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2022/2023

Foreign language C for translators and interpreters 1 (Arabic)

Code: 101468 ECTS Credits: 9
Degree Type Year Semester
2500249 Translation and Interpreting FB 1 1
2500249 Translation and Interpreting OT 4 1

Contact

Name:
Lucía Molina Martinez
Email:
lucia.molina@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
(ara)
Some groups entirely in English:
No
Some groups entirely in Catalan:
No
Some groups entirely in Spanish:
No

Prerequisites

None.

Objectives and Contextualisation

Learning objectives

The purpose of this course is to teach students basic language skills in Foreign Language C Arabic to prepare them for direct translation.

Upon finishing the course students should be able to:

 Recognise the writing system, elementary vocabulary and understand basic written expressions related to their immediate environment. (CEFR-FTI A1.1)

 Use the writing system and elementary vocabulary to write simple texts related to their immediate environment. (CEFR-FTI A1.1)

Competences

    Translation and Interpreting
  • Producing oral texts in a foreign language in order to interpret.
  • Producing written texts in a foreign language in order to translate.
  • Understanding oral texts in a foreign language in order to interpret.
  • Understanding written texts in a foreign language in order to translate.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical and morphosyntactic basic knowledge.
  2. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical and morphosyntactic knowledge.
  3. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical, morphosyntactic and textual related knowledge.
  4. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical, morphosyntactic, textual and linguistic variation related knowledge.
  5. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying phonological, lexical and morphosyntactic basic knowledge.
  6. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying phonological, lexical and morphosyntactic knowledge.
  7. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying phonological, lexical, morphosyntactic and textual related knowledge.
  8. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of verbal texts of several fields: Comprehending a diverse typology of verbal texts of general topics of well-known areas.
  9. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of verbal texts of several fields: Comprehending the information of clear and simple oral texts of general topics.
  10. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of verbal texts of several fields: Comprehending the sense of clear verbal texts about general topics.
  11. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of verbal texts of several fields: Comprehending verbal texts about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  12. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of several fields: Comprehending information of short and simple written texts about subjects related to the immediate environment.
  13. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of several fields: Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of a diverse typology of written texts about general topics from a wide variety of fields and registers.
  14. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of several fields: Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of a diverse typology of written texts about general topics of well-known areas.
  15. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of several fields: Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of a certain complexity about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  16. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of several fields: Comprehending the essential information of written texts about general topics.
  17. Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce basic verbal expressions related to the immediate environment.
  18. Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce really short and simple verbal texts about topics related to the immediate environment.
  19. Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce simple verbal texts about general topics.
  20. Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  21. Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce verbal texts of a certain complexity about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  22. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce a diverse typology of written texts of a certain complexity about general topics of well-known areas.
  23. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce really short and simple written texts about topics related to the immediate environment.
  24. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts about general topics.
  25. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts about topics related to the immediate environment.
  26. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of a certain complexity about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  27. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies to use the basic graphic and lexical system in order to produce simple written expressions related to the immediate environment.
  28. Implementing strategies in order to understand verbal texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend verbal texts about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  29. Implementing strategies in order to understand verbal texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to understand basic verbal expressions related to the immediate environment.
  30. Implementing strategies in order to understand verbal texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to understand clear verbal texts about general topics.
  31. Implementing strategies in order to understand verbal texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to understand simple and clear verbal texts about general topics.
  32. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend a diverse typology of written texts about general topics of well-known areas.
  33. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend a diverse typology of written texts of a certain complexity about general topics from a wide variety of fields and registers.
  34. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend information of short and simple written texts related to the immediate environment.
  35. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend verbal texts of a certain complexity about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  36. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend written texts about general topics.
  37. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to understand basic written expressions related to the immediate environment.
  38. Producing verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Producing basic verbal texts with specific communicative purposes, following standard models of discourse.
  39. Producing verbal texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Producing verbal texts with specific communicative purposes, following standard models of discourse.
  40. Producing verbal texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing basic verbal expressions related to the immediate environment.
  41. Producing verbal texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing basic verbal texts about general topics that are appropriate to their context.
  42. Producing verbal texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing verbal texts about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  43. Producing verbal texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing verbal texts of a certain complexity about personal and general topics of well-known areas.
  44. Producing written texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Producing simple academic texts, following standard models of discourse.
  45. Producing written texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing a diverse typology of written texts about general topics of well-known areas with specific communicative purposes and following standard modes of discourse.
  46. Producing written texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing basic written expressions related to the immediate environment with linguistic correctness.
  47. Producing written texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing really short and simple texts about topics related to the immediate environment with linguistic correctness.
  48. Producing written texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing written texts about general topics that are appropriate to their context.
  49. Producing written texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing written texts of a certain complexity about personal and general topics from well-known areas and with specific communicative purposes, following standard modes of discourse.
  50. Solving interferences between the working languages: Solving interferences from the language combination with a certain degree of control.

Content

Development of linguistic knowledge

Phonetics and spelling: The vowel system. The consonantal system. Auxiliary graphemes. Solar and lunar letters. Vowel and syllable quantity: short vowels, the tanwīn, diphthongs and the accent.

The Arabic word and its types: noun, verb and particle. 

Personal pronouns. Autonomous forms and suffixes. 

Grammatical gender: Feminine and masculine, the functioning of ta marbuta. 

The nisba adjective.

Numbers from 1 to 100 (without inflection). 

Development of reading comprehension

Learning the Arabic alphabet, grasping its structure and beginning to understand very simple texts.

Development of written expression. 

Learning Arabic calligraphy and starting to write. 

Development of oral expression and comprehension 

Learning to differentiate between and pronounce the phonetic features of Arabic.

Development of sociocultural knowledge 

Introduction to the sociolinguistic reality of Arabic: Arabic and the Semitic languages, the multiglossia situation, modern Standard Arabic, the Arabic alphabet as a graphic medium for other languages. 

Methodology

To achieve the established objectives, this subject involves both lectures and practical classes.

-Students must keep abreast of the news and information published on the Virtual Campus / Moodle.

-All activity deadlines are indicated in the subject's schedule and must be strictly adhered to.

-The work students carry out mainly consists of:

  • Written and oral comprehension activities
  • Written and oral production activities
  • Exercises
  • Individual/group presentations
  • Partial exams

 

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Directed activities 0 0
Grammar and vocabulary exercises revision 15 0.6 1, 27
Lectures 15.75 0.63 1
Oral comprehension activities 10 0.4 29, 30, 31, 28, 10, 9, 8, 11
Oral production activities 10 0.4 17, 21, 18, 19, 20, 40, 43, 41, 42, 38, 39
Reading comprehension activities revision 18 0.72 1, 37
Written production activities 10 0.4 1, 27, 46
Type: Supervised      
Reading, writing and phonetics exercices 5 0.2 1
Supervion and revison of grammar and vocabulary exercises 12.5 0.5 1, 37, 27, 46
Written production activities supervison 5 0.2 1, 27, 46
Type: Autonomous      
Preparation of grammar and vocabulary exercises 40 1.6 1, 27
Preparation of written production activities 30 1.2 1, 27, 46
Preparation of reading comprehension activities 20 0.8 1, 34
Reading and writing exercices 22.5 0.9 1, 34

Assessment

Assessment is continuous. Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing tasks and tests. Task deadlines will be indicated in the course schedule on the first day of class.
Review
When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.
Missed/failed assessment activities
Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.
The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities.
Classification as "not assessable"
In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as "not assessable" on their transcript.
Misconduct in assessment activities
Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the students involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject.
Students may not retake assessment activities in which they are found to have engaged in misconduct. Plagiarism is considered to mean presenting all or part of an author's work, whether published in print or in digital format, as one's own, i.e. without citing it. Copying is considered to mean reproducing all or a substantial part of another student's work. In cases of copying in which it is impossible to determine which of two students has copied the work of the other, both will be penalised.

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Grammar tests 40% 5 0.2 5, 6, 7, 2, 3, 4, 1, 37, 34, 35, 33, 32, 36, 29, 30, 31, 28, 26, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 17, 21, 18, 19, 20, 12, 16, 15, 14, 13, 10, 9, 8, 11, 46, 49, 45, 47, 48, 44, 40, 43, 41, 42, 38, 39, 50
Reading comprehension assessment activities 30% 3 0.12 5, 6, 7, 2, 3, 4, 1, 37, 34, 35, 33, 32, 36, 12, 16, 15, 14, 13, 50
Written production assessment activities 30% 3.25 0.13 5, 6, 7, 3, 1, 2, 4, 26, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 46, 49, 48, 44

Bibliography

Textbooks
- Aguilar, V., M. Á. Manzano y J. Zanón (2010) Alatul. Iniciación a la lengua árabe A1.1. Barcelona: Herder.
- Aguilar, V., A. Rubio y L. Domingo (2014) Mabruk. A2.1. Murcia: Diego Marín.


Reference Works/books
- Hernández Martínez, J. Gramática pràctica de árabe. (de A1 a B1) Almería: Albujayra.
(Arabic grammar)
- Paradela, N. (1999): Manual de sintaxis árabe, Madrid: Ediciones de la UAM.
Syntax book
- VV. AA. (2000): Introducció a la llengua àrab, Barcelona: Edicions UB.

Dictionaries

http://www.almaany.com/
(Online onolingual and multilingual dictionary)

Websites

https://www.laits.utexas.edu/aswaat/
(Audiovisual materials covering all levels of Arabic. Some videos come with ad hoc exercises

https://learning.aljazeera.net/en/pages/about-us

(Audiovisual resources for students and teachers of Arabic as a foreign language)

 https://www.aldadis.com/

(Resources for students and teachers of Arabic as a foreign language.)

http://www.eoivalencia.net/caravana_del_sur
(Auxiliary materials for the autonomous study of Arabic and lifelong learning)

http://www.um.es/docencia/antanins/cms/
(Website with various resources for students of Arabic)

http://www.yamli.com/

(Arabic search engine and automatic transliterator)

 

Software

Word processor in Arabic.