Arabic Writing

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The course is designed to improve students' Arabic writing, research, and argumentative skills through mentored completion of a final research paper in Modern Standard Arabic that is presented and defended before a panel of faculty at the end of term. Goals include improving fluency in reading and writing Modern Standard Arabic, enhancing accuracy of morphology and syntax, practicing oral presentation skills, and successfully writing papers according to standards expected for introductory courses at Jordanian universities. The program also demonstrates student's successful attainment of advanced levels of proficiency in writing. All program participants are required to attend their peers' oral defenses at the end of term. Course consists of 15 hours of individual mentoring, 20 hours of group instruction on research methods and formal writing, and 100 hours of independent student work.