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Graduate Courses
Foreign Languages
IAFF 204 Advanced Arabic
This six-week course is intended for students at the Advanced-Mid/High levels
of proficiency in Arabic. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are equally
emphasized and the authentic instructional materials selected for this class
will focus on the prevailing political culture in the Arab world, Arab relations
with the West, women's issues and women's rights, and the role of religion
and religious movements in Arab & Muslim societies.
Students in this class will participate in listening activities requiring note
taking skills, in the speaking activities, they are expected to develop debating
presentational skills, in their reading they are expected to read between the
lines and make inferences. In their writing, they are expected to write coherent
multi-paragraph essays.