This is the first of a two-semester course of intermediate level Arabic. Students will learn to speak, read, write, and understand Arabic at the Intermediate Mid to Intermediate High level per ACTFL proficiency guidelines. By the end of ARABIC 201, students will be able to communicate in both MSA and a colloquial spoken dialect using full-length sentences about different personal subjects as they relate to daily life activities.
Class Format:
The University of Michigan's Arabic curriculum is a dual register curriculum in which students learn to speak and understand either the Egyptian dialect or the Levantine dialect (the dialect of Jordan, Syria, Palestine, and Lebanon) in addition to learning how to read, write, and understand Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Please see the notes on each section to learn what dialect that particular section will focus on and choose accordingly.