GEP0428 Arabic ıvBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOCIOLOGYGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOCIOLOGY
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
GEP0428 Arabic ıv Fall 3 0 3 5
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: GE-Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: Understand spoken modern standard Arabic in basic situations of immediate relevance.
- Read familiar material, and understand the gist of a more complicated text.
-Be able to write dictated material accurately.
-Have more in-depth background about daily life issues and endow them with proficiency and mastery of the language skills critical to realistic pursuits of life.
-Reinforces and develops knowledge of Arabic fundamentals and the basic skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course;

How to speak fluently. Could speak and understand everyday language.
How to speak about interesting events using the superlative construction, as well as the future tense.
How to speak about success and failure in terms of career and life in general, using the past tense negation, and the verbs.
We will also expand our dictionary skills by learning verb forms How to speak about relationships and items of clothing.
We will also learn how to express the conditional and how to use definite relative pronouns.
" اوزان الفعل" " والاعراب" how to write letters and
We will be integrating some technology and introduced to some new application that you will be required to submit your work.

Course Content

The aim of this course is to make students, users in the scope of Common European Framework of Reference, achieve intermediate level.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Orientation/ Introducing Arabic III program to students/ Having a general idea about Some Arab countries and Arab culture with the slide prepared (PowerPoint 1). General Revision of some of the topics of the pervious level. Al-Kitaab fii Taᶜallum al-ᶜArabiyya /Worksheets
2) Reading: İbin Battuta Listening part Vocabulary Grammar: tenses Exercises Al-Kitaab fii Taᶜallum al-ᶜArabiyya /Worksheets
3) Reading: İbin Battuta Listening part Vocabulary Grammar: tenses Exercises Al-Kitaab fii Taᶜallum al-ᶜArabiyya /Worksheets
4) Reading: Culture and Damascus Listening part Vocabulary Grammar: pronouns Exercises/ Writing Modern Arapça 1 Doğu Dilleri Enstitüsü / İstanbul-Türkiye
5) Reading: Culture and Damascus Listening part Vocabulary Grammar: pronouns Exercises/ Writing Al-Kitaab fii Taᶜallum al-ᶜArabiyya / Listening (Quiz 1)
6) Reading: Festivals and Celebrations Al-Kitaab fii Taᶜallum al-ᶜArabiyya
7) Reading: Festivals and Celebrations Listening part Al-Kitaab fii Taᶜallum al-ᶜArabiyya
8) General review. MIDTERM
9) Reading: The Ottoman Empire and the Arab countries Listening part Vocabulary Grammar: Translation Exercises. Al-Kitaab fii Taᶜallum al-ᶜArabiyya
10) Reading: The Ottoman Empire and the Arab countries Listening part Vocabulary Grammar: Translation Exercises Arabic Course, Fono Open Education Inst. Publications, Book 1, Istanbul, 1998 / Worksheets
11) Reading: The fist Arab Press Listening part Vocabulary Grammar: Models Exercises/Writing Al-Kitaab fii Taᶜallum al-ᶜArabiyya Quiz II
12) Oral and listening activities.
13) Reading: The fist Arab Press Listening part Vocabulary Grammar: Models Exercises/Writing Teaching Arabic for non Arabic Speaker / Grammar and dialogues/ Modern Arabic 1 Eastern Languages Int. / Istanbul-Turkey
14) Oral Exam Al-Kitaab fii Taᶜallum al-ᶜArabiyya

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Title: Al-Kitaab fii Taᶜallum al-ᶜArabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic (Part 2)
Author: Brustad, Kristen, Mahmoud Al-Batal & Abbas Al-Tonsi
ISBN (13-digit) / product code: 978-1-58901-747-4
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Edition: Third
Copyright year: 2011
Status for each title and/or package component: Comes with DVDs
Required Hans Weher Dictionary of Modern written Arabic

References: - Modern Arabic 1 Eastern Languages Int. / Istanbul-Turkey
- Teaching Arabic for non Arabic Speaker / Grammar and Modern Arabic 1 Eastern Languages Int. / Istanbul-Turkey
dialogues/ Modern Arabic 1 Eastern Languages Int. / Istanbul-Turkey

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 1 % 10
Quizzes 2 % 25
Presentation 1 % 5
Midterms 1 % 25
Final 1 % 35
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 65
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 35
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Presentations / Seminar 1 1 1
Homework Assignments 10 1 10
Quizzes 2 3 6
Midterms 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
Total Workload 93

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2) To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3) To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4) To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5) To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6) To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7) To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8) To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9) To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10) To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11) To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12) To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.