Learning outcomes

On completing the course, students
- can understand, read and write relatively extended Arabic language
- can understand and talk with a degree of fluency about activities in the past, present and future
- can participate in conversations where they tell about themselves, about other and about their immediate surroundings, providing that the conversations partner speaks clearly
- can express reasons and contrasting opinions
- can tell the time and discuss everyday life
- can write clear and detailed short texts
- can talk in Arabic about the Arab culture and Arab national and religious events

Contents

The course offers a variety of reading, writing, listening and speaking activities along with grammar lessons. The course is based on peer and group work in different situations. In addition to the work done in the classroom, the course requires independent work, for instance in the Self Access Centre of the Language Centre, where students may improve and develop their learning skills according to their own needs.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Tutorials	42 h	0 h
Independent work	38 h	0 h

Teaching language

Arabic, English

Finnish as an auxiliary language

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation by active participation and written exam.

Study materials

There is a charge for the coursebook and material. The coursebook and the tapes that go with it are available at the Self-Access Centre in the Language Centre. Mahdi Alosh, Ahlan wa sahlan, Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners. Yale University Press. New Haven and London.

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