Arabic Dialects

obligatory courses

Arabic at B2 level

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.

Ernest T. Abdel-Massih, An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic, The University of Michigan, 1982.

Wahid Ben Alaya, L’Arab tunisien de poche, Assimil 2010.

Eerik Dickinson, Spoken Libyan Arabic, Dunwoody Press 2004.

Richard S. Harrell, A Basic Course in Moroccan Arabic (with MP3 files), Georgetown University Press, Washington D.C. 2006.

Richard S. Harrell, A Short Reference Grammar of Moroccan Arabic (with MP3 files), Georgetown University Press, Washington D.C. 2006.

Przemysław Kafel, Słownik podstawowy polsko-marokański, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2004.

Margaret K. Omar, Levantine and Egyptian Arabic. Comperative Study, Washington 1976.

Norbert Tapièro, Manuel d’arabe algérien moderne, Klincksieck, 2002.

Manfred Woidich, Kullu tamām! An introduction to Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, The American University i n Cairo Press, Cairo New York 2004.

Al-‘Arabiyya at-tūnisiyya, (UW)

Knowledge - a student:

has extensive knowledge of the Arabic language (its/their structure, history, script) K_W12

is aware of the complex nature of Arabic, its place and significance in the cultural and historical context of Arab countries K_W13

is aware of the linguistic variety and its influence on the cultural and political situation of the world K_W14

has rudimentary knowledge of translation rules from Arabic into Polish K_W15

Skills - a student:

read, analyse and interpret literary texts and other works of culture (film, press, social writing) and appropriately place them in their cultural context K_U06

can use the knowledge of socio-cultural issues of Arab countries in typical professional situations K_K09

has a good command of Arabic at the B2 level K_U12

can analyse and interpret source texts in Arabic K_U13

can translate literary texts and writings from Arabic into Polish K_U14

interpret key terms from a culture of Arab countries through linguistic/philological analysis K_U15

can fluently use the Arabic script and the necessary tools to learn and analyse it K_U16 (traditional and electronic dictionaries, lexicons, linguistic corpora, data bases, etc.)

properly function in the linguistic and cultural environment of Arab countries K_U17

Social competences - a student:

understands the need to learn all one’s life K_K01

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

can establish relations and cooperate with representatives of other cultures K_K03

Continuous assessment, presentations

Attendance control - a student can be absent max. two times 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.

tests, final oral assessment