History of the first oriental language

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

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
History of the first oriental language
Code
ННД.16.
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
8 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 8. To know and understand the language system, the general properties of literature as an art of speech, the history of the Arabic language and literature, and to be able to apply this knowledge in professional activities. 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 12. To analyze Arabic linguistic units, determine their interaction and characterize linguistic phenomena and processes that cause them. PLO 16. To know and understand the basic concepts, theories and concepts of the chosen philological specialization, to be able to apply it. 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.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful mastering of the disciplines: “Lingual Country Studies of the Oriental Languages”, “Introduction to Oriental Philology”, “Oriental Language: advanced level”, “Lexicology of Oriental language”, “Theoretical grammar of Oriental language”; knowledge of linguistic terminology and basic laws of language development (from the course "Basics of Linguistics").
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to acquaint students with the history of the formation and development of the modern Persian language in view of the general periodization of the history of Iranian languages and the transformation of the grammatical system of the Persian language from ancient times to the modern period; to highlight the lexical-grammatical features of the Old Persian, Middle Persian and New Persian languages on the basis of the texts of the relevant periods.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Encyclopaedia of Arabic language and linguistics. Vols. 1-2. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2005-2006. 2. Bibliography of Arabic Linguistics (Arabic Linguistics Society Bibliography of Arabic Linguistics 1979-1994) // http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/ALSLING.html 3. The Semitic Languages / Ed. by R. Hetzron. London, 1997.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Learning activities comprise interactive lectures and seminar classes. Students’ self-study involves preparation for oral responses, reports with the analyses of scientific literature, research presentation, precis, summaries.
Assessment methods and criteria
Semestral assessment is based on: oral responses, reports and presentations / precis – 24/40 points, modular control works – 12/20 points. Summarizing evaluation in the form of exam is max. 40 / min. 24 points (60% of minimum required quantity); the exam is conducted in written and oral forms, and proposes: 1) to answer two theoretical questions; 2) to complete a practical task. Students, who totally scored less than 36 points during the semester, may not participate in the exam.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian, Arabic

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Khamray
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