Course Outcomes
Speaking
Speak Colloquial Arabic at the ACTFL intermediate low level. Show an elementary ability to distinguish between Colloquial and Standard Arabic in word choice and pronunciation.
Reading
Read and understand simple written Standard Arabic texts at the ACTFL intermediate low level.
Listening
Understand spoken conversations and dialogues in Standard and Colloquial Arabic at the ACTFL intermediate low level.
Foundational Structures
Show a mastery of basic verb conjugations, idaafa, and other basic structures, with some familiarity with more advanced structures (passive, active and passive participles, relative clauses, diptotes and other vowelling issues).