Learning Dialects at the Arabic School
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Tamer Hussein is a lecturer in Arabic at the American University in Cairo (AUC). He received his M.A. in TAFL (Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language) at AUC and his B.A. in English language and literature at Cairo University. He also completed graduate studies in translation from English into Arabic and vice versa. At AUC, he has taught all levels of Egyptian Colloquial and Modern Standard Arabic, in addition to courses on Arabic media, culture, and spoken Fusha. His field of interest is pragmatics and discourse analysis.
Courses
Courses offered in the past four years.
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ARBC 3197 - High Elementary Arabic
This course of study is designed for students who have had some exposure to Arabic through an academic institution, through living for a period of time in an Arab country, or through private tutoring in the language. Students at this level typically come from different backgrounds, have studied using different textbooks, and have different levels of proficiency. Students are expected to use Arabic exclusively from the outset and all instruction is conducted in Arabic. Students in this level are exposed to authentic reading and listening materials that are of more depth and length than those used in Level 1. The speaking and writing assignments are more varied and more demanding than Level 1 assignments. Students at this level are required to write and edit their compositions using Arabic word-processing software available at the School, in addition to other technological features such as digitized sound for Al-Kitaab lessons and reading and listening assignments from the Internet. Students are expected to spend between four and five hours a day outside of class working on assignments and preparing for next day's class. (1 unit)
Required Texts:
1) Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part I, Second Edition, by Brustad, Al-Batal and Al-Tonsi, Georgetown University Press, 2004.
2) The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, Spoken Languages Services.
Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012
ARBC 3198 - High Elementary Arabic
This course of study is designed for students who have had some exposure to Arabic through an academic institution, through living for a period of time in an Arab country, or through private tutoring in the language. Students at this level typically come from different backgrounds, have studied using different textbooks, and have different levels of proficiency. Students are expected to use Arabic exclusively from the outset and all instruction is conducted in Arabic. Students in this level are exposed to authentic reading and listening materials that are of more depth and length than those used in Level 1. The speaking and writing assignments are more varied and more demanding than Level 1 assignments. Students at this level are required to write and edit their compositions using Arabic word-processing software available at the School, in addition to other technological features such as digitized sound for Al-Kitaab lessons and reading and listening assignments from the Internet. Students are expected to spend between four and five hours a day outside of class working on assignments and preparing for next day's class. (1 unit)
Required Texts:
1) Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part I, Second Edition, by Brustad, Al-Batal and Al-Tonsi, Georgetown University Press, 2004.
2) The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, Spoken Languages Services.
Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012
ARBC 3199 - High Elementary Arabic
This course of study is designed for students who have had some exposure to Arabic through an academic institution, through living for a period of time in an Arab country, or through private tutoring in the language. Students at this level typically come from different backgrounds, have studied using different textbooks, and have different levels of proficiency. Students are expected to use Arabic exclusively from the outset and all instruction is conducted in Arabic. Students in this level are exposed to authentic reading and listening materials that are of more depth and length than those used in Level 1. The speaking and writing assignments are more varied and more demanding than Level 1 assignments. Students at this level are required to write and edit their compositions using Arabic word-processing software available at the School, in addition to other technological features such as digitized sound for Al-Kitaab lessons and reading and listening assignments from the Internet. Students are expected to spend between four and five hours a day outside of class working on assignments and preparing for next day's class. (1 unit)
Required Texts:
1) Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part I, Second Edition, by Brustad, Al-Batal and Al-Tonsi, Georgetown University Press, 2004.
2) The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, Spoken Languages Services.
Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012
ARBC 3200 - High Elementary Arabic
This course of study is designed for students who have had some exposure to Arabic through an academic institution, through living for a period of time in an Arab country, or through private tutoring in the language. Students at this level typically come from different backgrounds, have studied using different textbooks, and have different levels of proficiency. Students are expected to use Arabic exclusively from the outset and all instruction is conducted in Arabic. Students in this level are exposed to authentic reading and listening materials that are of more depth and length than those used in Level 1. The speaking and writing assignments are more varied and more demanding than Level 1 assignments. Students at this level are required to write and edit their compositions using Arabic word-processing software available at the School, in addition to other technological features such as digitized sound for Al-Kitaab lessons and reading and listening assignments from the Internet. Students are expected to spend between four and five hours a day outside of class working on assignments and preparing for next day's class. (1 unit)
Required Texts:
1) Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part I, Second Edition, by Brustad, Al-Batal and Al-Tonsi, Georgetown University Press, 2004.
2) The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, Spoken Languages Services.
Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012
ARBC 3297 - Intermediate Arabic II
Required Text:
Al-Warraki, Connectors in Modern Standard Arabic, 1994, 9789774243547
Brustad et al, Al-Kitaab Fii Ta-Allum Al-Arabiyya, Part 1, 2nd edition
Brustad et al, Al-Kitaab Fii Ta Allum Al-Arabiyya, Part 2, 2nd 2006 9781589010963
Summer 2013
ARBC 3298 - Intermediate Arabic II
Required Text:
Al-Warraki, Connectors in Modern Standard Arabic, 1994, 9789774243547
Brustad et al, Al-Kitaab Fii Ta-Allum Al-Arabiyya, Part 1, 2nd edition
Brustad et al, Al-Kitaab Fii Ta Allum Al-Arabiyya, Part 2, 2nd 2006 9781589010963
Summer 2013
ARBC 3299 - Intermediate Arabic II
Required Text:
Al-Warraki, Connectors in Modern Standard Arabic, 1994, 9789774243547
Brustad et al, Al-Kitaab Fii Ta-Allum Al-Arabiyya, Part 1, 2nd edition
Brustad et al, Al-Kitaab Fii Ta Allum Al-Arabiyya, Part 2, 2nd 2006 9781589010963
Summer 2013
ARBC 3300 - Intermediate Arabic II
Required Text:
Al-Warraki, Connectors in Modern Standard Arabic, 1994, 9789774243547
Brustad et al, Al-Kitaab Fii Ta-Allum Al-Arabiyya, Part 1, 2nd edition
Brustad et al, Al-Kitaab Fii Ta Allum Al-Arabiyya, Part 2, 2nd 2006 9781589010963
Summer 2013