69523 - Arabic Language and Culture

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • Docente: Ahmad Addous
  • Credits: 5
  • SSD: L-OR/12
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Ahmad Addous (Modulo 1) Ahmad Addous (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)

Learning outcomes

Students learn the standard topics of Arabic language.

Comprehension of written and spoken Modern Arabic.

Usage of modern Arabic grammar more than traditional grammatical methodology.

Course contents

The derived forms of the verb: indicative, subjunctive and apocope. The imperative of the derivative verbs. The passive of simple and derivative verbs. The present and past participle.The cardinal and ordinal numerals. Relative pronouns. Further details and peculiarities on the noun. Inna and its sisters, kana and its sisters. Quadrilateral, irregular and defective verbs. Conditional sentences. Advanced syntax.



Readings/Bibliography

1. S. Attar, Modern Arabic: An Introductory Course for Foreign Students, Beirut 1988;

2. J. A. Haywood, A New Arabic Grammar of the Written Language, London, Huphries;

3. A. Al- Addous, Arabo Fondamentale: Materiali didattici, Bologna, Libreria Bonomo Editrice, 2008;

4. L. Veccia-Vaglieri, Grammatica teorico-pratica della lingua araba, Roma, Ist. Per l'Oriente (ed. varie);

5. R. Traini, vocabolario Arabo-Italiano, Roma, Ist. Per l'Oriente;

6. E. Baldissera, Dizionario compatto Italiano-arabo e Arabo-Italiano, Bologna, Zanichelli;

M. Balabaki, Al-Mawrid: A modern English -Arabic dictionary, Beirut 2002.

History :

Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples, faber & Faber 2007


Teaching methods

Practical exercise, audio and video recording.

Assessment methods

The course will end with an oral examination.

Teaching tools

A. Al-Addous; G. Soravia, Iman: corso di lingua araba in CD-Rom. Bologna: Clueb, 2003;

A. Al-Addous, Arabo fondamentale: materiali didattici, Libreria Bonomo editrice, Bologna 2008;

A. Al-Addous; S. Nanni (traduzione e cura di), Drammi: Due opere di Sa'd Allah Wannus, Bononi University Press, Bologna 2014.

A. Al-Addous; S. Nanni, Al-Teatro: drammaturgie didattiche per l’apprendimento dell’arabo letterario, 4 vol., Libreria Bonomo editrice, Bologna 2015;

Office hours

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