Arabic dialects: practical course

Course: Arabic language, literature, and translation, the French language

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Arabic dialects: practical course
Code
ДВС.1.09.
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
7 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 9. To characterize the dialectal and social varieties of the Arabic language, describe the sociolinguistic situation in the countries of the Arab East. PLO 14. To use Arabic and French in oral and written form, in various genre-stylistic varieties and registers of communication (official, unofficial, neutral) to solve communicative tasks in everyday, social, educational, professional, scientific spheres of life. PLO 17. To collect, analyze, systematize and interpret the facts of language and speech and use them for solving complex problems in specialized fields of professional activity and/or education. PLO 21. To apply knowledge of linguistic and regional studies of the countries of Arab East, history of relations between Ukraine and the countries of the East.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful mastering of the disciplines "Oriental language: advanced level", "Theoretical grammar of the first oriental language", "Introduction to Arabic dialectology".
Course content
The purpose of the academic discipline is to form a conscious idea of students about the territorial variability of the Arabic language, taking into account sociolinguistic and linguistic aspects, to give an integrated description of modern Arabic dialects. A general sociolinguistic description of the territorial variation of the Arabic language in historical and modern planes is given, a systematic description of the phonological system and grammatical structure of the spoken Arabic language on the basis of the study of idioms representing various territorial groups of Arabic dialects is carried out, the features of the active vocabulary of the latter through the analysis of the functional load of native and borrowed vocabulary are clarified.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Maznichenko O.I. French loanwords in the Tunisian dialect of Arabic in the conditions of bilingualism (based on the material of modern dictionaries of dialect vocabulary). Autoref.... candidate. thesis K., 2018. 2. Petrova Y.I. The Egyptian dialect of the Arabic language: specifics of structure and functioning. K., 2011.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The discipline provides only practical classes aimed at active work of students in the classroom. Control of students' assimilation of material is carried out by means of their oral questioning and the organization of written tasks, tests, lexical dictations, independent and modular control works. Completion of homework and translation exercises is mandatory.
Assessment methods and criteria
Semestral assessment is based on the oral responses, written assignments, tests, and translation exercises – 36/60 points, modular test papers – 12/20 points, final control paper – 12/20 points. The credit is given based on the results of the student’s work throughout the entire semester and does not require additional assessment measures. Students who scored 60 points, the required minimum, receive “passed”. Students who failed to score 60 points, the required minimum, receive “failed”. Those students who scored totally less than 60 points during the semester period should complete a test paper in the items which he/she failed to pass. Final score 60-100 – passed; 0-59 – failed.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian, Arabic

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olena Heorhiivna Khomitska
Department of Middle East Languages and Literature
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Middle East Languages and Literature
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology