ARABIC LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

L0720

Academic Year of enrolment:

2023

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in MODERN LANGUAGES FOR MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Disciplinary Sector:

Arabic Language and Literature

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

DIANA ELVIRA

SAI FATIMA

Cycle:

Single Annual Cycle

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

150

Prerequisites:

Knowledge of standard Arabic (written and oral).

Objectives

The course aims to strengthen MSA and some of its spoken variations.

Contents

The course includes the introduction of some spoken variants of Arabic alongside the deepening of the MSA.

Extended Syllabus

The course aims to strengthen the knowledge of MSA and some of its spoken variants.

Recommended Bibliography

- P. Zanelli, L’arabo colloquiale egiziano, Ca Foscarina, Venezia 2017.
- Ibraam G. M. Abdelsayed, L’arabo egiziano per gli italiani, Hoepli, Milano 2020.
-Samia Louis, Kallimni ‘Arabi, AUC Press, Cairo 2007.
- Baha Ed-Dina Ossama, Kilma Helwa, Egyptian Arabic through Popular Songs, AUC Press, Cairo 2015.
- - O. Durand, A. Ventura, Grammatica di arabo mediorientale, Hoepli 2017.

For further information:
- O. Durand, Dialettologia araba, Carocci 2018.

Further bibliographical updates will be provided during the lectures.

Teaching Methods

The course is based on 60 hours of frontal teaching and includes, in addition to the study of written texts, also listening to interviews and oral dialogues.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The exam is based on a written test (dictation, short composition and exercises) and an oral interview. The total score in thirtieths will be given by the average of the marks obtained in the two respective parts.

Contacts/More Information

Attendance is highly recommended.
Non-attending students (Italian or native Arabic speakers) are invited to contact the teacher.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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