Academic Year/course:
2017/18
268 - Degree in Information Management
25766 - Modern Language I for Information and Documentation (Modern Arabic)
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
25766 - Modern Language I for Information and Documentation (Modern Arabic)
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
268 - Degree in Information Management
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
3 and 4
Semester:
First Four-month period
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
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5.1. Methodological overview
See "Learning activities " and "Program".
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
5.2. Learning tasks
Theoretical lectures.
Practical lectures.
Individual work.
Personal study.
Assessment activities.
5.3. Syllabus
Unit 1.
1.1. Introduction about the situation of the Arabic language in the world: the Diglossia.
1.2. Introduction to phonology and phonetics of the Arabic language: consonants and vowels.
1.3. Presentation of the Arabic alphabet.
Unit 2.
2.1. Oral skills: greetings and presentations.
2.2. Grammar: independent personal pronouns. Structure of the noun phrase. Interrogative and vocative.
2.3. Vocabulary: useful expressions for everyday use.
Unit 3.
3.1. Oral skills: Nationalities and jobs. Asking and giving personal information.
3.2. Grammar: nominal Morphology. Qualifying phrase.
3.3. Vocabulary: Country names, nisbaadjectifs and jobs.
Unit 4.
4.1. Oral skills: family
4.2. Grammar: genitive construction. Demonstrative. Bound pronouns.
4.3. Vocabulary: members of the family.
Unit 5.
5.1. Oral skills: usual places.
5.2. Grammar: prepositions. Adverbs. Negative noun phrase.
5.3. Vocabulary: place names. Numerals 1-10.
5.4. Written skills: writing exercises.
Unit 6.
6.1. Oral skills: actions.
6.2. Grammar: regular verb conjugation: perfective.
6.3. Vocabulary: verbs.
6.4. Written skills: writing exercises.
5.4. Course planning and calendar
See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources
Corriente, Federico. Diccionario avanzado árabe / Federico Corriente, Ignacio Ferrando. . - 2a. ed.rev. y actualizada Barcelona : Herder, 2005
An-nafura. A1. Libro de ejercicios / Aguilar Cobos, J. David ... [et.al.] ; [ilustraciones, Paco Quirosa] . 2a ed. corr. Almería : Albujayra, 2008
Aguilar, Victoria. ¡Alatul! : iniciación a la lengua árabe, A1.1 / [Victoria Aguilar, Miguel Ángel Manzano, Jesús Zanón] . Barcelona : Herder, D.L. 2100 [i.e. 2010]