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Arabic Language and Literature
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI "L'ORIENTALE"
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The course aims to enhance language skills through the completion of the introduction to the grammar of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to read Arabic texts on a variety of topics and of different types, thereby developing both comprehension and critical skills. They will be able to understand the fundamentals and specificities of syntax in written MSA, they will have expanded their vocabulary and will be able to articulate their opinions on the topics covered in texts analysed in class. The content of the texts proposed will correspond to level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Additional expected learning outcomes:
Upon completation of the course, students should be able to apply the skills acquired with critical attitude and independent judgement. Furthermore, students should be capable of formulating assessments even when working with limited or incomplete data.
Students should be able to effectively communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions on a range of subjects covered.
Students should have acquired the learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a good degree of autonomy.
Course Prerequisites
Students must be familiar with the key concepts of phonetics and morphology (verbal and nominal) acquired during the first two years. They should already be familiar with the reading of non-vocalised texts on various topics and in different genres. Students must have passed their language exams from previous years.
Teaching Methods
The course includes lectures, seminars activities, and laboratory work.
During the course, texts will be studied and analysed in depth through comprehension exercises, lexical activities and grammar exercises. Students will also listen to audio texts related to the study topics and complete oral and written composition activities. New topics will be introduced, and topics covered in previous years will be revisited to consolidate and expand students' knowledge, with a higher level of in-depth study provided for topics introduced in previous years. To verify the skills acquired, students will carry out individual projects or research on specific topics, and there will be ongoing and end-of-course assessments. Listening and reading activities, as well as regular conversation practice, will be carried out with the CEL.
Assessment Methods
The exam consists of a written test and an oral examination. The written test will be carried out on the Moodle platform and will consist of reading an Arabic text and answering multiple-choice questions, selecting missing words, completing syntactic exercises and performing lexical tasks. Those who pass the written test must then take a standard Arabic interview on the topics covered during the course. During the oral exam, students must demonstrate their ability to explain the issues covered during the course and carry out a syntactic analysis of the analysed texts. Assessment is expressed as a mark out of 30. Passing the written exam is a prerequisite for taking the oral exam.
Texts
Handbook:
M. Avino, C. Pinto, F. Aljaramneh, M. Ruocco, Comunicare in arabo, vol. 3, HoepliAcademy, Milano 2024.
Further Grammar:
L. Veccia Vaglieri, M. Avino, Grammatica teorico-pratica della lingua araba, Istituto per l’Oriente C.A. Nallino, Roma, 2017.
Dictionary:
R. Traini, Dizionario arabo-italiano, Roma, Istituto per l’Oriente, qualsiasi ed. E. Baldissera, Il dizionario di Arabo. Dizionario Italiano-Arabo Arabo-Italiano, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2004.
Contents
Verbs:
1. Verbs with various irregularities
2. The Weak Verb
3. Quadriliteral Verbs
4. The Passive
5. The Construction of the af‘āl al-shurū‘ wa al-muqārabah wa al-raǧā’
6. Transitive and intransitive verbs
7. The Construction of the Af‘āl al-istimrār
The Noun - Complements:
8. The Complement of Cause or Reason
9. The absolute object
10. The Complement of State or Condition
11. The Complement of Limitation or Determination
12. Expressive forms of surprise or wonder
13. Adversative, Restrictive and Exceptive Sentences
14. Conditional and Hypothetical Sentences
15. Study of a Selection of texts on a variety of themes and genres.
Course Language
Arabic and Italian
More information
Course attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended.