LN705
Arabic: Level Three (Standard)
This information is for the 2021/22 session.
Teacher responsible
Mr Luay Hasan PEL.6.01
Pre-requisites
- Students should show command (at both oral and written level) … see description of “Communicative content” and “Structural Content” of Level 2 Fast Track (LN704). Admission into the course after completion of level test and tutor’s approval.
- Students should demonstrate commitment to regular attendance, completion of homework, completion of the dossier and all assessments.
- Students should dedicate at least two hours per week for coursework in addition to classes.
Course content
Course aims
- To develop the use of Arabic.
- To establish the skills, language and attitudes required to promote and facilitate further study of Arabic.
- Level B1 of Common European Framework.
Communicative content
- Talking about past events and experiences
- Talking about present events and experiences.
- Describing places, people and objects.
- Making comparisons.
- Expressing wishes, plans for the future, uncertainty and doubts.
- Giving opinions and judgements
- Expressing agreement and disagreement.
- Talking about current issues
- Giving advise
Structural content
- Revision of past tense and Present tense
- Revision of negative phrases
- Forms of the Arabic verb (1-10)
- Plural patterns
- Comparative forms
- Verb Kana (To be) and other hollow verbs
- Future tense
- Numbers
- Verb/subject agreements
- Assimilated, doubled and defective verbs
- Verbs with hamza
- The subjunctive
- Kana and its sisters
- Inna and its sisters
- Relative clauses
- Imperative: do/don' t
- Passive
- Dual (verbs, nouns, adjectives, pronouns and relative clauses)
Teaching
16 hours of classes in the MT. 22 hours of classes in the LT. 2 hours of classes in the ST.
This is a 40 hour-course. Please refer to the LSE timetable for course teaching arrangements.
Indicative reading
- Textbook: Test your Arabic. Part. 2, Luay Hasan, Lightining Source, 2016 (there are some copies in the Library).
- Students will be provided with a study pack.
Other useful materials for this level (All books can be found at the LSE library)
- Mastering Arabic 2, Jane Wightwick and Mahmoud Gaafar, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
- Al-Kitaab fii Ta‘llum al-‘Arabiyya Pt. 1: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic by Brustad et al, Georgetown Univ.Press, 2011
- Speed up your Arabic. Strategies to avoid common errors, Sebastian Maisel, Routledge, 2015
- A student grammar of Modern Standard Arabic, Eckehard Schulz. Cambridge University Press, 2004
Dictionaries
- The Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage (edited by N S Doniach, Oxford Univ. Press,1983)
- Dictionary Arabic-English, English-Arabic by N.Awde and K. Smith, Bennett and Bloom
Assessment
Continuous assessment (70%) in the MT and LT.
Oral examination (30%) in the LT.
Course selection videos
Some departments have produced short videos to introduce their courses. Please refer to the course selection videos index page for further information.
Important information in response to COVID-19
Please note that during 2021/22 academic year some variation to teaching and learning activities may be required to respond to changes in public health advice and/or to account for the differing needs of students in attendance on campus and those who might be studying online. For example, this may involve changes to the mode of teaching delivery and/or the format or weighting of assessments. Changes will only be made if required and students will be notified about any changes to teaching or assessment plans at the earliest opportunity.
Key facts
Department: Language Centre
Total students 2020/21: 7
Average class size 2020/21: 8
