through selected written and audivisual texts covering a number of key current topics in the Arab World.

• Logical argumentation
• Issues of group dynamic
• Reading, summarising and processing
• information of complex texts
• Understanding and using complex and
• authentic language
• Leading a discussion: expressing an opinion,
• agreement, disagreement
• Exchanging specific information

Structural content

Contextualised revision of some grammar points agreed with the students.

8 hours of classes in the MT. 11 hours of classes in the LT. 1 hour of classes in the ST.

This is a 20 hour-course. Please refer to the LSE timetable for course teaching arrangements.

Materials and web pages will be provided via Moodle

Dictionaries

• Hans Wehr Arabic-English Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (edited by J M Cowan, Spoken Lang. Service,1976)
• The Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage (edited by N S Doniach, Oxford Univ. Press,1982) ISBN 0-19-864321-7
• Al-Mawrid English-Arabic Dictionary by Munir Ba‘albaki (Dar al-Ilm Lil-Malayen, Beirut)
• Al-Munjid fi-l-Lughah wa-l-A‘laam (Dar al-Machreq, Beirut, 1998) (Arabic-Arabic)

Language Centre Learning Support

• Tandem Learning: Regular events to improve your spoken language skills - Join our Language Exchange programme! Find out about the details and our Facebook Groups
• Online Language Learning: Try our Moodle site “LSE Language Gateway” as extra support for your language learning (includes links to podcasts, streaming television, free online courses).

Go to www.lse.ac.uk/languages and click on 'Learning Support'

Continuous assessment (50%) in the MT and LT.
Oral examination (30%) and in class assessment (20%) in the LT.