Ar 301 Third-year Standard Arabic

Intermediate modern literary Arabic prose: Emphasis on reading prose texts dealing with a wide spectrum of daily-life topics in their social-cultural context; advanced grammar and syntax (weak verbs, weak nouns, doubled verbs, verb moods, and the conditional); translation of complex texts, writing expanded Arabic compositions; media and Arabic web-sites to enhance conversational skills. This is the first course in a sequence of three: Ar 301, Ar 302, and Ar 303.