CULP: Arabic Intermediate 1

Prerequisites£

The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.

More detailed information is available from the Language Centre.

Available to all

Students who have successfully completed Arabic Elementary 2 course in the Language Centre or have acquired a proficiency equivalent to B1.

Number of sessions: 15

The Course introduces students to the following functions and notions:

• To be able to describe people, things, and places.
• Talking about the everyday activities at home, work, and public places
• Talking about holidays and making bookings
• Describing religious and national festivals and celebrations in different regions
• To be able to talk about work, professions, and places of work.
• Sharing online shopping experience.
• Talking about sports as a hobby or as profession.
• Taking about their own experience when they were younger.
• Expressing their wishes and hopes for the future.
• Talking about the natural life around them
• Discussing the danger of pollution and its harmful effects on health.
• Talking about their dream houses.
• Sharing with others good or sad news and expressing their opinion.

By the end of the Course students will be able to:

• Listening/Speaking: Express opinions on abstract/cultural matters in a limited way or offer advice within a known area. Understand spoken Arabic in both predictable and unpredictable situations in more details.
• Reading: Understand routine information and articles, and the general meaning of non-routine information within a familiar area.
• Writing: Write formally and informally about familiar and predictable matters.

At the Intermediate 1 Level the main aims are:

• Expanding Vocabulary: At this level, students are expected to expand their vocabulary by learning new words and expressions related to different topics such as family, travel, work, and social life.
• Developing Grammar Skills: to help students develop their grammar skills by learning more complex sentence structures, verb conjugations, and noun declensions.
• Improving Reading and Writing Skills: Students are expected to be able to read and understand more complex texts and to write short paragraphs and essays on various topics.
• Enhancing Communication Skills: Communicate effectively with effectively with native speakers of Arabic and enhance their communication skills by being able to speak and understand spoken Arabic more fluently.
• Developing Cultural Awareness: Learning about the culture and customs of Arabic-speaking countries.

• Presentations, practicals and online learning

• Raven access is required
• Further information regarding Raven is available

• Students Fees: £295 to be paid online.
• Staff Fees: £330 to be paid online.
• Non-University members: £365 to be paid online.
• Links to the online store will be provided with your confirmation email.
• Payment is required within 24 hours of your booking to secure your place.
• Refunds will only be available where participants are unable to complete the remainder of the course and only if requested before the third session.
• Payment for the courses is made on the Online Store (CULP General Purpose courses).
• Course materials can be found on Moodle, once the course has started.

• Students are required to attend 80% of sessions
• Full details of all Language Centre programmes can be found on the Language Centre website and Language Centre Online website

• Fifteen taught sessions of two hours plus online learning

Subject to demand

• CULP: Arabic Basic 1
• CULP: Arabic Basic 2
• CULP: Arabic Elementary 1