CULP: Arabic Basic 2 Prerequisites£
The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a 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/lc/culp
- University staff and students
- Further details regarding Language Centre eligibility criteria are available
- A1 Breakthrough Level
Number of sessions: 15
# | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer | |
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1 | Wed 18 Oct 2017 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
2 | Wed 25 Oct 2017 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
3 | Wed 1 Nov 2017 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
4 | Wed 8 Nov 2017 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
5 | Wed 15 Nov 2017 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
6 | Wed 22 Nov 2017 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
7 | Wed 29 Nov 2017 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
8 | Wed 24 Jan 2018 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
9 | Wed 31 Jan 2018 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
10 | Wed 7 Feb 2018 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
11 | Wed 14 Feb 2018 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
12 | Wed 21 Feb 2018 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
13 | Wed 28 Feb 2018 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
14 | Wed 7 Mar 2018 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
15 | Wed 14 Mar 2018 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 | map | Lydia Collings |
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: £265 to be paid online. Please select ‘Concessionary’ under the course fee when you make your booking.
- Staff Fees: £295 to be paid online. Please select ‘All charged’ under the course fee when you make your booking.
- 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)
Booking / availability