Muhammad Habib
Faculty
Email: mhabib@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.2006
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Muhammad Habib received two B.A. degrees from Al-Azhar University, one in Islamic studies and education and the other in Arabic language and linguistics. He also received his M.A. from Al-Azhar. His research interests include Arabic linguistics, syntax, and morphology. He has studied the art of Arabic calligraphy at the Calligraphy Institute in Cairo. He has taught at the American University in Cairo and currently is an Arabic instructor at Duke University.
Courses
Courses offered in the past four years.
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ARBC 3401 - Advanced Arabic
Students accepted at this level are expected to have mastered language mechanics and possess the high intermediate level of proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic. The course is designed to enable students to attain solid, advanced level proficiency or higher in the various language skills. Readings at this level are extensive and varied in terms of genres and academic interests. They consist exclusively of authentic materials on various contemporary and classical topics in language, literature, and the social sciences. Chapters from books, novels, and lengthy articles form the backbone of this course. Students analyze the stylistic features of different genres and texts. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the nuances of the language and the use of idiomatic expressions and rhetorical devices. Home assignments are varied and typically consist of attending or watching a recording of a lecture, reading a chapter from a book and making an oral presentation in class based on that reading, engaging in a panel discussion with other classmates and one or more of the other instructors in the School, or watching a live TV broadcast (via satellite) of a cultural, historical, political, or religious nature. At the advanced level, students also study the basic structures and phonological system of one of the major colloquial dialects. Students are encouraged to adopt the same linguistic medium that intellectual and educated native speakers of Arabic adopt in their conversations on academic topics. The study of the dialect is uniquely integrated into the general curriculum emphasizing the linguistic realities in the Arab World. Work outside of class requires between four to five hours a day. (1 unit)
Required Texts:
1) Media Arabic, by Elgibali et al, AUC Press, 2007.
2) Business Arabic, Advanced Level, by Rammuny, University of Michigan Press, 2000.
3) The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, Spoken Languages Services.
A variety of additional texts selected by the instructors, including novels, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.
Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011
ARBC 3402 - Advanced Arabic
Students accepted at this level are expected to have mastered language mechanics and possess the high intermediate level of proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic. The course is designed to enable students to attain solid, advanced level proficiency or higher in the various language skills. Readings at this level are extensive and varied in terms of genres and academic interests. They consist exclusively of authentic materials on various contemporary and classical topics in language, literature, and the social sciences. Chapters from books, novels, and lengthy articles form the backbone of this course. Students analyze the stylistic features of different genres and texts. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the nuances of the language and the use of idiomatic expressions and rhetorical devices. Home assignments are varied and typically consist of attending or watching a recording of a lecture, reading a chapter from a book and making an oral presentation in class based on that reading, engaging in a panel discussion with other classmates and one or more of the other instructors in the School, or watching a live TV broadcast (via satellite) of a cultural, historical, political, or religious nature. At the advanced level, students also study the basic structures and phonological system of one of the major colloquial dialects. Students are encouraged to adopt the same linguistic medium that intellectual and educated native speakers of Arabic adopt in their conversations on academic topics. The study of the dialect is uniquely integrated into the general curriculum emphasizing the linguistic realities in the Arab World. Work outside of class requires between four to five hours a day. (1 unit)
Required Texts:
1) Media Arabic, by Elgibali et al, AUC Press, 2007.
2) Business Arabic, Advanced Level, by Rammuny, University of Michigan Press, 2000.
3) The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, Spoken Languages Services.
A variety of additional texts selected by the instructors, including novels, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.
Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011
ARBC 3403 - Advanced Arabic
Students accepted at this level are expected to have mastered language mechanics and possess the high intermediate level of proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic. The course is designed to enable students to attain solid, advanced level proficiency or higher in the various language skills. Readings at this level are extensive and varied in terms of genres and academic interests. They consist exclusively of authentic materials on various contemporary and classical topics in language, literature, and the social sciences. Chapters from books, novels, and lengthy articles form the backbone of this course. Students analyze the stylistic features of different genres and texts. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the nuances of the language and the use of idiomatic expressions and rhetorical devices. Home assignments are varied and typically consist of attending or watching a recording of a lecture, reading a chapter from a book and making an oral presentation in class based on that reading, engaging in a panel discussion with other classmates and one or more of the other instructors in the School, or watching a live TV broadcast (via satellite) of a cultural, historical, political, or religious nature. At the advanced level, students also study the basic structures and phonological system of one of the major colloquial dialects. Students are encouraged to adopt the same linguistic medium that intellectual and educated native speakers of Arabic adopt in their conversations on academic topics. The study of the dialect is uniquely integrated into the general curriculum emphasizing the linguistic realities in the Arab World. Work outside of class requires between four to five hours a day. (1 unit)
Required Texts:
1) Media Arabic, by Elgibali et al, AUC Press, 2007.
2) Business Arabic, Advanced Level, by Rammuny, University of Michigan Press, 2000.
3) The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, Spoken Languages Services.
A variety of additional texts selected by the instructors, including novels, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.
Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011
ARBC 3404 - Advanced Arabic
Students accepted at this level are expected to have mastered language mechanics and possess the high intermediate level of proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic. The course is designed to enable students to attain solid, advanced level proficiency or higher in the various language skills. Readings at this level are extensive and varied in terms of genres and academic interests. They consist exclusively of authentic materials on various contemporary and classical topics in language, literature, and the social sciences. Chapters from books, novels, and lengthy articles form the backbone of this course. Students analyze the stylistic features of different genres and texts. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the nuances of the language and the use of idiomatic expressions and rhetorical devices. Home assignments are varied and typically consist of attending or watching a recording of a lecture, reading a chapter from a book and making an oral presentation in class based on that reading, engaging in a panel discussion with other classmates and one or more of the other instructors in the School, or watching a live TV broadcast (via satellite) of a cultural, historical, political, or religious nature. At the advanced level, students also study the basic structures and phonological system of one of the major colloquial dialects. Students are encouraged to adopt the same linguistic medium that intellectual and educated native speakers of Arabic adopt in their conversations on academic topics. The study of the dialect is uniquely integrated into the general curriculum emphasizing the linguistic realities in the Arab World. Work outside of class requires between four to five hours a day. (1 unit)
Required Texts:
1) Media Arabic, by Elgibali et al, AUC Press, 2007.
2) Business Arabic, Advanced Level, by Rammuny, University of Michigan Press, 2000.
3) The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, Spoken Languages Services.
A variety of additional texts selected by the instructors, including novels, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction.
Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011
