Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic. Arabic 102 or equivalent. In Arabic 202, students will continue learning more practical vocabulary and complex grammatical constructions through reading selections containing journalistic prose, short stories and descriptions. This course aims at a further development of students' communication, reading, and writing skills. Students who complete this course successfully will satisfy the FL requirement.
Class meets four hours a week.
Students' evaluation is based on class participation, weekly quizzes, monthly tests, and a final exam. Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. This course teaches the basic principles of pronunciation and grammar of colloquial Egyptian Arabic through oral and pattern practice drill. Towards the end of the course emphasis shifts to practical use of the dialect based on expanded vocabulary and texts containing more cultural and idiomatic content than the first lessons. This course is recommended for students who plan to travel or to work in Egypt and those who need Arabic for immediate oral use.