CULP: Arabic Intermediate 1 PrerequisitesNew£
Description
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.
More detailed information is available from the Language Centre.
Target audience
- University staff and students
- Further details regarding Language Centre eligibility criteria are available
Prerequisites
Students who have successfully completed Arabic Elementary 2 course in the Language Centre or have acquired a proficiency equivalent to B1.
Topics covered
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.
Objectives
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.
Aims
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.
Format
- Presentations, practicals and online learning
System requirements
- Raven access is required
- Further information regarding Raven is available
Charging
- Students Fees: £285 to be paid online. Please select ‘Concessionary’ under the course fee when you make your booking.
- Staff Fees: £320 to be paid online. Please select ‘All charged’ under the course fee when you make your booking.
- 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 available after the first lesson only.
- Payment for the courses is made on the Online Store (CULP General Purpose courses), (Raven log in).
- Course materials can be found on Moodle (Raven log in), once the course has started.
Notes
- 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
Duration
- Fifteen taught sessions of two hours plus online learning
Frequency
Subject to demand
Related courses
Theme
CULP: Cambridge University Language Programmes
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