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
2023/2024
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 mastering of a school course in physical geography and world history.
Course content
The goal of the discipline is to form a general idea of linguistic and regional studies in students as an interdisciplinary field of knowledge, providing students with an ordered system of knowledge about countries of the Arab world, necessary for the development of intercultural communication skills, formation of students' totality of knowledge about modern ideological, social and political, the cultural and economic life of the countries of the Arab world from the standpoint of the linguistic and regional studies approach, systematization of students' sociolinguistic knowledge.
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
Training takes place in the form of interactive lectures and seminar classes. Students' independent work involves preparation for such types of activities as answers to seminar classes, participation in discussions, reports with analysis of scientific literature, presentations or essays on topics proposed for study.
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment is carried out during the semester based on: answers in seminar classes, participation in discussions, reports with analysis of scientific literature, essays - 12/20 points; modular test papers - 24/40 points. Final evaluation in the form of an exam: max. 40 / min. 24 points (60% of the maximum number of points assigned to the exam); the exam takes place in written and oral form and consists of two parts: 1) written answers to two theoretical questions; 2) oral discussion of topics related to these issues. Rating scale: 90-100 points - excellent, 75-89 - good, 60-75 - satisfactory, 1-59 - unsatisfactory. Students who scored less than 36 points in total during the semester are not allowed to take 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
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