The course aims at completing the required exit level for the third year, with a special focus on verbal morphology and syntax. The students will also be introduced to a basic knowledge of translation techniques.

• Geminate verbs

• Verbs with hamza

• Weak verbs

• final weak nouns

• Complement of time and place

• Passive

• Quadriliteral verbs

• Impersonal structures

• Hal complement

• Cause complement

• Conditionals

• Translation techniques

Arabic I and II.

Learning achievements (Dublin descriptors)

Knowledge and understanding: students will learn average written and oral texts concerning topics outside his/her personal context.

Applying knowledge and understanding: students will be able to comprehend  expressions of daily use and idiomatic expressions.

Making judgements: students will be able to discern between native language patterns and Arabic structures.

Communication: students will be able to perform different linguistic funztions both in written and oral form.

Learning skills: this course will supply students with the necessary tools for deepening their knowledge of the Arabic language and culture.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

The teaching material will be provided by the professor.

Teaching

Theoretical explanationswill be provided together with practical exercises to verify and validate the acquired knowledge. A special focus will be given to practicing receptive and productive skills, enabling students to engage in oral production. Further translation tasks will help underpin the grammatical structures addressed in the class. Synopsis and handouts will be distributed along the course.

Course books

The student should choose one among the following grammar references:

1) Mion, Giuliano, and Luca D'Anna. Grammatica Di Arabo Standard Moderno: Fonologia, Morfologia E Sintassi. Milano: U. Hoepli, 2021. Print.

2) Manca, Agnese. Grammatica (teorico-Pratica) Di Arabo Letterario Moderno. Roma: Associazione nazionale di amicizia e di cooperazione italo-araba, 1999 (Suggested)

3) Veccia Vaglieri L., Avino M., Grammatica teorico-pratica della lingua araba, Istituto per l’Oriente, Roma.

Foreign students who are unacquainted with Italian may also use:

3) Ryding C. K., “A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Further material will be provided during the lessons and uploaded on the Moodle platform.

Assessment

The exam has  a written and an oral part.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Students unable to attend classes are strongly recommended to get in touch with the professor prior to the beginning of the course.

Course books

Exercises and texts will be taken from Airò B., Bertonati S., Odeh Y., Barakat M.S., Lingua araba e società contemporanea. Apprendere l'arabo attraverso i media, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2021. (provided by hte Professor in class).

The student can choose one among the following grammar references for a more detailed study; purchasing a grammar reference is not mandatory.

1) Mion, Giuliano, and Luca D'Anna. Grammatica Di Arabo Standard Moderno: Fonologia, Morfologia E Sintassi. Milano: U. Hoepli, 2021. Print.

2) Manca, Agnese. Grammatica (teorico-Pratica) Di Arabo Letterario Moderno. Roma: Associazione nazionale di amicizia e di cooperazione italo-araba, 1999 (Suggested)

3) Veccia Vaglieri L., Avino M., Grammatica teorico-pratica della lingua araba, Istituto per l’Oriente, Roma.

Foreign students who are unacquainted with Italian may also use:

3) Ryding C. K., “A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Further material will be provided during the lessons and uploaded on the Moodle platform.

Assessment

The assessment is the same as for attending students.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Study material, synopsis and exercises will be available on moodle.