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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 be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication.
2)	To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level.
3)	To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them.
4)	To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends.
5)	To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner.
6)	To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents.
7)	To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content.
8)	To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit.
9)	To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication.
10)	To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels.