Inside Arabic:How it works

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course aims to help students understand how Arabic works linguistically and what socio-cultural factors contributed to its development, all the while comparing it to English in structure, processes and social realities. It aims to clarify the language for all learners of Arabic, native and non-native alike. Students are briefly introduced to the history of Arabic language study, both in the Classical period of Islam and in current studies. We proceed to examine the fundamentals that make Arabic what it is, while looking back to the unique socio-political and cultural motives and linguistic necessities that shaped the language. In this course, students will begin deciphering the “puzzle” of Arabic through discussions and exercises that will engage them with the language in a unique approach to enhance their grasp of the beautiful language of Arabic! Course taught in English Credits: 3.00 Pre-requisite: ARAB 011 or knowledge of Arabic