Document R. Master Course Syllabus BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Bloomsburg Pennsylvania
Department of Languages and Cultures Course Syllabus
I.DATE PREPARED: November2013
2.PREPARED BY: YahyaLaayouni
3.DEPARTMENT: Languages andCultures
4.COURSE NUMBER: ARABIC204
5.COURSE TITLE: ARABIC4
6.CREDIT HOURS:3
Goal I Communication / l GEPGoal 4 Cultures and Diversity / l GEP
Goal 7 Arts and Humanities / I GEP
7.PREREQUISITES: ARABIC 3 or the equivalent proficiencylevel
8.CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Emphasizes the four language skills in Arabic including speaking, listening, reading and writing, with a focus on Arabic cultures. The fourth course in the sequence of Arabic courses continues to strengthen communicative proficiency in the Arabic language as well as develop the ability to understand and appreciate Arabic cultures. The course includes a combination of lectures and activities, and students are required to produce formal and informal oral and written assignments. Open to all students and counts for a minor or a major in Languages and Cultures: Arabic Studies Track. Prerequisite: ARABIC 203 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Offered once ayear.
9.CONTENT OUTLINE: ARABIC 204 includes Arabic literature primary source texts, an expansion of basic Arabic grammar, short essay writing and oral presentations in Arabic. ARABIC 204 is structured according to cultural topics appropriate for this level. Topics on contemporary culture may include customs and everyday life, education, contemporary social and political issues, current issues, tourism, mass-media, and historical topics. Specific skills in language production (speaking and writing), reading, and listening comprehension are presented and developed with each topic. Reading ability develops more quickly than speaking and writing, which allows exposure to the topics in Arabic before students arc able to speak or write above the rudimentary level. Students in ARABIC 204 enhance their general skills in written, spoken and visual communication through analytical investigation and in-depth knowledge of language. ARABIC 204 integrates a significant cultural component in order to introduce the students tothewealth anddiversityofculturalhistoryinArabic-speakingregionsandcountries.
The topics listed below are essential to ARABIC 204. Individual instructors may add other topics they consider necessary:
Thematic Topics:
University, education, differences between the American system and the system of the Arab-speaking world.
Developing an understanding of the educational system of some Arab-speaking countries.
Using vocabulary specific to the field of education. "Revolutions" in the North Africa and the Middle East
Exploring causes and consequences of the Arabic Spring using media. Understanding the basics of the Arabic dialects
Tourism and travelling to Arabic-speaking countries. Housing in Arab-speaking world regions. Comparing types of hotels and lodging.
Important Arabic contributions in the Middle Ages.
Reading historical and literary texts in Arabic
Leaming about Arab/Muslim figures (short biographies)
Ceremonies such as weddings in Arabic-speaking cultures
Comparing the laws and traditions governing marriage in the Arab-speaking cultures and the United States.
Expressing congratulations as well as sympathy, consoling someone.
Arab-Americans
Tracing the history of the Arab presence in the United States. Cultural influence and the use of Arabic.
Grammar Topics:
Analyzing media language Comparativeandsuperlativestructures.
Vocabulary for tourism, different types of hotels and services. Using tenses in simple as well as complex sentences Vocabulary for describing interpersonal relationships.
Vocabulary for expressing sympathy, consoling and congratulating. Expressing negation
10.METHODS:
a.Suggested class size: 25. Teaching language requires intensive and oftenimmediate
feedback and intensive interaction among students and between the instructor and the student.
b.During class sessions students spend most of the time on a variety of activities to exercise spoken Arabic, often working in small groups or pairs in order tomaximize
time spent on speaking. Outside class students will be assigned homework and individual and/or group projects to make them stay in touch with the language.
c.ARABIC 204 is offered once ayear.
d.Activities outside class, such as participation in infom1al conversation groups or film viewings, may beassigned.
11.STUDENT LEARNINGOBJECTIVES:
Student Learning ObjectiveAt the end of this course students will be able to: / Gen. Ed. Goal with GEPs / Related Value Rubric
I. Communicate effectively in oral presentations using Modem Standard Arabic. / Goal I: Communication / Rubric: Oral Communication
Element: Language
2. Convey information about Arabic- speaking societies such as social customs, education, family, leisure activities, music and art and compare them with the student's own culture / Goal 4: Cultures and Diversity / Rubric: Intercultural Knowledge and Competence Elements: Knowledge: Cultural self-awareness
Knowldge: Cultural Worldview
3. Interpret short literary texts using different reading strategies compatible with the level of students. / Goal 7: Arts and Humanities / Rubric: Reading Element: Relationship to Text
ARABIC 204 satisfies I General Education Points for General Education Goal I:
The course is designed with student learning objectives related to students' abilities to l) produce "presentations of sufficient length such that a central message is conveyed, supported by one or more arguments and includes a purposeful organization" (Oral Communication); 2) identify cultural differences in communication; and 3) demonstrate potential competence in intcrcultural communication interactions.
ARABIC 204 satisfies I General Education Point for General Education Goal 4:
ARABIC 204 will lead students to recognize new perspectives about their own cultural values and biases and to demonstrate understanding of the complexity of clements important to members of another culture in relation to its beliefs and practices. Students will demonstrate an ability to identify their own cultural patterns, compare and contrast them with others, and adapt emphatically and flexibly to unfamiliar circumstances. They will be able to initiate and develop interactions with culturally different others and to ask deeper questions about other cultures and seek out answers to these questions.
ARABIC 204 satisfies 1 General Education Point for General Education Goal 7:
In addition, the reading assignments, use of strategic approaches, applications of texts to social concerns, and written assignments associated with the texts that form the content of ARABIC IV arc aimed at acquiring and applying "knowledge from the arts and humanities to analyze [and] evaluate ... the artistic and literary traditions of our diverse world."
12.STUDENT ASSESSMENT: SLOs 1 and 2 will be assessed through individual interviews during the semester, oral presentations, structured dialogues during class, and oral responses to reading assignments. SLO 3 will be assessed using quizzes and tests with speaking and writing components, regular written homework assignments and a final exam.
13.EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PERFORMANCE: The following second language communication skills will be evaluated, through the monitoring of conversations, oral interviews, quizzes and exams, tests, projects, and Internet-basedactivities.
a.Conversational skills (speaking / listening), writing skills, readingskills
b.Awareness of contemporaryculture
c.Awarenessofclements ofculturalhistory,especiallytraditionsintheartsandhumanities
14.COURSE ASSESSMENT: Materials used for student assessment will be measured by the instructor in reference to the VALUE rubrics identified in item I 1 and a determination will be made as to the effectiveness of the course in achieving its stated student learning objectives, and thereby its effectiveness in achieving the stated General Education Goals. Assessment results will be reviewed by the instructor and by the department to determine which adjustments, if any, need to be made in order to ensure the effectiveness of the course in meeting its student learning objectives and as a General Education course. Assessment results will be reported to the Office of Planning and Assessment in accordancewiththeguidelinesestablishedbytheGeneral EducationCouncil.
15.SUPPORTING MATERIALS ANDREFERENCES:
(Items available in the Andruss Library arc marked with an asterisk.)
Alosh, M M. Intermediate Arabic 2: Our Living Language Part 2. Columbus: Ohio State University, 1992.
Print.
* Allen R. The Arabic Novel: An Historical and Critical Introduction I Roger Allen [e-book]. Syracuse,
N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1982.
*Bassiouney, Reem. Arabic and the Media: Linguistic Analyses and Applications. Leiden: Brill, 2010.
Internet resource.
Brustad, Kristen, Mahmoud Al-Batal, and 'Abbas TiinisT. Al-kitaab Fii Ta'allum Al-'arabiyya =: A Textbook for Intermediate Arabic, 2013. Print.
Caspari, C P, William Wright, WR. Smith, and Michael J. Goejc. A Grammar of the Arabic Language.
London: Cambridge, 1951. Print.
* Chcjne A. The Arabic Language, its Role in History [By] Anwar G. Chejne [e-book]. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1969.
Ibrahim, Zaynab, and Sanaa A. M. Makhlouf. Linguistics in an Age of Globalization: Perspectives on Arabic Language and Teaching. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2008. Print.
Mace, John. Intermediate Arabic Workbook: For Revision and Practice = [tamiirTn Mutawassi/ah F7 Al
'arab"iyah]. New York: Hippocrcnc Books, 2007. Print.
Omar, Yousef. Routledge intermediate Arabic Reader. S.I.: Routledge, 2013. Print.
Oxford Essential Arabic Dictionary: English-Arabic, Arabic-English. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2010. Print.
Potowski, Kirn. Language Diversity in the USA. NY: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Internet resource. Salameh, Franck. Language, Memory, and identity in the Middle East: The Case for Lebanon. Lanham:
Lexington Books, 2010. Print.
Suleiman, Yasir. The Arabic Language and National identity: A Study in ideology. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2003. Internet resource.
Wightwick, Jane, and Mahmoud Gaafar. Arabic Verbs & Essentials of Grammar: [A Practical Guide to the Mastery of Arabic]. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2008. Internet resource
Wightwick, Jane, and Mahmoud Gaafar. Mastering Arabic 2. NY: Hippocrcnc Books, 2010. Ptint.
16.PROTOTYPE TEXT:1·
Younes, Munther A. Intermediate Arabic: An integrated Approach. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Print.
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POLISCJ 181 Contemporary Issues in World PoliticsPOLISCI 280 Introduction to
International Relations
POLISCJ 487 International Law and
Organization
EGGS 102 World Cultural Geography EGGS l04 World Regional Geography EDFOUND 406 Multicultural Education
Up to 18 credits can be satisfied by credit transfer from study abroad programs in Poland, the Russian
Federation. or Ukraine
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND CULTURES: EXISTING PROGRAM
Required of all students:
LANGCULT 200 Comparative Cultural Studies
LANGCULT 400 Comparative Language Studies: History and Linguistics
Immersion Experience
French Track / German Track / Soanish Track / Chinese Track / Russian and East Euronean Studies Track
FRENCH 203 French Ill
FRENCH 204 French IV
FRENCH 205 Applied Phonetics and Pronunciation FRENCH 206 Structure of the French Language FRENCH 207 Conversation: French Daily Life FRENCH 40 I Advanced French Language FRENCH 402 Contemporary Issues in Francophone Media
OR
FRENCH 423 Black Francophone Writers Cultures FRENCH 422 Masterpieces of French Literature
OR
FRENCH 331 Selected 20th-Century Writers
3 Credits by advisement from the following: FRENCH 290 French Studies Abroad FRENCH 309 Commercial French I
FRENCH 333 French through Film FRENCH 431 Special Topics LANGCULT400 Studies Abroad
French Secondary Education Major: 36 Credits Same requirement as regular French major, with additional requirement ofLANGCULT 350 Foreign Language Teaching Methodology. / GERMAN 203 German Ill
204 German IV
GERMAN 206 Conversation and Composition I GERMAN 207 Conversation and Composition II GERMAN 390 German Studies AbroadI
GERMAN 490 German
Studies Abroad 11
German and Secondary Education Major: 36 Credits Same requirement a,;; regular German Major, with additional requirement of LANGCULT 350 Foreign Language Teaching Methodology. / SPANISH 203 Spanish III
SPANISH 204 Spanish IV
SPANISH 206 Structure of the Spanish
Language
SPANISH 207 Conversation and
Composition
SPANISH 305 Applied Phonetics
Pronunciation
SPANISH306 Conversation & Composition II
SPANISH 402 Advanced Conversation SPANISH 420 Hispanic Literature
And one course by advisement
from electives: SPANISH 208 Spanish for Health Professions
SPANISH 209 Spanish for Social
Services
SPANISH 2IO Commercial Spanish SPANISH211 Spanish Culture Civilization
SPANISH 212 Spanish American
Culture & Civilization
SPANISH 213 U.S. Hispanic Cultures Literatures
214 Hispanic Culture Civilization SPANISH 221 Spanish Culture through Film
SPANISH222 Latin American Culture
through Film
SPANISH 250 Spanish for Heritage Speakers I
SPANISH 281-9 Special Topics SPANISH 290 Study Abroad SPANISH 325 Spanish for Educators SPANISH 331 Literary Analysis of Hispanic Texts
SPANISH 350 Spanish for Heritage Speakers II
SPANISH 390 Internship in Spanish
403 Advanced Structure
Composition
SPANISH 422 Hispanic Theater and Poetry
SPANISH 430 Hispanic Short Stmy SPANISH 490 Independent Study
Spanish/ Secondary Education Major: 36 Credits
Same requirement as regular Spanish
major, with additional requirement of LANGCULT350 Foreign Language Teaching Methodology / CJ-llNESE IOI Chinese I
CHINESE !02 Chinese II CHINESE 203 Chinese llI
CHINESE 204 Chinese IV
CHINESE490
Comprehensive Chinese CHINESE491
Conversation ChJnesc
CHINESE 492 Chinese
listening / RUSSIAN IOJ Russian l
RUSSIAN 102 Russian Il RUSSIAN203 Intermediate Russian I RUSSIAN 204 Intermediate Russian II RUSSIAN 305 Russian for Professional Communication I
RUSSIAN 306 Russian for Professional Communication II
THREE CREDITS from the following culture courses:
RUSSIAN 211 Russian Culture and Civilization
RUSSIAN 212 Russian Film, Literature, and Culture REES 211 East European Film, Literature, and Culture
SIX CREDITS from one of the following groups
of concentration courses:
a)Humanities Concentration:
HISTORY 349 Medieval Russia HISTORY 356 Imperial Russia HISTORY 452 Soviet Russia HISTORY 405/505 Jews ofEurope
HJSTORY 460/461 Topics in European History RUSSIAN 290 (Independent Study)
b)BusinessConcentration:
ECN 322 Contrasting Economics ECN 333 International Economics
ECN 334 Economic Growth of Underdeveloped
Areas
ECN 531 Current Economic Problems ECN 532 Comparative Economic Systems
ECN 533 International Economic Policies and Relations
BUSED 350 Valuing Diversity in Business LAW 407 International Legal Environment in Business
c)Social and Political SciencesConcentration:
ANTHRO 440 Language and Culture ANTHRO 320 Contemporary World Cultures
POLISCI 181 Contemporary Issues in World Politics POLISCI 280 Introduction to International Relations POLISCI 487 International Law and Organization EGGS !02 World Cultural Geography
EGGS !04 World Regional Geography EDFOUND 406 Multicultural Education
Note: Up to l8 credits can be satisfied by credit transfer from study abroad programs in Poland, the
Russian Federation. or Ukraine
ARABIC 204: ARABIC 4 - ORAL COMMUNICATION VALUE RUBRIC
Student Learning Objective / Rubric Elements / Capstone4 / Milestones
32 / Benchmark
1 / Benchmark Not Met
0
1. Communicate / Language / Languagechoicesarcimaginativc1 / Language choices arc thoughtful / Language chokes arc n1undane and / Language choices arc unclear and / Assign a :t.ero to any \\'ork sa1nplc or
effectively in oral / memorable, and compelling, and enhance / and generally support the / commonplace and partially support / minimally support the effectiveness / collection of work that does not meet
presentations / the effccti,·cness of the presentation. / effectiveness of the presentation. / the effectiveness of the / of the presentation. Language in / Benchmark (1) performance.
using Modern / Lan1,,>uage in presentation is appropriate to / Language in presentation is / presentation. Language in / presentation is not appropriate to
Standard Arabic / audience. / appropriate to audience. / presentation is appropriate to / audience.
audience.
ARABIC 204: ARABIC 4- INTERCULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE VALUE RUBRIC
Student Learning Objective / Rubric Elements / Capstone4 / Milestones
32 / Benchmark
1 / Benchmark Not Met
0
2. Convey / Knowledge / Articulates insights into mvn cultural rules and / Recognizes new pcrspcctiYcs about mvn / Identifies own cultural rules and biases / Shows minimal awareness of own / Assign a zero to any work sample or
information about Arabic- speaking societies suchas
social customs, / Cflftflr<1/ Jeff
mvarmcss / biases (e.g. seeking complexity; aware of how her/his experiences have shaped these rules, and how to rccogni:t.c and respond to cultural biases, resulting in a shift in self-description.) / cultural rules and biases (e.g. not looking for sameness; comfortable with the complexities that new perspectives offer.) / (e.g. with a strong preference for those rules shared with own cultural group and seeks the same in others.) / cultural rules and biases (even those shared with own cultural group(s)) (e.g. uncomfortable with identifying possible cultural differences with others.) / collection of work that does not meet
Benchmark (1) performance.
education,
family, leisure
activities, music
and art and
compare them
with the
student's own
culture
2. Convey / Knowledge / Demonstrates sophisticated understanding of / Demonstrates adequate understanding / Demonstrates partial understanding / Demonstrates surface / Assign a zero to any work sample or
information / Knowledge of mll11ral / the complexity of clements important to / of the complexity of clements / of the complexity of clements / understanding of the complexity of / collection of work that docs not meet
about Arabic- / 1Vor!dric1v frat11e1Vorks / members of another culture in relation to its / important to members of another / important to members of another / c1emcnts important to members of / Benchmark (1) performance.
speaking / history, values, politics, communication styles, / culture in relation to its history, values, / culture in relation to its history, / another culture in rc1ation to its
societies such as / economy, or beliefs and practices. / politics, communic:1tion styles, / values, politics, communication / history, values, politics,
social customs, / economy, or beliefs and practices. / styles, economy, or beliefs and / communication styles, economy, or
education, / practices. / beliefs and practices.
family, leisure
activities, music
and art and
compare them
with the
student's own
culture
ARABIC 204: ARABIC 4 - READING VALUE RUBRIC
Student Learning Objective / Rubric Elements / Capstone4 / Milestones
32 / Benchmark
1 / Benchmark Not Met
0
3. Interpret / Relationship to / Evaluates texts for scholarly significance / Uses texts in the context of / Engages texts with the intention / Approaches texts in the context of / Assign a zero to any work sample or ollccrion of work that docs not meet Benchmark (1) performance.
short literary / rrext / and relc\ ancc within and across the various / scholarship to develop a / and expectation of building topical / assignments \vith the intention and
texts using / v\,Iaking memJi,,gs / disciplines, ernluating them according to / foundation of disciplinary / and world knowledge. / expectation of finding right answers and
different reading / wilh texts in their / their contributions and consequences. / knowledge and to raise and explore / learning facts and concepts to display for
strategies / (OJlft' YIS / important yu<.;stions. / credit.
compatible with
the level of
sn1dents