LANG157 - Introduction to Colloquial Levantine Arabic

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Academic Year 2001/2002

Introduction to Colloquial Levantine Arabic - I
LANG 157 FA

This course offers students an introduction to the spoken Arabic of the Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel & Palestine). The text for this course uses a phonetic Latin transcription and the Arabic alphabet will not be taught. This is not a course in standard literary Arabic but rather emphasizes the speaking comprehension of Arabic as it is spoken in the Levant.

MAJOR READINGS

EASTERN ARABIC, Frank Rice & Majed Sa'id
A DICTIONARY OF SYRIAN ARABIC, Karl Stowasser & Moukhtar Ani

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Frequent quizzes

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Regular attendance

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Language

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Masters,Bruce A.

Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM; Location: PAC136

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)

SR. major: X Jr. major: X

SR. non-major: 4 Jr. non-major: 4 SO: 4 FR: 3

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002