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LfA Arabic Elementary - LFA00298L

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  • Department: Language and Linguistic Science
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Ahmed Khaleel
  • Credit value: Information currently unavailable
  • Credit level: LFA
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
    • See module specification for other years: 2024-25

Module summary

This course is aimed at students who have a basic knowledge of Arabic. Over the course of the year it will steadily build the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary to learn Arabic and communicate in familiar everyday situations. It will focus on developing a communicative competence at elementary level and provide a foundation for further study.

Related modules

LfA Arabic Beginner or Arabic Language and Cultures Beginner or equivalent.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 1 2023-24 to Semester 2 2023-24

Module aims

The module aims are:

  • to further develop skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing
  • to improve students’ confidence in interacting in Arabic
  • To improve grammatical accuracy

Students will engage, individually and in groups, in activities and tasks emphasising three core communicative skills:

  1. reception activities (oral, audio-video and reading comprehension);
  2. production activities (oral and written production);
  3. interaction activities (oral, written and online interaction).

The mediums of instruction are English and Arabic.

Module learning outcomes

  • Ability to understand phrases and expressions related to areas of most immediate priority (e.g. basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment)
  • Ability to produce short, simple texts describing people, living or working conditions, daily routines. likes/dislikes, places, everyday life and culture, etc.
  • Ability to communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters to do with work and free time and to handle very short social exchanges
  • Ability to recognise and apply basic cultural conventions associated with everyday social exchanges (e.g. different greetings, rituals).

Module content

Topics may include:

  • Asking / showing the way and directions.
  • Countries and nationalities.
  • Counting things.
  • The nominal sentence.
  • Adjectives.
  • Talking about your hometown, where you live.
  • At the grocer’s. Buying things.
  • Eating and drinking. At the restaurant / cafe.

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Departmental - attendance requirement
Attendance requirement		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

Pass/fail & Non-reassessable

Additional assessment information

The course is non-assessed but students will receive an LFA Certificate of Completion if they participate in at least 13 sessions out of 18.

Reassessment

None

Module feedback

Regular homework tasks will provide opportunities for ongoing feedback on progress.

In addition, students will have the opportunity to complete coursework. Its purpose is not to provide a summative assessment of students’ performance but to provide the basis for relevant tutor’s feedback and feedforward.

Indicative reading

Course materials and guided readings will be provided by the module convenors via the VLE at the start of the year.


The information on this page is indicative of the module that is currently on offer. The University is constantly exploring ways to enhance and improve its degree programmes and therefore reserves the right to make variations to the content and method of delivery of modules, and to discontinue modules, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary by the University. Where appropriate, the University will notify and consult with affected students in advance about any changes that are required in line with the University's policy on the Approval of Modifications to Existing Taught Programmes of Study.