ARABIC LANGUAGE 2

knowledge and understandig: students should acquire adequate theoretical and practical knowledge in order to design training programs as well as the full use of foreign languages learned in different contexts. The course aims to achieve an adequate level of language proficiency, both written and oral as well as a deep comprehension of the cultural and historical feature of Arabic Language.

applying knowledge and understanding: students will be able to analyze Arabic texts and acquire the ability to communicate in different contexts, thanks also to the knowledge of new teaching techniques. The assessment will be based on the active participation of students in all activities.

making judgement: the students be able to recognize the expressive and formal code of Arabic texts, by formulating punctual and pertinent judgments, in order to examine critically the different cultural and sociological aspects of the applications of the Arabic language, in a rigorous theoretical horizon.

communication skills: the students will be able to interact with Arabic speakers of different linguistic levels in structured contexts or in emergency situation, by acting as cultural and linguistic mediators. Group works and simulations will be employed in order to stimulate the students to apply correct and effective behaviors to the situations in which they will operate.

learning skills: the students will be able to use adjourned learning techniques (peer tutoring, lateral thinking, problem solving) aiming to increase their levels of knowledge and competence within the study of the Arabic language. They will be able also to apply their abilities of critical interpretation for the creation of cultural and interdisciplinary projects, by means of the more advanced technological tools.

The lessons will take place mainly according to a frontal and laboratory teaching method.

There are also seminars, language exercises and peer tutoring activities.

Through reading, analysis and translation of literary texts, students will explore the morphology and syntax of the Arabic language.

knowledge and understandig:

Students should acquire adequate theoretical and practical knowledge in order to design training programs as well as the full use of foreign languages learned in different contexts. The course aims to achieve an adequate level of language proficiency, both written and oral as well as a deep comprehension of the cultural and historical feature of Arabic Language.

 

applying knowledge and understanding:

Students will be able to analyze Arabic texts and acquire the ability to communicate in different contexts, thanks also to the knowledge of new teaching techniques. The assessment will be based on the active participation of students in all activities.

 

making judgement:

The students be able to recognize the expressive and formal code of Arabic texts, by formulating punctual and pertinent judgments, in order to examine critically the different cultural and sociological aspects of the applications of the Arabic language, in a rigorous theoretical horizon.

 

communication skills:

The students will be able to interact with Arabic speakers of different linguistic levels in structured contexts or in emergency situation, by acting as cultural and linguistic mediators. Group works and simulations will be employed in order to stimulate the students to apply correct and effective behaviors to the situations in which they will operate.

 

learning skills:

The students will be able to use adjourned learning techniques (peer tutoring, lateral thinking, problem solving) aiming to increase their levels of knowledge and competence within the study of the Arabic language. They will be able also to apply their abilities of critical interpretation for the creation of cultural and interdisciplinary projects, by means of the more advanced technological tools.

Arabic Grammar:

L. Veccia Vaglieri, Grammatica teorico pratica della lingua araba - volume 2, Complemento della morfologia e sintassi

Conversation (MSA):

§ Al Arabiyyah Bayna Yadayk, 2 (unità indicate dal docente e dal CEL).

Conversation (Moroccan Arabic)

§ Peace Corps Morocco, Moroccan Arabic, Moroccan Arabic Textbook, 2011. (unità indicate dal docente e dal CEL).

https://friendsofmorocco.org/Docs/Darija/Moroccan%20Arabic%20textbook%202011.pdf

§ critical essays:

§ W. P. Heinrichs, “Rhetorical figures”, in J.S. Meisami – P. Starkey (eds.), Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature, vol. 1, New York, 1998, pp. 656–662. (Disponibile su Studium).

§ J. Lentin, “Middles Arabic”, in K. Versteegh (ed.), Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, Brill, 2007, pp. 215 – 227;

§ K. Versteegh, The Arabic Language, Edinburgh, 1997, 2001, (Cap. 8) pp. 114 – 129;

§ A. Motoyoshi Sumi, Description in Classical Arabic Poetry, Waṣf, Ekphrasis, and Interarts Theory, Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2004 (cap. 1, 3).

§ S. Pinckney Stetkevych, The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy: Myth, Gender and Ceremony in the Classical Arabic Ode, Bloomington, Indiana, 2002, cap. 5, pp. 144-170 + testi in arabo pp. 303-308(solo da consultare) + note pp. 346-350. (Disponibile su Studium).

§ K. Hirschler, Leggere e scrivere nell'Islam medievale, Roma, Carocci, 2017

Dictionary:

§ R. Traini, Vocabolario arabo-italiano, Istituto per l’Oriente, Roma, 1993 (e ulteriori ristampe).

Additional materials and texts in the language will be indicated and provided by the teacher during the course. Non-attending students are required to contact the teacher and the CEL (Dr. F. Omegras) for information on the texts.

 

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.