Arabic

This course studies the basic inflectional and syntactical patterns of Egyptian colloquial Arabic through every day-life communicative activities. It prepares students to identify the general topics and some basic information in both very familiar and everyday topics; perform orally in simple social situations encountered in daily life; manage many everyday requirements of independent living; demonstrate an understanding of social and cultural expectations through the appropriate use of greetings, titles, and common cultural phrases; present information on both familiar and everyday topics using a variety of practiced and memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences; order food and ask about prices using numbers. Although speaking and listening are the dominant skills in this course, reading and writing are also integrated in minimal proportions as helping skills. This is part one of a two-semester sequence covering elementary Egyptian colloquial Arabic. 

This course is designed for students to communicate effectively in the Jordanian dialect. The course introduces students to words, expressions, and structures used frequently in everyday life. It also introduces students to the Jordanian culture and how to communicate with locals. The course develops skills to distinguish the fundamental grammatical structure of colloquial Arabic from that of Modern Standard Arabic; express themselves on all aspects of daily life in colloquial dialect, and understand native speakers themselves on these same subjects; recognize different accents of Jordanian colloquial dialect; demonstrate appropriate cultural inferences. The course emphasizes a communication-based method of instruction. Students are expected to be active learners, coming to class prepared to activate vocabulary and grammar through group activities. Instead of lecturing, instructors primarily facilitate these communication-based activities and guide student learning.

This intermediate Egyptian Colloquial Arabic course develops listening and speaking skills in daily life situations through activities and presentations as well as introducing cultural connotations. It introduces students to the spoken Arabic of Cairo and concentrates on enabling students to communicate effectively in daily life. It targets high-frequency vocabulary and social situations and emphasizes pronunciation.
 

This elementary course develops the fundamentals of modern standard Arabic through reading, writing, and oral connection within a framework of the essentials of syntax, morphology, and a working vocabulary. This course is the first part of a three-semester sequence of elementary Modern Standard Arabic.

This course offers a study of selected topics in advanced Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. It introduces students to the spoken Arabic of Cairo and concentrates on enabling students to communicate effectively in daily life. It targets high-frequency vocabulary and social situations and emphasizes pronunciation.

This intermediate Arabic course increases the command of grammatical and syntactical structure of modern standard Arabic through reading materials, and develops reading and writing skills and comprehension. It offers a critical examination of social and cultural dimensions of reading materials. This is the first course in a three-semester sequence of Intermediate Arabic. 

This course offers a study of selected topics in high intermediate modern standard Arabic. It emphasizes vocabulary acquisition and increases the command of grammatical and syntactical structures. It further enhances the four language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) through the use of authentic materials that enhance Arabic language competence. The course provides an opportunity to expand the vocabulary and grammar pool and develop both oral and written production through different tasks like presentations based on readings).

This course is for students at the Intermediate II level or above with prior knowledge of vocabulary, terms, and compositions of press and media related subjects such as politics, economy, diplomacy and international relations, wars and conflicts, political parties, and regimes. It discusses the most recent and important events both regionally and internationally by referring to various media sources either written or visual. In addition, news materials are discussed by referring to multiple news outlets and resources for the purposes of comparison. The course also heavily focuses on media-related vocabulary.