ARBC 302 - Advanced Arabic

Students at this level have a broader range of vocabulary, more fluency in speaking, and more advanced skills in Arabic than students at the regular Intermediate Arabic level. The main objective of this course is to move students in a short period of time across the threshold of the high intermediate level of proficiency and provide opportunities and learning strategies towards the advanced level of proficiency. This level is characterized by extensive readings and discussions on a multitude of political, social, cultural, and literary topics. Listening activities focus on authentic materials of considerable length and content. At this level, students learn colloquial dialects mostly Levantine. The objective is to equip students with the necessary conversational skills that would enable them to engage in meaningful discourse with educated Arabs in a medium that is not considered artificial or unfamiliar in the Arab World.

Prerequisites
ARBC 101, 102, 201 and 202 or Permission of Instructor.

Credits 4



Notes
This course is taught at Stonehill College.  Students are responsible for their own transportation.

Area
Humanities

Division
Arts and Humanities

Foundation
Foreign Language

Compass Attributes
Foreign Language, Humanities