ARB 212 - Intermediate Arabic 2

3 credit hours - Three hours of lecture weekly; one term.
Build upon knowledge acquired in ARB 211. Learn vocabulary and grammar for the purpose of reading, writing and discussing aspects of Arabic-speaking cultures.

Prerequisite(s): ARB 112 or three years of high school Arabic or permission of department chair.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC) and Online (OL)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall and spring

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Identify the main idea and flow of events expressed in various time frames in intermediate-low level conversations, discussions, and paragraph-length fictional texts.
Exchange information in conversations on familiar topics and some researched topics, creating sentences and series of sentences and asking a variety of follow-up questions.
Present a variety of familiar topics and some concrete research topics, using sentences and series of connected sentences through spoken and written language.
Combine a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary to respond to a range of intermediate-low level writing and speaking prompts.
Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Arabic-speaking cultures.