This is a beginners' level unit in Arabic intended for those with little or no listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Modern Standard Arabic. It aims to introduce students to the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in elementary Modern Standard Arabic. The unit includes a socio-cultural component which will examine aspects of the modern Arab world and its culture with particular emphasis on the Arabic speaking community in Australia.

This is a post-beginners' level unit in Arabic, intended for students with some background in the language (equivalent to at least 2 Unit HSC Arabic). As part of a major in Arabic this unit will help students to continue in the process of acquisition of Modern Standard Arabic through the study of the language and intensive practice in listening, speaking, reading and writing. This unit also aims to familiarise students with elements of modern Arab culture including issues of Arabic language in Australia.

This is a post-beginners' unit intended for students who already have reasonable proficiency in reading a range of text in Modern Standard Arabic and who can write everyday, non-technical Arabic. This unit aims to consolidate and improve the skills of aural comprehension and oral communication as well as reading and writing skills. In addition it will look at the immigration patterns and history of the Arabic-speaking people in Australia and issues related to settlement.

This unit aims to further improve and consolidate the aural, oral, reading and writing skills which have been acquired by students previously either by completing Arabic 201 or equivalent study. This unit also includes a study of contemporary issues in Arab society - for example, education, literacy, and technological development.

This unit is normally offered in Autumn semester. This is an intermediate unit for students majoring in one of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese or Spanish. It is normally taken concurrently with Language 201. It aims to develop speaking and listening skills, on the basis of intermediate level grammatical structures, towards more sophisticated communicative transactions ranging from casual to formal styles of speech. This unit presents aspects of oral contemporary culture and society of the country (or countries) where the language is spoken. Cultural and social understanding is also fostered through research work on specific cultural or social aspects that are of interest to the student.

This unit is normally offered in Spring semester. This is an intermediate unit for students majoring in one of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese or Spanish. It is normally taken concurrently with Language 202. It provides an extension of reading comprehension, and writing skills over a range of written registers. The content for reading and writing activities is selected from contemporary materials e.g. magazines, short stories as well as websites. This unit also fosters cultural and social understanding by presenting aspects of contemporary cultures and societies which use the language as well as through research work on specific socio-cultural aspects that are of interest to the student.

This is the first of a series of two units that aim to provide a thorough review of comprehension, speaking, reading and writing skills, as well as grammar and vocabulary of Modern Standard Arabic, its range of registers and its linguistic characteristics. This unit is intended for students who have knowledge and skills in Arabic equivalent to two years of tertiary education in the language, and who wish to consolidate, develop and improve these skills. This unit is mandatory for students who wish to pursue a major in Arabic.

This is the second of a series of two units that aim to provide a thorough review of comprehension, speaking, reading and writing skills, as well as grammar and vocabulary of Modern Standard Arabic, its range of registers and its linguistic characteristics. This series is intended for students who have knowledge and skills in Arabic equivalent to two years of tertiary study of the language, and who wish to consolidate, develop and improve these skills and knowledge. This unit is mandatory for students who wish to pursue a major in Arabic.

This unit is aimed at those who have successfully finished Arabic 202, or have an advanced speaking and writing proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic. It is one of the obligatory units for students intending to graduate with Arabic as a major or sub-major. It seeks to develop the writing skills to prepare students to make professional use of the language, and it is particularly recommended for those who wish to involve themselves in areas such as language teaching and translation. Students will be introduced to a full range of text types and language purposes. They will be guided to analyse, interpret and evaluate passages provided, and will be encouraged to extend their ability by experimenting with a variety of writing styles.

This is an advanced unit for students majoring in one of the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish or Vietnamese. Lectures are held in English for students of all languages. The tutorials are language-specific. This unit aims to develop a practical and theoretical understanding of the ways in which major concepts used in everyday speech and writing are mapped and organized in the lexicon and the grammar of human languages, and how these forms develop in learners and users.

This is a compulsory unit for students in the BA (I and T) (Arabic) and for students intending to do Arabic as a major or sub-major. As a companion unit of Arabic 303 : Advanced Writing Skills, it aims to prepare students to make professional use of the language, in this case by placing particular emphasis on oral skills, and it is also specially recommended for those wishing to pursue careers in areas such as language teaching and translation. Students will be introduced to a full range of oral text types and language purposes. They will be guided to analyse, interpret and evaluate examples of oral discourse, and be encouraged to develop effective public speaking skills.

This is an optional unit within the Arabic major program, which aims to expose students to examples of contemporary Arabic poetry, and to show the political, social and cultural context that this poetry reflects. This will be done through the study of selected poems by modern Arab poets from different Arab countries. This unit will also examine the contribution of emigre Arab poets in Australia and other countries, as well as the Arab song that is often based on poetry.

This is an optional unit in the Arabic major program, which aims to introduce students to the study of the Arabic novel and short story, and which examines the historical, political, social and cultural context that this literature reflects. This will be done by studying selected novels and short stories. Students will be able to do a research component on a novel of their choice. This unit will also examine children's literature, including traditional children stories and contemporary Arabic literature, as well as translated western traditional stories.

This unit aims to give students an understanding of the phonological, morpho-syntactic, semantic and pragmatic changes that have occurred to the Arabic language both spoken and written in the last century. Particular attention will be paid to the different dialects spoken in some of the Arab countries and their relation to Modern Standard Arabic. A special study will be made of the Australian Arabic used by migrant communities.

This is an optional level 3 core unit for the major in Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, and Italian, within the BA Languages Key Program. It also constitutes part of the linguistics major and sub-major. It can also be taken as an elective. This is a language-specific unit intended to develop the students’ awareness of language usage issues which may have an impact on intercultural communication and, therefore, on cultural stereotyping as well as other real life interests, such as business relationships and professional performance. It covers issues such as the relationship between culture and language use, ingroup-outgroup relationships, speech acts across cultures, politeness in text and discourse, miscommunication and stereotyping.

This is primarily a self-study unit designed to cater for a special area of interest in languages and/or linguistics not otherwise covered in the units on offer in the languages Key Program and where the student may otherwise find it difficult to complete his or her program of study. Once the student is approved by the Head of Program to undertake such study a supervisor is nominated and an individually-tailored learning contract, which will include appropriate language-specific readings and tasks, is drawn up in collaboration with the supervisor and is submitted to the Head of Program for approval.