CULP: Arabic Basic 2

Prerequisites£

The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At basic level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.

For more detailed information about the course please go to the Language Centre CULP page at: http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/culp/culp.php

• University staff and students
• Further details regarding Language Centre eligibility criteria are available

• A1 Breakthrough Level

Number of sessions: 15

The course introduces students to the following functions and notions such as:

• Titles and terms of address 
• Introducing friends and family 
• Saying what you do for a living
• At the passport desk 
• At customs 
• In the arrivals hall
• Finding a suitable hotel room 
• Checking in at the hotel 
• Saying how long you want to stay
• Offering, refusing, accepting
• Saying what you like and don’t like 
• Ordering a meal 
• Expressing appreciation
• Making enquiries 
• Buying and changing money 
• Shopping in a store, market 
• Describing countries and cities 
• Reading short texts in Arabic etc.

By the end of the Course students will be able to:

• Listening/Speaking: Express simple opinions or requirements in a familiar context.
• Reading: Understand straightforward information within a known area, such as on products and signs and simple textbooks or reports on familiar matters.
• Writing: Complete forms and write short simple letters or postcards related to personal information.

At the Basic 2 level the main aims are:

• To further develop a basic understanding and an appreciation of the salient linguistic features of the MSA;
• To establish the learner as a fairly confident language user in a wider range of every-day, predictable situations;
• To enhance students’ understanding of to the complex historical and cultural background of the Arab world.

• Presentations, practicals and online learning

• Raven access is required
• Further information regarding Raven is available

• Students Fees: £250 to be paid online.
• Staff Fees: £280 to be paid online.
• Please select ‘All charged’, not ‘Concessionary’ under the course fee when you make your booking (the ‘Concessionary ’option is not applicable to CULP courses).
• Links to the online store will be provided with your confirmation email.
• Payment is required within 24 hours of your booking to secure your place.
• Refunds available after the first lesson only.
• Payment for the courses is made on the Online Store (http://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/) (CULP General Purpose courses), (Raven log in).
• Course materials can be found on Moodle (http://www.student-systems.admin.cam.ac.uk/moodle) (Raven log in), once the course has started.

• Students are required to attend 80% of sessions
• Full details of all Language Centre programmes can be found on the Language Centre website and Language Centre Online website

• Fifteen taught sessions of two hours plus online learning

• Three times per year (subject to demand)

• CULP: Arabic Basic 1