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Lingual and regional studies of the Arab East countries

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Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

First

2021/2022

1 Semester

2

PLO 4. To understand the fundamental principles of being a person, nature, society. 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 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.

Full-time form

Successful completion of a school course in world history and geography.

The purpose of the discipline is to provide students with a general understanding of lingual and regional studies as an interdisciplinary field of knowledge, to provide an organized system of knowledge about the countries of the Arab world, necessary for the development of intercultural communication skills; about the modern ideological, socio-political, cultural and economic life of the peoples of these countries from the standpoint of the lingual and regional studies approach. The discipline is a part of the complex discipline "Historical and Lingual Regional Studies" and has a theoretical direction.

1. Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. Vol. I – IV. Brill Academic Pub. 2. Encyclopædia of Islam, 2nd Edition., 12 vols. with indexes and etc., Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2005. 3. Encyclopaedia of Qur'an 1st Edition., 5 vols. plus index., Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2001–2006.

Learning activities comprise interactive lectures and seminar classes. Self-study of students involves preparation for oral responses, participation in discussions, reports with the analyses of scientific literature, research presentation, precis, summaries.

Semestral assessment is based on the oral testing, written assignments, reports and presentations – 36/60 points, modular test papers – 12/20 points, final test 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.

Ukrainian, Arabic