Document R. Master Course Syllabus BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA

Document R. Master Course Syllabus BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Bloomsburg Pennsylvania Department of Languages and Cultures Course Syllabus

I. DATE PREPARED: February 2014

2. PREPARED BY: Yahya Laayouni

3. DEPARTMENT: Languages and Cultures

4. COURSE NUMBER: ARABIC 203

5. COURSE TITLE: ARABIC 3

6. CREDIT HOURS: 3

Goal - I Communication I GEP Goal - 4 Cultures and Diversity I GEP

7. PREREQUISITES: ARABIC I 02 or the equivalent proficiency level

8. CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Continues the development of the four language skills in Arabic including speaking, listening, reading and writing, with a focus on Arabic cultures. The third course in the sequence of Arabic courses will strengthen communicative proficiency in Arabic as well as develop the ability to understand and appreciate Arabic cultures. The course includes a combination of lectures and activities, and students arc 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 102 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Offered once a year.

9. CONTENT OUTLINE: ARABIC 203 is structured according to cultural topics appropriate for this level. Topics covered or included are contemporary social issues, cultures of specific Arabic-speaking countries, cultural comparison, daily routines, the arts, introductory literary topics, mass-media, and historical topics. Specific skills in speaking, 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 are able to speak or write above the beginning level. Students in ARABIC 203 enhance their general skills in written, spoken language and presentations related to the phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics of the Arabic language. The topics listed below arc essential to ARABIC 203. Individual instructors may add other topics they consider necessary: Thematic topics:

Describing yourself and others: personal appearance and young people in the Arab-speaking world. Describing one's personality and favorite activities and foods. Stating what you arc doing, arc going to do and have just done. Talking about past events. Describing past activities, for how long they went on and how long ago something occurred. Cultures of the Arab-speaking world. Comparing own culture to other cultures and asking questions Requesting help and invitations. Forms of asking for help with cultural specification Conversations from daily life experiences. Narrating one's daily routine in detail and telling time. Helping with chores around the house, in the garden. Offering and asking for help, refusing or accepting requests for help. Thanking someone or accepting thanks. Political and social issues relevant to the Arab-speaking world. Recognizing and understanding basic media vocabulary. Study of contemporary Arab language songs as texts Tracing the history of Arabic song and music, and some of the key artists, as well as more contemporary forms of Arab music such as RaL Grammar Topics: Review of grammatical structure using the present tense. Vocabulary for intrinsic qualities and faults, activities and pastimes. Review of past tenses for stating actions and describing in the past. Study and use comparative and construct interrogatives Development of the use oflinking words. Fonnation and use of polite forms. Structures and vocabulary used in describing objects and household chores. Construction of sentences using specific verbs. Use of vocab in specific context

IO. METHODS: a. Suggested class size: 25. Teaching language requires intensive and often immediate 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 to maximize time spent on speaking. Outside class students will be assigned homework and individual and/or group projects to complete. c. ARABIC 203 is offered once a year. d. Activities outside class, such as participation in informal conversation groups or film viewings, may be assigned.

I I. STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Students Learning Objectives Gen. Ed. Goal Related VALUE Rubric At the end of this course students will be associated with Elements able to: GEPs I. Communicate effectively in oral presentations Goal I: Rubric: Oral Communication using Modern Standard Arabic. Communication Element: Delivery

2. Relate inforn1ation about Arab-speaking Goal 4: Cultures Rubric: Intercultural Knowledge societies such as social customs, education, and Diversity and Competence: family, leisure, activities, music and art and Elements: compare Arab cultures with the student's own Knowledge: Cultural Worldview culture. Attitudes: Openness

ARABIC 203 satisfies I General Education Points for General Education Goal I: The course is designed with student learning objectives related to students' abilities to I) 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 intercultural communication interactions.

ARABIC 203 satisfies I General Education Point for General Education Goal 4: ARABIC 203 will lead students to recognize new perspectives about their own cultural values and biases and to demonstrate understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its beliefs and practices. Students will demonstrate an ability to identity their own cultural patterns, compare and contrast them with others, and adapt empathically 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.

12 · STUDENT ASSESSMENT: SLOs I and 2 include individual interviews during the semester; oral presentations; structured dialogues during class and oral responses to reading assignments. 13. EVALUATl ON 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-based activities. (The components may be modified according to the pedagogical methods of individual instructors.) a. Conversational skills (speaking / listening), writing skills, reading skills b. Cultural Awareness

14. COURSE ASSESSMENT: Materials used to achieve SLOs will be assessed by the instructor in reference to the VALUE rubrics identified in item 11 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 accordance with the guidelines established by the General Education Council.

15. SUPPORTING MATERIALS AND REFERENCES: (Books available in the Andruss Library arc marked with an asterisk)

Abboud, Peter F. Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic. Ann Arbor, Mich: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan, 1997. Print. * Allen R. The Arabic Novel: An Historical and Critical Introduction I Roger Allen [c-book]. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1982. *Bassiouney, Reem. Arabic and the Media: Linguistic Analyses and Applications. Leiden: Brill, 2010. Internet resource. Caspari, C P, William Wright, W R. Smith, and Michael J. Goeje. A Grammar of the Arabic Language. London: Cambridge, 1951. Print. * Chejne A. The Arabic Language, Its Role in History [By] Anwar G. Chejne [e-book]. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1969. Gaafar, Mahmoud, and Jane Wightwick. Easy Arabic Reader: A Three-Part Text for Beginning Students. Chicago: The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2011. Print. lbriihim, 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. lnayatullah, Sheikh. Why We Learn the Arabic Language: An Essay on the Manifold Importance of the Arabic Language Considered from the View-Point of Islamic Religion, Semitic Philology, Romance Philology, Biblical Studies, History of Science and Civilization, Jewish and Christian Life, Etc. Lahore: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1969. Print. Oxford Essential Arabic Dictionary: English-Arabic, Arabic-English. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2010. Print. Potowski, Kim. 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, 20 I 0. 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

16. PROTOTYPE TEXT: Wightwiek, Jane, and Mahmoud Gaafar. Mastering Arabic 2. NY: Hippocrene Books, 2010. Print. DocumentV

s POLISCI 181 Contemporary Issues in World Politics POLISCI 280 Introduction to International Relations POLISCI 487 International Law and Organization EGGS 102 World Cultural Geography EGGS 104 World Regional Geography EDFOUND 406 Multicultural Education

Note: Up to 18 credits can be satisfied by credit transfer from study abroad programs in Po1and, 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 Snanish Track Chinese Truck Russian and East European Studies Track FRENCH 203 French Ill GERMAN 203 German III SPANISH 203 Spanish III CHINESE 101 Chinese I CHINESE RUSSIAN JOI Russian FRENCH 204 French JV 204 German JV SPANISH 204 Spanish IV 102 Chinese 11 I RUSSIAN I02 FRENCH 205 Applied Phonetics and Pronunciation GERMAN 206 Conversation SPANISH 206 Structure of the Spanish CHINESE 203 Chinese Ill Russian 11 FRENCH 206 Structure of the French Language and Composition I GERMAN Language CHINESE 204 Chinese IV RUSSIAN 203 Intermediate Russian FRENCH 207 Conversation: French Daily Life 207 Conversation and SPANISH207 Conversation and CHINESE490 I RUSSIAN 204 Intermediate FRENCH 40 I Advanced French Language Composition II GERlVlAN Composition Comprehensive Chinese Russian II RUSSIAN 305 Russian FRENCH 402 Contemporary Issues in Francophone 390 German Studies Abroad I SPANISH 305 Applied Phonetics & CHINESE49I for Professional Communfoation I Media GERMAN 490 German Pronunciation Conversation Chinese RUSSIAN 306 Russian for OR Studies Abroad II SPANISH306 Conversation & Professional Communication FRENCH 423 Black Francophone Writers & Cultures Composition 11 CHINESE 492 Chinese II FRENCH 422 Masterpieces of French Literature German and Secondary SPANISH 402 Advanced Conversation listening OR Education Major: 36 Credits SPANISH 420 Hispanic Literature THREE CREDITS from the following FRENCH 33I Selected 20th-Century Writers Same requirement as regular And one course by advisement culture courses: German Major, with from electives: RUSSIAN 21 I Russian Culture and 3 Credits by advisement from the following: additional requirement SPANISH 208 Spanish for Health Civilization RUSSI AN 2I 2 Russian Film, FRENCH 290 French Studies Abroad ofLANGCULT 350 Foreign Professions Literature, and Culture REES 211 East FRENCH 309 Commercial French I Language Teaching SPAN1SH209 Spanish for Social European Film, Literature, and Culture FRENCH 333 French through Film Methodology, Services FRENCH 431 Special Topics SPANJSH210 Commercial Spanish SIX CREDITS from one of the following LANGCULT400 Studies Abroad SPANISJ-1211 Spanish Culture & groups Civilization of concentration courses: French Secondary Education Major: 36 Credits SPANISH 212 Spanish American Same requirement as regular French major, with Culture & Civilization Humanities Concentration: additional requirement ofLANGCULT 350 Foreign SPANISH 213 US, Hispanic Cultures a) Language Teaching Methodology, & Literatures 214 Hispanic Culture & Civilization HISTORY 349 Medieval SPANISH 22I Spanish Culture Russia HISTORY 356 through Film Imperial Russia SPANISH222 Latin American Culture HISTORY 452 Soviet through Film Russia HISTORY 405/505 Jews of Europe SPANISH 250 Spanish r "'"','c-'·' Speakers I ' HISTORY 460/46 l Topics in SPANISH 281-9 Special Topics European History RUSSIAN 290 SPANISH 290 Study Abroad (Independent Study) SPANISH 325 Spanish for Educators SPANISH 331 Literary Analysis of b) Business Concentration: Hispanic Texts ECN 322 Contrasting SPANISH 350 Spanish for Heritage Economics ECN 333 Speakers II International , .,.!, SPANISH 390 Internship in Spanish Economics 403 Advanced Structure & ECN 334 Economic Growth of Composition Underdeveloped SPANJSH422 Hispanic Theater and Areas Poetry ECN 53 I Current Economic SPANISH 430 Hispanic Short Story Problems ECN 532 SPANISH490 Independent Study Comparative Economic Systems ECN 533 International Economic Policies Spanish / Secondary Education and Major: 36 Credits Relations Same requirement as regular Spanish BUSED 350 Valuing Diversity in major, with additional requirement of Business LAW 407 International LANGCULT350 Foreign Language Legal Environment in Business Teaching Methodology

c) Social and Political Sciences Concentration:

ANTHRO 440 Language and Culture ANTHRO 320 Contemporary World Cultures POLISCJ 181 Contemporary Issues in World Politics POLISCI 280 Introduction to International Relations POLISCI 487 International Law and Organization EGGS 102 World Cultural Geography EGGS 104 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 ARABIC 203: ARABIC 3 - ORAL COMMUNICATION VALUE RUBRIC

Student Rubric Elements C Milestones Benchmark Benchmark Not Met Learning a 3 2 1 0 Objective p s t o n e 4 1. Communicate Delivery Delivery Delivery techniques (posture, Delivery techniques Deli,·ery techniques (posture, J\ssi,,,n a lern to anywork sample techniques (posture, or (posture, gesture, eye effectively in oral contact, and gesture, eye contact, and vocal gesture, eye contact, and gesture, eye contact, and Yocal collection of work that docs not vocal vocal meet expressiveness) make the presentation presentation expressiveness) make the expressi,·eness) make expressiveness) detract from the Benchmark (1) performance. compelling, and the speaker using Modern appears polished presentation interesting, and presentation understandability of the and confident. understandable, and Standard Arabic speaker appears comfortable. speaker appears presentation, and speaker appears tcntati,·e. uncomfortable. ARABIC 203: ARABIC 3 - INTERCULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE VALUE RUBRIC

Student Rubric Elements C Milestones Benchmark Benchmark Not Met Learning a 3 2 1 0 Objective p st o n e 4 2. Relate Knowledge Articulates Recognizes new pcrspccti\·cs Identifies own cultural rules and Shows minimal awareness of own Assig11 a zero to any work sample or information Cultural Wor!d,iew insights into about own cultural rules and biases biasci- (e.g. with a strong preference cultural rules and biases (c,·cn collection of work that docs not meet about Arab· own culturnl (e.g. not looking for sameness; for those rules shared with own those shared with own cultural Benchmark (1) performance. speaking rules and biases comfortable with the complexities that cultural group and seeks the same in group(s)) (e.g. uncomfortable with societies such as (e.g. seeking new perspectives offer.) others.) identifying possible cultural social customs, complexity; differences with others.) education, aware of how family, leisure, her/his activities, music experiences and art and ha,·c shaped compare Arab these rules, cultures with and how to the student's recognize and own culture respond to cultural biases, resulting in a shift in self- description.) 2. Relate !Attitudes Initiates and Hegins to initiate and develop interactions Expresses openness to most, if not Receptive to interacting with Assign a zero to :my work sample or information OpenneJs develops with culturally different others. Begins all, interactions with culturn11y culturally different others. Has o1lcction of work that docs not meet about Arab- to suspend jud '1Ue nt in different others. Has difficulty difficulty suspending any judgment Benchmark (1) performance. interactions 6 speaking with culturally valuing her/his interactions with suspending any judgment in her/his in her/his interactions with societies such as different others. culturally different others. intcrnctions with culturally different culturally different others, but i:-. social customs, Suspends others, and is aware of own judgment unaware of own judgment. education, judgment in and expresses a willingness to family, leisure, valuing her/his change. activities, music interactions with and art and culturally compare Arab different others. cultures with the student's own culture