Media Arabic
Description
Part of the range of Arabic courses at SOAS Language Centre
Level 1 (3 terms)
Media Arabic offers students the tools to access news information without any prior knowledge of media jargon. It introduces students to the vocabulary, style and content of the Arabic press and broadcast media, focusing largely on news-related material.
The course systematically covers current affairs in Arabic language mass media, and includes topics such as diplomacy, elections, economics, trade and industry, the war on terrorism, and interviews with prominent Arabic speakers.
Students receive practical training to learn how to comprehend specialized vocabulary, style and subject content through texts by reading, analysing, translating, listening, debating and summarising.
Students will be using a wide range of resources and materials such as newspaper articles, interviews and political speeches. Students will enhance their knowledge of MSA and learn new structures.
If your knowledge of Modern Standard Arabic is at the intermediate level, Media Arabic offers the opportunity to widen your reading and comprehension of the language used in Arabic newspapers and broadcasts.
Please see the following link for assessments.
Level 2 (3 terms)
After completion of Level 1, students can progress to Further Media Arabic (3 terms). Details of this course will be available later this year.
