Arabic Dialects

obligatory courses

(in Polish) Znajomość języka arabskiego na poziomie B2

Classroom

The course aims at familiarizing students with the dialectal and variant diversity of Arabic language with the emphasis on its exemplification in the form of cultural products (literature, newspapers; film; radio and television broadcasts; commercials; novels; songs; computer games; comics) taking into account both theoretical and practical perspectives.

Students will be provided with basic information on the characteristics of the most important groups of Arabic dialects, they will become familiar with the basic vocabulary and syntactic constructions and texts of culture (written, audiovisual, audio and virtual). An important element of the program will be meetings with native speakers of particular dialects.

Yasin M Alkalesi. Modern Iraqi Arabic, Georgetown University Press, Washington 2007.

Raja Chouairi, Alosh Mahdi, Shou fi ma fi? Intermediante Levantine Arabic, Yale University Press, New Haven-London 2010.

Janusz Danecki, Współczesny język arabski i jego dialekty, Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog,Warszawa 2009.

Janusz Danecki, Wstęp do dialektologii języka arabskiego, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog, Warszawa 1989

George N. El-Hage, MarHaba. A course In Levantine Arabic. Lebanese Dialect, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2015.

Leslie J. Mcloughlin, Colloquial Arabic (Levantine), Routledge, London-New York, 2003.

Matti Phillips Khoshaba (Al- Bazi), Iraqi Dialect Versus Standard Arabic, Library of Congress , Salinas 2006.

Ahmad Kamal Azban, Diwan baladna. The Unprecedented Spoken Arabic Dictionary. Arabic Jordanian Spoken Language, Central Press, Amman 2011.

Fridrik E. Tiedemann,The 101 Most Used verbs in Spoken Arabic: Jordan and Palestine, Central Press Amman, 2011.

Uzupełniająca:

Peter Behstedt, Manfred Woidich, Wortatlas der arabishen Dialekte, Brill, Leiden-Boston, 2012.

Andrzej Czapkiewicz, The Verb in Modern Arabic Dialects as an Exponent of the Development Processes occurring in them, Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków-Gdańsk 1975.

Antoine Fleyfel, Manuel de parler libanais, L’Harmattan, Paris 2010.

J. M. Murkocińscy, Polsko-arabski słownik frazeologiczny dialektu syryjskiego, Księgarnia Akademicka, Kraków 2015.

Knowledge - a student:

has extended knowledge of particular problems pertaining to the cultures of the Orient or Africa (within the scope of culture and literature or language or culture and religion issues) in a comparative perspective K_W02

has extended and deepened knowledge of Arabic K_W04

knows and understands the local academic tradition (methods of analysis, interpretation and evaluation) in the context of Arab countries K_W07

demonstrates good knowledge of contemporary cultural life Arab countries K_W08

has genuine knowledge of rules of communication, writing and reading in Arabic K_W09

has wide and profound knowledge of the structures and social relations as well as socio-cultural behavior in Arab countries, which enables professional verbal communication in social and intercultural contexts K_W10

Skills - a student:

can search for, analyze, evaluate and use information from different sources and can form critical judgement on its basis K_U01

can indicate sources of cultural differences between different regions of the Orient or Africa, also on the basis of source materials K_U02

can acquire knowledge independently and enhance research skills as well as develop abilities to build a professional career K_U03

can use the knowledge in the field of Oriental studies to expand knowledge of humanities K_U04

can use the knowledge in the field of Oriental studies to solve problems relating to cultural differences in professional situations K_U05

can use the terminology from the domain of religion of Arab countries to analyze and interpret religious phenomena, ethical motives and social behavior, as well as cultural differences K_U06

can read, analyze and interpret advanced literary texts and other works of culture (film, press, social writing) of Arab countries and appropriately place them in their cultural context K_U08

can compare and thoroughly analyze interrelations between selected literary texts and other works of culture (film, press, social writing) of Arab countries, and the issues of tradition and modernity K_U09

can analyze most important phenomena in the field of history, as well as socio-political, linguistic or cultural context of Arab countries K_U11

can evaluate, select and describe most important products of contemporary culture in Arab countries K_U12

can select and translate into Polish most valuable literary works/writings of Arab countries K_U13

has a good command of Arabic at an advanced level K_U15

can behave in an adequate way, react verbally and mediate in communication in a selected socio-cultural context of Arab countries K_U16

can choose and formulate a subject of an MA thesis, select and find sources in Arabic, refer to certain theories and other sources K_U17

acquires ability to describe in Polish and Arabic diverse aspects of Arabic culture, taking into consideration the intellectual traditions of Arab countries K_U18

acquires ability to formulate own opinions and conclusions in both writing and spoken in Polish and Arabic K_U19

can proficiently use advanced electronic and internet tools in Polish and in Arabic K_U21

Social competences - a student:

understands the need to learn all one’s life, can inspire and organize other people’s process of learning K_K01

can actively cooperate and work in a group as well as forge relationships and build social relations K_K02

can actively establish relations and cooperate with representatives of other cultures K_K03

is open to new ideas and trends as well as cultural diversity K_K05

has awareness of the differences stemming from cultural, religious and philosophical variety and their influence on shaping social and political attitudes as well as economic processes K_K06

understands and appreciates the value of tradition and cultural heritage of one’s own country and of Arab countries K_K08

can see the need to enrich one’s own tradition by adding positive philosophical, social and cultural values of Arab countries, treats cultural synergy as an added value K_K09

actively acts in aid of mutual understanding and effective intercultural communication, cultural and economic cooperation, domestic contacts and ones in Arab countries K_K10

actively acts in aid of sharing and promoting cultural heritage and most important products of contemporary culture in Arab countries K_K11

can use linguistic and cultural competences in professional situations such as aid programmes, government programmes, immigration problems, national security issues K_K12

Continuous assessment,

Attendance control - a student can be absent max. twice during the semester; in the case of absence due to illness, the medical certificate excusing this absence should be submitted within seven work days of the last day of the leave specified in the certificate

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