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Foreign language and translation C2 (Arabic)

Code: 101395
Credits: 9
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Translation and Interpreting OB 2

Contact lecturer

Name :
Hesham Abu-Sharar Abu-Sharar
Email :
hesham.abu-sharar@uab.cat

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

At the start of this course students should be able to:

 Understand simple written texts about everyday topics. (CEFR-FTI A2.1)

 Write simple texts about everyday topics (CEFR-FTI A2.1)

 

Objectives

The aim of this course is to consolidate the development of the students’ basic communicative competencies in C Language (Arabic) to prepare them for direct translation.

By the end of the course students should be able to:

 Understand written texts about everyday topics. (CEFR-FTI A2.2)

 Write about everyday topics. (CEFR-FTI A2.2)

 Understand short and simple utterances in Arabic on topics related to the immediate environment. (CEFR-FTI A1.2)

 Express themselves in spoken Arabic on topics related to the immediate environment using very short and simple constructions. (CEFR-FTI A1.2)

Learning outcomes

  1. 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 different fields and with specific communicative purposes.
  2. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphical, lexical, morphosyntactic and textual basic knowledge.
  3. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphical, lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge.
  4. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend written texts about general topics.
  5. 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.
  6. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of several fields: Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts about general topics.
  7. 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.
  8. Working effectively in teams: Working effectively in teams.
  9. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical and morphosyntactic basic knowledge.
  10. Producing written texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing written texts about general topics with linguistic correctness.
  11. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying phonological, lexical and morphosyntactic basic knowledge.
  12. Implementing strategies in order to understand verbal texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend information of short and simple verbal texts about the immediate environment.
  13. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of verbal texts of several fields: Comprehending the sense of short and simple written texts about subjects related to the immediate environment.
  14. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying phonological, lexical, morphosyntactic and textual basic knowledge.
  15. 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.
  16. Producing verbal texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing really short and simple verbal texts about topics related to the immediate environment.

Contents

Development of linguistic knowledge

نواصب الفعل المضارع Particles that govern subjunctive -

جوازم الفعل المضارع Particles that govern apocopado -

ظرف الزمان The adverbs of time -

ظرف المكان The adverbs of place -

حروف النصب: إن، أن، أن Subjunctive and accusative particles -

كان وأخواتها Kana and her sisters -

إن وأخواتها Inna and her sisters -

الأسماءالخمسة: أب، أخ، حم، فو، ذو The five irregular names -

ذو / ذات / (Zu / Zatu (de) -

- The prayer of relative الاسم الموصول

- Negation particles لا، ليس، عدم، غير

لام الأمر Yusivo -

- The comparative اسم التفضيل

- The comparison of superiority

- The inferiority comparison

- The equality comparative

- The superlative

جمع التكسير The irregular plurals-

Development of reading comprehension

Exercise and expand the reading comprehension of simple narrative texts with an emphasis on capturing the triconsonan and derivative structure-

Development of written expression

Encourage the production of written texts (essays and summaries) on topics studied in class-

Development of oral expression and comprehension

Exercise phonetic correction and expand oral competence in everyday topics-

Development of sociocultural

Expand knowledge about the language and the Arab world from the thematic fields studied from a contrastive perspective-

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Supervision and review of exercises 15 0.6
Resolution of exercises 20 0.8
Preparation of activities of realization reader (individual or at group) 35 1.4
Performing written production activities 10 0.4
Realization of oral comprehension activities 5 0.2
Realization of oral production activities 5 0.2
Preparation of activities of realization reader (individual or at group) 35 1.4
Supervision and review of oral and written activities 7.5 0.3
Master class (lecture) 15 0.6
Realization of reading comprehension activities 28 1.12
Preparation of exercises of grammar and vocabulary (individual or at group) 37.75 1.51

The contents of the subject will be developed from oral explanations of the teacher and the performance of tasks aimed at achieving them. Although the former are aimed at the compression and acquisition of grammatical and lexical contents, the tasks are a series of activities oriented to their systematization: comprehension and written production activities, lexical review activities, expression activities and oral production that will be specified in readings and compression of written and oral texts, writing essays, grammar exercises mainly exercises.

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.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Written exercises 35% 2.5 0.1 1, 9, 10
Listening comprehension 10% 1.5 0.06 11, 12, 13
Coursework 10% 1.5 0.06 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Speaking activities 10% 0.75 0.03 14, 15, 16
Reading comprehension 5% 1.75 0.07 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
Applied grammar exercises 30% 3.75 0.15 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10

In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not permitted at any stage of the assessment activities. Any work that includes AI-generated content will be considered a breach of academic integrity and will be graded a 0, regardless of any disciplinary proceedings that may be initiated.

Continuous assessment

Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing various tasks and tests. These activities are detailed in the table at the end of this section of the Study Guide.

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.

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. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for. In case of retaking, maximum grade will be 5 (Pass).

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 student involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject. Assessment activities in which irregularities have occurred (e.g. plagiarism, copying, impersonation) are excluded from recovery.

Use of AI

In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is not permitted at any stage of the assessment activities. Any work that includes AI-generated content will be considered a breach of academic integrity and will be graded a 0, regardless of any disciplinary proceedings that may be initiated.

Single assessment

This subject may be assessed under the single assessment system in accordance with the terms established in the academic regulations of the UAB and the assessment criteria of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting.

Students must make an online request within the period established by the faculty and send a copy to the teacher responsible for the subject, for the record.

Single assessment will be carried out in person on one day. The Academic Management Office will publish the exact date and time on the faculty website.

On the day of the single assessment, teaching staff will ask the student for identification, which should be presented as a valid identification document with a recent photograph (student card, DNI/NIE or passport).

Single assessment activities

The final grade for the subject will be calculated according to the following percentages:

  • Written production evaluation activities 40%
  • Grammar knowledge assessment activities 25%
  • Lexical knowledge assessment activities 30%
  • Oral production evaluation activities 5%

Grade revision and resit procedures for the subject are the same as those for continual assessment. See the section above in this study guide.

Bibliography

 
Textbooks:
 
- Abu-Sharar, H., Àrab per a estrangers. Practical Gramàtica de la llengua àrab, II edició. Servei de Publicacions, F.T.I, UAB, 2015.
 
- Abu-Sharar, H., Àrab per a estrangers. Reading texts, II edited. Servei de Publicacions, F.T.I, UAB, 2007.
 
- Abu-Sharar, H., Refranys i dites populars comparades. Servei de Publicacions, F.T.I, UAB, 1998.
 
- Abboud, Peter F. McCoros, Ernest N., Elementary Modern Standard Arabic. Part 1, II. CambridgeUniversity Press. Cambridge - New York, 1988.
 
- Abboud, Peter. Abdel, Ernest N., Modern Standard Arabic. Intermediate level. Part I, II, III. Department of Near Eastern Studies, 1971.
 
- Alqafsi, Zahiyya., Al-arabiia al-muaasira, العربية المعاصرة Tunis, 1991.
 
- \"Al-Qiraa Al-Muyassara\" 1 + 2 القراءة الميسرة Reading Easy.
 
- Hernández Martínez, J. (2009): Practical Geramática d'àrab: Edicions de Albujayra.
 
- PARADELA, N. (1999): Manual de sintaxi àrab, Madrid: Edicions of the UAM.
 
- Sini, Mahmud Ismael., Al-kitab Al-asasi fi ta` * lim al-luga al-arabiia ligair al-natikina biha - الكتاب الأساسي / اللغة العربية لغير الناطقين بها - The main book / L'àrab per als quals no sonnatius.
 
- Texts selected by professor.
 
 
Dictionaries:
 
- Current, Federico: Tribute to Prof .: Arabic - Spanish Dictionary. Instituto Hispano - Árabe de Cultura. Madrid, 1987.
 
- Corriente, Federico: Tribute to Prof .: New Spanish - Arabic Dictionary. Instituto Hispano - Árabe de Cultura. Madrid, 1988.
 
- Corriente, Federico: Arabic-Spanish dictionary. Ed. Herder, new ed., Barcelona, 2005.
 
- Cortés, Julio: Dictionary of modern Arabic, Arabic-Spanish. Ed. Gredos, 1st ed., 1996, Madrid.
 
 
Webs d'interès
 
Pedagogical resources
 
http://www.um.es/docencia/antanins/cms/
 
http://www.ub.edu/luga/ael/index_esp.html
 
http://personal.us.es/kadhim/
 
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/aswaat
 
http://www.ub.edu/luga/ael/
 
http://www.almadrasa.org/
 
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/aswaat/video_s.php
 
 
Diccionaris en línia
 
http://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-ar/
 
http://www.um.es/alqatra/
 
http://www.lessan.org/libro
 

Software

Microsoft Teams, Campus Virtual de la UAB.

Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(PAUL) Classroom practices 1 Arabic second semester morning-mixed