ELEMENTARY ARABIC II

PREREQUISITE: MLAR1001, GRADE OF C- OR BETTER This course is designed to provide maximum opportunities for students to develop fuctional listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in the beginning Arabic. The goal of the course is the acquisition of a useful, communicative command of language at the Novice-Low to Novice-Mid level on the national scale, as established by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and the Educational Testing Service (ETS).This goal will be realized through maximum exposure to authentic target language input (oral and visual), active oral and written practice of real- life language tasks or functions (conversing with an exchange student, completing forms, etc.) and the exploration of cultural subtleties conveyed by language, thought and customs.