Lingual and regional studies of the Arab East countries

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

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Lingual and regional studies of the Arab East countries
Code
ннд.11.02.
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
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.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful completion of a school course in world history and geography.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to provide students with a general understanding of linguistic 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 linguistic and regional studies approach. The discipline is a part of the complex discipline "Historical and Lingual Regional Studies" and has a theoretical direction.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
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.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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.
Assessment methods and criteria
Semestral assessment is based on: oral responses, written works, 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 take part in oral discussion of topics related to these issues. 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

Ivan Viktorovych Sivkov
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