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2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ARA 202 - Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic II

3 Credit(s)
Continuation of ATR 201 . Further expands students’ vocabulary base to permit reading of increasingly authentic texts from newspapers, journals, and other sources, including novels and short stories. Seeks to build a media vocabulary sufficient for students to grasp the gist of a newspaper article or news broadcast with minimal intervention of the dictionary. Includes graded newspaper readings from Middle Eastern dailies & taped material from Arabic broadcast television and radio. Three hours of class per week, supplemented by one hour in the Language Resource Center. Prerequisite: ARA201  or equivalent.