Apr 24, 2024  
Learning Outcomes Catalog 
    
Learning Outcomes Catalog

ARBC 1120 - Arabic II

Student Learning Outcomes
Presentational Speaking

  1. I can express my likes and dislikes using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
  2. I can present information about familiar items in my immediate environment.
  3. I can talk about my daily activities using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
  4. I can present information about my life using phrases and simple sentences.
  5. I can tell about a familiar experience or event using phrases and simple sentences.
  6. I can talk about people, activities, events, and experiences.

Presentational Writing

  1. I can write notes about something I have learned using lists, phrases, and memorized expressions.
  2. I can write information about my daily life in a letter, blog, discussion board, or email message.
  3. I can write short notes using phrases and simple sentences.
  4. I can write about a familiar experience or event using practiced material.

Interpretive Listening

  1. I can sometimes understand simple questions or statements on familiar topics.
  2. I can understand simple information when presented with pictures and graphs.
  3. I can sometimes understand the main topic of conversations that I overhear.
  4. I can understand the basic purpose of a message.
  5. I can understand messages related to my basic needs.
  6. I can understand questions and simple statements on everyday topics when I am part of the conversation.

Interpretive Reading

  1. I can understand simple everyday notices in public places on topics that are familiar to me.
  2. I can understand messages in which the writer tells or asks me about topics of personal interest.
  3. I can identify some simple information needed on forms.

Course Description
Continuation of Arabic 1110. Following this class, students will be able to perform in specific situations at the Novice High to Intermediate Low level on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency scale. All five modes of communication are addressed (interpersonal, presentational speaking, presentational writing, interpretive reading, and interpretive listening). Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and an Arabic dialect are taught using an integrated approach. Students will continue to develop their understanding of Arabic-speaking cultures.
Credits: 4